Michihiro Ozawa

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

Biography
Ozawa was born in Utsunomiya on December 25, 1932. After graduating from Tokyo University of Education, he joined Toyo Industries in 1955. In 1962, he was selected "Japanese Footballer of the Year awards". In 1965, Toyo Industries joined new league Japan Soccer League. He retired in 1967. He played 42 games and the club also won the championship for 3 years in a row (1965-1967) in the league.

In June 1956, he was selected the Japan national team for 1956 Summer Olympics qualification. At this qualification, on June 3, he debuted against South Korea. In November, he played at 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. He also played at 1958 and 1962 Asian Games. In 1964, when he was 31 years old, he was the captain of Japan national team, but he was not selected as a member for 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo for generational change.vivasoccer.net He played 36 games for Japan until 1964.[ Japan National Football Team Database]

In 2014, Ozawa was selected Japan Football Hall of Fame.

Statistics
Japan National Football Team Database

|-
|1956||3||0
|-
|1957||0||0
|-
|1958||4||0
|-
|1959||9||0
|-
|1960||1||0
|-
|1961||6||0
|-
|1962||7||0
|-
|1963||5||0
|-
|1964||1||0
|-
!Total||36||0
|}

References

Other websites

Japan Football Hall of Fame at Japan Football Association

Category:1932 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Tochigi Prefecture
Category:Japan international footballers
Category:Japan Soccer League players
Category:Sanfrecce Hiroshima players
Category:Footballers at the 1956 Summer Olympics