Toshinobu Katsuya

Toshinobu Katsuya

Personal information
Full name	Toshinobu Katsuya
Date of birth	(1961-09-02) September 2, 1961
Place of birth	Nagasaki, Japan
Height
Position(s)	Defender (retired)
Youth career
1977-1979	Shimabara Commerce High School
1980-1983	Osaka University of Commerce
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1984-1991	Honda	140	(6)
1991-1993	Nissan Motors / Yokohama Marinos	45	(0)
1994-1997	Júbilo Iwata	99	(2)
1998	Cerezo Osaka	14	(0)
International career
1985-1993	Japan	27	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Toshinobu Katsuya (勝矢 寿延, Katsuya Toshinobu , born September 2, 1961 in Nagasaki) is a former Japanese football player. He was a defender.

Career

He was educated at and played for Shimabara Commerce High School and Osaka University of Commerce. After graduating in 1984, he joined Japan Soccer League side Honda Motor F.C. but moved to fellow JSL side Nissan Motor F.C. (current Yokohama F. Marinos) in 1991. He was transferred to Jubilo Iwata in 1994, then to Cerezo Osaka in 1998, and retired from the game at the end of the 1998 season.

Katsuya was capped 27 times for the Japanese national team between 1985 and 1993, and was a member of the Japan team that won the 1992 AFC Asian Cup. He played 3 matches in the competition.

He also represented Japan in the 1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship finals hosted by the Netherlands.

He filled in for injured left back Satoshi Tsunami in the final qualifying stage of the AFC for the 1994 FIFA World Cup. He was on the pitch when Japan's hope to play in the finals was dashed by an injury-time Iraqi equaliser in the last qualifier, the match that the Japanese fans now refer to as the Agony of Doha.

Katsuya works at Cerezo Osaka as a coach.

Club career statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		Total
1984	Honda	JSL Division 1	16	1					16	1
1985/86			22	0					22	0
1986/87			19	1					19	1
1987/88			22	1					22	1
1988/89			18	0					18	0
1989/90			22	2			2	1	24	3
1990/91			21	1			4	0	25	1
1991/92	Nissan Motors	JSL Division 1	20	0			3	0	23	0
1992	Yokohama Marinos	J. League 1	-		0	0	6	0	6	0
1993			25	0	1	0	0	0	26	0
1994	Júbilo Iwata	J. League 1	22	1	1	0	0	0	23	1
1995			35	1	0	0	-		35	1
1996			27	0	1	0	13	1	41	0
1997			15	0	2	0	4	0	21	0
1998	Cerezo Osaka	J. League 1	14	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
Country	Japan		298	8	5	0	32	2	335	10
Total			298	8	5	0	32	2	335	10

National team statistics

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1985	2	0
1986	4	0
1987	6	0
1988	0	0
1989	0	0
1990	0	0
1991	0	0
1992	9	0
1993	6	0
Total	27	0

Honors and awards

Team Honors

• 1992 Asian Cup (Champions)