Kazuo Ozaki

is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography
Ozaki was born in Tokyo Metropolis on March 7, 1960. After graduating from Nihon University High School, he joined Japan Soccer League club Mitsubishi Motors in 1978. In 1978, the club won all three major title in Japan; Japan Soccer League, JSL Cup and Emperor's Cup. The club also won 1980 Emperor's Cup, 1981 JSL Cup and 1982 Japan Soccer League. He was also selected "Japanese Footballer of the Year awards" in 1982.

In July 1983, Ozaki moved to Germany and joined Arminia Bielefeld. He was the second Japanese to play in the Bundesliga after Yasuhiko Okudera. In 1985, Arminia Bielefeld was relegated to 2. Bundesliga. From 1988, he played at St. Pauli (1988–89) and Düsseldorf (1989–90).

In 1990, Ozaki returned to Japan and joined Mitsubishi Motors (later Urawa Reds). He moved to Verdy Kawasaki in 1993. He retired in 1994.

In August 1979, Ozaki was selected the Japan U-20 national team for 1979 World Youth Championship. He played in 3 matches as captain. On February 8, 1981, he debuted for the Japan national team against Malaysia. He played at 1982 Asian Games. He played 17 games and scored 3 goals for Japan until 1983. After he moved to Germany in 1983, he was not selected Japan.

Statistics

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|1978||rowspan="6"|Mitsubishi Motors||rowspan="6"|JSL Division 1||||||||||||||||
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|1979||||||||||||||||
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|1980||||||||||||||||
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|1981||10||5||||||||||10||5
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|1982||18||8||2||2||2||3||22||13
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|1983||10||4||0||0||0||0||10||4

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|1983/84||rowspan="5"|Arminia Bielefeld||rowspan="2"|Bundesliga||33||5||2||1||colspan="2"|-||35||6
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|1984/85||23||4||1||1||colspan="2"|-||24||5
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|1985/86||rowspan="3"|2. Bundesliga||28||3||1||0||colspan="2"|-||29||3
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|1986/87||13||3||1||0||colspan="2"|-||14||3
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|1987/88||16||3||1||0||colspan="2"|-||17||3
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|1988/89||St. Pauli||Bundesliga||6||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||6||0
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|1989/90||Düsseldorf||||||||||||||||||

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|1990/91||rowspan="2"|Mitsubishi Motors||rowspan="2"|JSL Division 1||6||1||2||3||0||0||8||4
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|1991/92||9||1||||||1||0||10||1
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|1992||Urawa Reds||J1 League||colspan="2"|-||2||0||4||1||6||1
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|1993||rowspan="2"|Verdy Kawasaki||rowspan="2"|J1 League||2||0||0||0||0||0||2||0
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|1994||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
80||20||6||5||7||4||93||29
119||18||6||2||colspan="2"|-||125||20
199||38||12||7||7||4||218||49
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Japan National Football Team Database

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|1981||9||2
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|1982||7||1
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|1983||1||0
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!Total||17||3
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References

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Category:1960 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Tokyo Prefecture
Category:Japan international footballers
Category:J1 League players
Category:Japan Soccer League players
Category:Urawa Red Diamonds players
Category:Tokyo Verdy players