Kozo Arai

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

Biography
Arai was born in Etajima on October 24, 1950. After graduating from Hiroshima Technical High School, he joined Furukawa Electric in 1969. In 1976, the club won Japan Soccer League and Emperor's Cup. The club also won 1977 JSL Cup. He retired in 1978. He played 124 games and scored 17 goals in the league. He was selected Best Eleven 4 times (1971, 1973, 1974 and 1976).

In December 1970, Arai was selected the Japan national team for 1970 Asian Games. At this competition, on December 10, he debuted against Malaysia. He also played at 1974 Asian Games, 1972 Summer Olympics qualification, 1974 World Cup qualification and 1976 Summer Olympics qualification. He played 47 games and scored 4 goals for Japan until 1977.

Statistics

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|1969||rowspan="10"|Furukawa Electric||rowspan="10"|JSL Division 1||6||0
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|1970||14||0
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|1971||13||3
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|1972||12||6
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|1973||17||2
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|1974||18||2
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|1975||18||2
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|1976||18||1
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|1977||8||1
|-
|1978||0||0
124||17
124||17
|}
Japan National Football Team Database

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|1970||6||0
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|1971||4||0
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|1972||8||2
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|1973||5||0
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|1974||5||1
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|1975||3||1
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|1976||15||0
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|1977||1||0
|-
!Total||47||4
|}

References

Other websites

Category:1950 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Hiroshima Prefecture
Category:Japan international footballers
Category:Japan Soccer League players
Category:JEF United Chiba players