Teruyoshi Ito (伊東 輝悦, Itō Teruyoshi, born 31 August 1974) is a former Japanese professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Teruyoshi Ito
伊東 輝悦
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-08-31) 31 August 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1990–1992 Tokai University Daiichi High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–2010 Shimizu S-Pulse 483 (30)
2011–2013 Ventforet Kofu 59 (0)
2014–2015 AC Nagano Parceiro 11 (0)
2016 Blaublitz Akita 2 (0)
2017–2024 Azul Claro Numazu 5 (0)
International career
1996 Japan U23 3 (1)
1997–2001 Japan 27 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Japan
FIFA Confederations Cup
Runner-up 2001 Korea-Japan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 November 2022

Club career

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Ito was born in Shizuoka on 31 August 1974. After graduating from high school, he joined J1 League club Shimizu S-Pulse based in his local in 1993. He debuted in June 1994 and played several matches in 1994 season. He became a regular midfielder under manager Masakatsu Miyamoto from 1995 season and played as central player for the club for a long time. In 1996, S-Pulse won the champions in J.League Cup first title in the club history. In 1999, S-Pulse the 2nd place in J1 League and he also was selected Best Eleven award. In 2000, S-Pulse won the Asian title, 1999–2000 Asian Cup Winners' Cup. In 2001, S-Pulse won Emperor's Cup. After that, the club results was sluggish. In 2005, former teammate Kenta Hasegawa became a new manager. Although S-Pulse finished at the 15th place which is worst position in the club history in J1 League, S-Pulse won the 2nd place in 2005 Emperor's Cup. However the club results was raised under manager Hasegawa from 2006 and S-Pulse won the 2nd place in 2008 J.League Cup. Ito also played all matches in J1 League from 2006 to 2008 season and received the fair play awards in 2007.[1] In 2010, his opportunity to play decreased and he resigned end of 2010 season.

In 2011, Ito moved to newly promoted J1 club Ventforet Kofu with Daisuke Ichikawa who is teammate in S-Pulse for 13 seasons. On 16 July 2011, he became a first player to earn 500th matches in J1 League.[2] Although, Ventforet was relegated to J2 League from 2012, the club won the champions in J2 and returned to J1 in a year. However Ito played only 6 matches in 2013 season and left the club end of 2013 season. In 2014, he moved to newly promoted J3 League club AC Nagano Parceiro. However he could not play many matches and left the club end of 2015 season. In 2016, he moved to J3 club Blaublitz Akita where he spent the 2016 season.[3] In 2017, he moved to newly promoted J3 club Azul Claro Numazu.[4] He finally made his début for Azul Claro Numazu two years later, on 24 November 2019, as an 81st-minute substitute for Kotaro Tokunaga in a 3–1 home win over Gainare Tottori.[5]

International career

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In July 1996, Ito was selected for the Japan U23 national team for the 1996 Summer Olympics. At this tournament, he played the whole 90 minutes in all three matches. He is most remembered for his goal against Brazil in Atlanta which earned Japan a shock 1–0 victory. It was known as the "Miracle of Miami" (マイアミの奇跡) in Japan.

Ito was capped 27 times for the Japan national team between 1997 and 2001.[6] He was an unused substitute at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 2 January 2022[7][8][9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Asia Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Shimizu S-Pulse 1993 J1 League 0 0 3 1 0 0 3 1
1994 6 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
1995 44 4 1 0 45 4
1996 26 4 3 0 7 1 36 5
1997 31 7 3 1 6 1 40 9
1998 34 5 5 0 1 0 40 5
1999 29 1 3 0 4 1 36 2
2000 24 1 5 1 4 0 33 2
2001 27 1 1 0 2 0 30 1
2002 22 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 28 0
2003 30 2 4 0 4 0 2 0 40 2
2004 30 1 1 0 7 0 38 1
2005 32 0 5 0 5 0 42 0
2006 34 2 3 0 5 0 42 2
2007 34 1 3 0 2 0 39 1
2008 34 0 2 0 9 0 45 0
2009 30 0 2 0 8 0 40 0
2010 16 1 5 0 6 0 27 1
Total 483 30 52 3 73 3 3 0 611 36
Ventforet Kofu 2011 J1 League 28 0 2 0 1 0 31 0
2012 J2 League 25 0 0 0 25 0
2013 J1 League 6 0 1 0 3 0 10 0
Total 59 0 3 0 4 0 66 0
AC Nagano Parceiro 2014 J3 League 8 0 0 0 8 0
2015 3 0 0 0 3 0
Total 11 0 0 0 11 0
Blaublitz Akita 2016 J3 League 2 0 0 0 2 0
Azul Claro Numazu 2017 J3 League 0 0 1 0 1 0
2018 0 0 0 0
2019 1 0 1 0
2020 0 0 0 0
2021 0 0 0 0
Total 1 0 1 0 2 0
Career total 556 30 56 3 77 3 3 0 692 36

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Japan 1997 1 0
1998 1 0
1999 7 0
2000 7 0
2001 11 0
Total 27 0

Honors

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Shimizu S-Pulse

Japan

Individual

  • J1 League Best Eleven: 1999
  • J.League Fair Play Award: 2007

References

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  1. ^ "Year by Year J-League Awards". Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  2. ^ sponichi.co.jp
  3. ^ Blaublitz Akita
  4. ^ Azul Claro Numazu
  5. ^ "Azul Claro Numazu vs. Gainare Tottori - 24 November 2019 - Soccerway".
  6. ^ Japan National Football Team Database
  7. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 251 out of 289)
  8. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 273 out of 289)
  9. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑", 10 February 2016, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411338 (p. 265 out of 289)
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