Toshiya Fujita

Toshiya Fujita
藤田俊哉
Personal information
Date of birth	October 4, 1971 (age 52)
Place of birth	Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1987–1989	Shimizu Commercial High School
College career
Years	Team
1990–1993	University of Tsukuba
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–2005	Júbilo Iwata
2003	→ Utrecht (loan)
2005–2008	Nagoya Grampus
2009–2010	Roasso Kumamoto
2011	JEF United Chiba
Total
National team
1995–2005	Japan
Teams managed
2014–2017	VVV-Venlo (Coach)
2017–2018	Leeds United; (Head of Football Development (Asia))
Honours
Júbilo Iwata
Representing Japan
FIFA Confederations Cup
AFC Asian Cup
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Toshiya Fujita (藤田俊哉, Fujita Toshiya, born October 4, 1971) is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography[change | change source]

Fujita was born in Shizuoka on October 4, 1971. After graduating from University of Tsukuba, he joined newly was promoted to J1 League club, Júbilo Iwata in 1994. The club won the J1 League champions in 1997, 1999 and 2002. He was selected MVP in 2001 and "Japanese Footballer of the Year" in 2002. This was golden era in the club history and he was one of the central player in golden era. In summer 2003, he moved to Dutch Eredivisie club Utrecht on loan. In January 2004, he returned to Júbilo Iwata. However his opportunity to play decreased from 2005. In summer 2005, he moved to Nagoya Grampus Eight (later Nagoya Grampus). Toward the end of his career, he played for J2 League club Roasso Kumamoto (2009–2010) and JEF United Chiba (2011).

On February 15, 1995, Fujita debuted for the Japan national team against Australia. In June 1999, he was selected Japan for the first time in 4 years by manager Philippe Troussier. He played at 1999 Copa América. In 2001, he was selected Japan for 2001 Confederations Cup. Although he did not played in the match, Japan won the 2nd place. In October 2003, he was selected Japan for the first time in 4 years by manager Zico. In 2004, he played at 2006 World Cup qualification. He was also selected Japan for 2004 Asian Cup. Although he did not played in the match, Japan won the champions for 2 times in a row. He played 24 games and scored 3 goals for Japan until 2005.

Career statistics[change | change source]

Club[change | change source]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Júbilo Iwata	1994	J1 League	38	7	1	0	4	0	–		43	7
	1995		49	11	1	1	–		–		50	12
	1996		25	4	1	0	14	1	–		40	5
	1997		24	9	4	3	6	0	–		34	12
	1998		33	17	3	0	6	4	–		42	21
	1999		29	4	3	0	4	1	–		36	5
	2000		30	8	3	1	4	1	–		37	10
	2001		26	11	2	1	7	0	–		35	12
	2002		30	10	3	0	7	2	–		40	12
	2003		13	6	0	0	6	0	–		19	6
	2004		29	7	5	1	0	0	4	0	38	8
	2005		10	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	14	1
Utrecht (loan)	2003–04	Eredivisie	14	1	–		–		3	0	17	1
Nagoya Grampus^[a]	2005	J1 League	22	2	2	0	0	0	–		24	2
	2006		24	2	2	0	4	0	–		30	2
	2007		29	2	2	0	1	0	–		32	2
	2008		8	0	1	0	4	1	–		13	1
Roasso Kumamoto	2009	J2 League	50	4	1	0	–		–		51	4
Roasso Kumamoto	2010	J2 League	25	2	0	0	–		–		25	2
JEF United Chiba	2011	J2 League	4	0	1	0	–		–		5	0
Career total			512	107	34	7	67	10	11	1	625	123

↑ "Nagoya Grampus Eight" until 2008

International[change | change source]

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[1]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Japan	1995	6	2
	1996	0	0
	1997	0	0
	1998	0	0
	1999	4	0
	2000	0	0
	2001	0	0
	2002	0	0
	2003	3	0
	2004	10	1
	2005	1	0
Total		24	3

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Fujita goal.

List of international goals scored by Toshiya Fujita
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	February 23, 1995	Hong Kong, China	China	1–0	2–1	Friendly
2	June 10, 1995	Nottingham, England	Sweden	1–0	2–2	Umbro Cup
3	March 31, 2004	Jalan Besar, Singapore	Singapore	2–1	2–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification