Shigeyoshi Mochizuki


Shigeyoshi Mochizuki is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.

Club career

Mochizuki was born in Shizuoka on 9 July 1973. After graduating from University of Tsukuba, he joined Nagoya Grampus Eight with teammate Takayuki Nishigaya in 1996. The club won the 2nd place at 1996–97 Asian Cup Winners' Cup. In July 2000, he moved to Kyoto Purple Sanga with Takashi Hirano. However the club was relegated to J2 League, he move to Vissel Kobe in 2001. In 2003, he moved to JEF United Ichihara and in August, he moved to Vegalta Sendai on loan. He returned to JEF United Ichihara in 2004. However he was diagnosed as Idiopathic Osteonecrosis of Femoral Head in 2004. Although he also played for J2 League club Yokohama FC, he could hardly play in the match. He retired in August 2006.

National team career

On 15 June 1997, Mochizuki debuted for Japan national team against Turkey. he played at 1999 Copa América and 2000 Asian Cup. At Asian Cup, he played in 4 games and scored the winning goal in Final, Japan vs Saudi Arabia. Japan won the match and won the champions second time. He played 15 games and scored 1 goal for Japan until 2001.

After retirement

After retirement, in February 2008, Mochizuki founded football club SC Sagamihara and became a chairman of the club. In 2011, he also served as manager from June to September.

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National team goals

National team

; Nagoya Grampus Eight
; Japan National Team