Azusa Iwashimizu

Azusa Iwashimizu
Personal information
Date of birth	14 October 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth	Takizawa, Japan
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	NTV Beleza
Number	22
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001–	NTV Beleza
International career‡
2006–	Japan
Medal record
Olympic Games
Women's World Cup
Asian Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 November 2012; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 09:08, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

Azusa Iwashimizu (岩清水梓, Iwashimizu Azusa, born 14 October 1986) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a defender for L. League club NTV Beleza. She has played in the 2007, 2011 and 2015 FIFA Women's World Cups, winning the 2011 World Cup and winning a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[2]^[3] In the final minute of extra time in the 2011 World Cup Final, she was sent off after receiving a red card for slide tackling an opponent. Japan would go on to win the match in the penalty shootout that followed.

Iwashimizu was instrumental in Japan's victory at the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup, scoring the winning goal in both the semifinal against China and the final against Australia.^[4]

Career statistics

Club

As of 11 November 2012

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
NTV Beleza	2001	0	0			-
	2002	0	0			-
	2003	17	1	1	0	-		18	1
	2004	0	0			-
	2005	16	1	4	0	-		20	1
	2006	17	3	3	0	-		20	3
	2007	19	1	3	0	1	0	23	1
	2008	16	2	0	0	-		16	2
	2009	21	2	4	0	-		25	2
	2010	17	2	1	0	5	0	23	2
	2011	16	1	3	0	-		19	1
	2012	17	1			5	0
Career total		156	14			11	0

International

As of 20 July 2013

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Japan
	2006	10	3
	2007	13	2
	2008	18	0
	2009	3	0
	2010	13	3
	2011	17	0
	2012	11	0
	2013	7	0
Total		92	8

International goals
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	7 May 2006	Kumamoto Athletics Stadium, Kumamoto Japan	United States	1–0	1–3	Friendly Match
2.	7 December 2006	Umm-Affai Stadium, Al-Rayyan Qatar	China	0–1	0–1	Football at the 2006 Asian Games
3.	10 December 2006	Qatar SC Stadium, Doha Qatar	South Korea	1–0	3–1	Football at the 2006 Asian Games
4.	4 August 2007	Lạch Tray Stadium, Hai Phong, Vietnam	Vietnam	0–2	0–8	Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics qualification
5.	2 September 2007	Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba, Japan	Brazil	1–1	2–1	Friendly Match
6.	15 January 2010	Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso, Coquimbo Chile	Chile	1–1	1–1	2010 Bicennteniall Woman's Cup (es)
7.	20 May 2010	Chengdu Sports Centre, Chengdu China	Myanmar	1–0	8–0	2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup
8.	22 November 2010	Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou China	North Korea	0–1	0–1	Football at the 2010 Asian Games