"Watanabe, Tsuyoshi"

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Tsuyoshi Watanabe is a Japanese football player, defender of the Gent club. He played in the national team of Japan.

Career

Starting a career
The footballer began his career in the academy of the club “Tokyo” in the team under 15 years. After graduating from high school, the footballer was small, about 160 centimeters, because of which he was not transferred to the team until the age of 18. Then the footballer continued his studies at high school at Yamanashi Gakuin University. During the performance in the high school team, the football player quickly grew and soon the head coach began to use him as a central defender. There was also a great head game with the footballer, which he often honed. After graduating from high school, he entered Tuo University, where he became one of the key players for several years.

"Tokyo."
In July 2018, Tokyo Football Club signed a contract with the football player. The player then went to the reserve team. His debut match was played on July 21, 2018 against club Azul Claro. In early 2019, he was already preparing with the main team, but at the beginning of the season he played for the reserve team several times. He made his debut for the club on March 6, 2019 in the J-League Cup against the club Kasiva Reisol, also scoring his debut goal in the 30th minute. He played his debut match in the J-League on April 28, 2019 against Matsumoto Yamaga. Then quickly entrenched himself in the club's core team, becoming a key centre-back. He scored his debut goal in the championship on August 24, 2019 in a match against Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo. At the end of the season he became a silver medalist of the J-League.

In early 2020, together with the club went to play in the Champions League AFC, having passed the qualifying match. He made his debut at the tournament on February 11, 2020 in a match against the South Korean club Ulsan Hyundai. The player himself, both for himself and for the team, started the season as captain. The first match in the championship was played on February 23, 2020 against the Shimizu S-Palce club. The championship was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After the resumption of the championship in the first match on July 4, 2020 against the club “Kasiva Reisol”, the footballer scored his first goal of the season. In the Champions League, the footballer together with the club reached the stage of the 1/8 finals, where on December 6, 2020 they lost to the Chinese club Beijing Goan. In January 2021, he won the J-League Cup, where he won the final against the club Kasiva Reisol.

The new season began with a draw match on February 27, 2021 against the club “Urava Red Diamonds”, where the player has already left without the captain’s armband. The first goal was scored on March 17, 2021 in a match against the club “Shonan Belmare”, thanks to which it turned out to win. Together with the club, he reached the stage of semifinal matches in the J-League Cup, but in the amount of 2 matches against the club, Nagoya Grampus could not reach the final. For 3 seasons for the club, the footballer spent 103 matches in all tournaments, having scored 7 goals.

Kortrike.
In December 2021, the footballer moved to Belgium