Atsushi Yanagisawa
Atsushi Yanagisawa (柳沢 敦, Yanagisawa Atsushi, born May 27, 1977) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. He played as a striker. He is best known for playing the majority of his career at Kashima Antlers as well as spells with Italian side Sampdoria and Messina Peloro.
Yanagisawa earned 58 caps for the Japan national team, and represented them at two World Cups, the 2000 Olympics and the 2000 Asian Cup.[1]
Yanagisawa was widely berated in Japan for wasting Japan's best opportunity in a match with Croatia in the World Cup first round in 2006,[2] with his post-game explanation: "The ball came at me so quickly" (in Japanese "kyu ni bohru ga kita no de") earning its own abbreviation: "QBK," used as a byword for a lame excuse.
He married Yukari Obata, a Japanese fashion model, in December 2003.[3]
Career statistics
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National team statistics
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Japan |
1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 10 | 4 |
| 2001 | 6 | 5 |
| 2002 | 9 | 0 |
| 2003 | 5 | 2 |
| 2004 | 8 | 2 |
| 2005 | 10 | 4 |
| 2006 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 58 | 17 |
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| International goals |
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | June 6, 2000 | Rabat, Morocco |  Jamaica | 4-0 | Won | Hassan II International Cup |
| 2. | June 18, 2000 | Yokohama, Japan |  Bolivia | 2-0 | Won | Kirin Cup 2000 |
| 3. | June 18, 2000 | Yokohama, Japan | Bolivia | 2-0 | Won | Kirin Cup 2000 |
| 4. | October 14, 2000 | Sidon, Lebanon |  Saudi Arabia | 4-1 | Won | Asian Cup 2000 |
| 5. | August 15, 2001 | Fukuroi, Shizuoka, Japan |  Australia | 3-0 | Won | Friendly |
| 6. | July 1, 2001 | Sapporo, Japan |  Paraguay | 2-0 | Won | Kirin Cup 2001 |
| 7. | July 1, 2001 | Sapporo, Japan | Paraguay | 2-0 | Won | Kirin Cup 2001 |
| 8. | October 7, 2001 | Southampton, England |  Nigeria | 2-2 | Draw | Friendly |
| 9. | November 7, 2001 | Saitama, Japan |  Italy | 1-1 | Draw | Friendly |
| 10. | October 8, 2003 | Tunis, Tunisia |  Tunisia | 1-0 | Won | Friendly |
| 11. | October 11, 2003 | Bucharest, Romania |  Romania | 1-1 | Draw | Friendly |
| 12. | February 12, 2004 | Fukuroi, Shizuoka, Japan |  Iraq | 2-0 | Won | Friendly |
| 13. | July 9, 2004 | Ōita, Japan |  Slovakia | 3-1 | Won | Kirin Cup 2004 |
| 14. | June 8, 2005 | Bangkok, Thailand |  North Korea | 2-0 | Won | WC 2006 Qual |
| 15. | June 16, 2005 | Hanover, Germany |  Mexico | 1-2 | Lost | Confederations Cup 2005 |
| 16. | September 7, 2005 | Rifu, Miyagi, Japan |  Honduras | 5-4 | Won | Friendly |
| 17. | September 7, 2005 | Rifu, Miyagi, Japan | Honduras | 5-4 | Won | Friendly |
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Honors and awards
Individual
Team
References
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