Yuzo Tashiro

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Yuzo Tashiro
Personal information
Full name Yuzo Tashiro
Date of birth July 22, 1982 (1982-07-22) (age 25)
Place of birth    Fukuoka, Japan
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Kashima Antlers
Youth clubs
2001-2004 Fukuoka University
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2005-present Kashima Antlers 49 (0)   
National team2
2008 Japan 3 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 1 January 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 5 April 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Yuzo Tashiro (田代 有三 Tashiro Yūzō?, born July 22, 1982 in Fukuoka Prefecture) is a Japanese football player who plays for Kashima Antlers.[1] He is a right footed forward.

[edit] Playing career

He was educated at and played for Fukuoka University Ōhori High School and Fukuoka University. When he was at the university, he was a member of the Japan team that won the 22nd Universiade football competition hosted by Daegu, South Korea.

He was chosen as one of the Designated Players for Development by J. League and JFA in 2003 and 2004. Because of this status, he was able to register as an Oita Trinita player (2003) and a Sagan Tosu player (2004) while he was still eligible to play for his university club. He played one game for Oita and 10 games for Tosu.

After the graduation in 2005, he joined Kasima Antlers. He became a regular in the 2006 season for the club. He earned his first international cap on February 17, 2008 against in an East Asian Cup match against China.

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