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{{Infobox football biography
|name=Ryota Tsuzuki
|image=
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|fullname=Ryota Tsuzuki
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1978|4|18}}
|birth_place=[[Heguri, Nara|Heguri]], [[Nara Prefecture|Nara]], [[Japan]]
|death_date=
|death_place=
|height={{Height|m=1.85}}
|position=[[Goalkeeper]]
|currentclub=
|clubnumber=
|youthyears1=1994–1996|youthclubs1=[[Kunimi High School]]
|years1=1997–2002|clubs1=[[Gamba Osaka]]|caps1=63|goals1=0
|years2=2003–2010|clubs2=[[Urawa Reds]]|caps2=172|goals2=0
|years3=2010|clubs3=[[Shonan Bellmare]]|caps3=15|goals3=0
|totalcaps=250|totalgoals=0
|nationalyears1=2001–2009|nationalteam1=[[Japan national football team|Japan]]|nationalcaps1=6|nationalgoals1=0
|manageryears1=|managerclubs1=
|medaltemplates=
{{Medal|Team|[[Urawa Reds]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[AFC Champions League]]|2007}}
{{Medal|W|[[J1 League]]|2006}}
{{Medal|RU|[[J1 League]]|2004}}
{{Medal|RU|[[J1 League]]|2005}}
{{Medal|RU|[[J1 League]]|2007}}
{{Medal|W|[[J.League Cup]]|2003}}
{{Medal|RU|[[J.League Cup]]|2004}}
{{Medal|W|[[Emperor's Cup]]|2005}}
{{Medal|W|[[Emperor's Cup]]|2006}}
{{Medal|Country|{{Fb|JPN}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[FIFA Confederations Cup]]}}
{{Medal|S|[[2001 FIFA Confederations Cup|2001 Korea-Japan]]|}}
}}
{{Nihongo|'''Ryota Tsuzuki'''|都築 龍太|Tsuzuki Ryota|born April 18, 1978}} is a former [[Japan]]ese [[Association football|football]] player. He played for the [[Japan national football team|Japan national team]].

==Biography==
Tsuzuki was born in [[Heguri, Nara|Heguri]], [[Nara Prefecture|Nara]] on April 18, 1978. After graduating from [[Kunimi High School]], he joined [[J1 League]] side [[Gamba Osaka]] in 1997. He became the first choice goalkeeper in 2000 dislodging [[Hayato Okanaka]] but he was transferred to [[Urawa Reds]] at the end of the 2002 season after a row with manager [[Akira Nishino]]. At Reds, he battles with [[Norihiro Yamagishi]] for the position. From 2005, he completely played as first goalkeeper except for 2006 for injury. The club won the champions 2006 [[J1 League]], 2003 [[J.League Cup]], 2005 and 2006 [[Emperor's Cup]]. In Asia, the club won the champions [[2007 AFC Champions League]] and also won the 3rd place [[2007 FIFA Club World Cup|2007 Club World Cup]]. However his opportunity to play decreased due to injury from 2009. He moved to [[Shonan Bellmare]] in June 2010. He retired end of the 2010 season.

In September 2000, Tsuzuki was selected the [[Japan national under-23 football team|Japan U-23 national team]] for [[Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2000 Summer Olympics]]. But he did not play in the match behind [[Seigo Narazaki]]. In February 2001, Tsuzuki was selected the [[Japan national football team|Japan national team]] for [[2001 FIFA Confederations Cup|2001 Confederations Cup]]. At this tournament, on April 8, he debuted against [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]. Although he played only one game, Japan won the 2nd place. Because [[Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi]] and [[Seigo Narazaki]] played most matches for Japan in 2000s, Tsuzuki could hardly play in the match. He played 6 games for Japan until 2009.

==Statistics==
<ref>{{NFT player}}</ref><ref>{{J.League player}}</ref>
{{Football player club statistics 1|YYY}}
{{Football player club statistics 2|JPN|YYY}}
|-
|1997||rowspan="6"|[[Gamba Osaka]]||rowspan="6"|[[J1 League]]||0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||0||0
|-
|1998||1||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||1||0
|-
|1999||2||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||2||0
|-
|2000||19||0||4||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||25||0
|-
|2001||29||0||3||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||33||0
|-
|2002||12||0||0||0||3||0||colspan="2"|-||15||0
|-
|2003||rowspan="8"|[[Urawa Reds]]||rowspan="8"|[[J1 League]]||20||0||0||0||7||0||colspan="2"|-||27||0
|-
|2004||19||0||0||0||7||0||colspan="2"|-||26||0
|-
|2005||33||0||3||0||9||0||colspan="2"|-||45||0
|-
|2006||11||0||5||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||17||0
|-
|2007||33||0||0||0||1||0||12||0||46||0
|-
|2008||33||0||1||0||2||0||3||0||39||0
|-
|2009||23||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||23||0
|-
|2010||0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||0||0
|-
|2010||[[Shonan Bellmare]]||[[J1 League]]||15||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||15||0
{{Football player club statistics 3|1|JPN}}250||0||16||0||33||0||15||0||314||0
{{Football player club statistics 5}}250||0||16||0||33||0||15||0||314||0
|}
<ref>[http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/tsuzuki_ryota.html Japan National Football Team Database]</ref>
{{Football player national team statistics|JPN}}
|-
|2001||2||0
|-
|2002||0||0
|-
|2003||0||0
|-
|2004||1||0
|-
|2005||0||0
|-
|2006||0||0
|-
|2007||0||0
|-
|2008||0||0
|-
|2009||3||0
|-
!Total||6||0
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Other websites==
*{{Sports links}}

{{Japan-sports-bio-stub}}
{{Japan men's football squad 2000 Summer Olympics}}
{{Japan squad 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup}}

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[[Category:1978 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Footballers from Nara Prefecture]]
[[Category:Japan international footballers]]
[[Category:J1 League players]]
[[Category:Gamba Osaka players]]
[[Category:Urawa Red Diamonds players]]
[[Category:Shonan Bellmare players]]
[[Category:2001 FIFA Confederations Cup players]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]