Toshiya Sueyoshi will play for Avispa Fukuoka in 2010!
Name: Toshiya Sueyoshi Date of birth: 18.11.1987 Height: 174cm Weight: 70kg Position: Midfielder
The 22-year old midfielder and Fukuoka-native won the Kyushu-University Championships with FU and got the chance to win the All Japan University Championships with Fukuoka on january 6th against Meiji University.
Our Defender Toru Miyamoto, who played for Tochigi SC on a loan deal, will join Tochigi by a full transfer now, the club annouced. Toru started his career at Avispa in 2001 and played 177 games and scored 5 goals till this summer, when he moved to Tochigi. In 2009, Toru wasn't in Shinoda's plans for the season and just played 14 games. At Tochigi, he is a starter and get alot of playing time. Thank you Toru for all you've done for Avispa! SUPER Avispa! will follow you at the yellow-shirts!
The club announced today, that foward Teruaki Kurobe, who didn't get a new contract for the next season, will move to Kataller Toyama. Kurobe joined Avispa in 2008, when he signed from J1-side JEF United Chiba. He played 55 games for us, but just scored 4 goals.
After they won the Kyushu-Championships, the boys from Fukuoka University, with Yosuke Miyaji and Kensuke Nagai, made it to the final of the All Japan University Championships! The FU beated Komazawa University with 2:1 and will face Meiji University, which beated Kansai University with 2:0. Minoru Ichikawa in the 10th and Yutaro Takahashi in the 66th minute scored the goals for Fukuoka.
The final will be on january 6th. Also on january 6th, the national team will play against Yemen. Nagai is a member of the squad, so let's see what game will he play. Will he help his team to become the best university-football team in Japan or will he take the chance to make his first game for Japan Daihyo?
We signed talent Hideya Okamoto from Gamba Osaka by a full transfer. This season, Okamoto was just on loan from Gamba Osaka. He played a really well season with 35 games, 5 goals, 1 assist and 1670 minutes of playing time. He really impressed me.
Fukuoka University's big talent and our designate player Kensuke Nagai who is one of the biggest forward-talents in Japan, was called up for the nationalteam-squad for the Yemen-game!!! Nagai is just one out of Okada's very young squad, with players like Tokyo's Gonda and Yonemoto, Nagoya's Kanazaki or Kashima's Osako.
The Asian Cup-quali game will be played on 6th of january. Avispa should sign him before this game, because nobody know how good or bad he will play in this game. If he play good, he will grow the interests of other clubs. So Avispa, please sign him as quick as possible!
Sports newspaper Sports Hochi reported, that the Yokohama F. Marinos wants to sign Hokuto with a loan deal. Hokuto should replace Takanobu Komiyama who is close to sign with 2009 2nd placed and Nabisco Cup-finalist Kawasaki Frontale. It would be a good desicion, because with Yuhei Tokunaga and Naohiro Ishikawa, who are current nationalteam-members, it's very hard to get playing time on his right side. Hokuto would meet some old Kunimi-friends like at FCT. Hokuto played together with Shingo Hyodo and Rookie of the Year and Marinos' goalgetter Kazuma Watanabe at his high school-time in his hometown Nagasaki.
Yoichi Matsumoto, who was one of the coaches from JEF United Chiba's U-18 will join Avispa as the new physical choach. Matsumoto will replace Hideaki Fujino, who left the club.
Midfielder Jun Suzuki will be out for ca. 2 months! Suzuki suffered a metatarsal fatigue fracture in his right foot on saturday at season-final against Yokohama FC. He was subbed out for Shu Abe in the 65th minute, because his foot hurted. On monday, Suzuki went to Fukuoka City Hospital to chek his foot and the doctors diagnosed the bad injury. Jun will go under surgery on friday and will be out for ca. 2 months before he can start with practice again.
It was a so-so-season for our beloved dude in the blue-red jersey of the capital club. Just before the season, Hokuto got injured in a game agaisnt J2-side Consadole Sapporo and was out for a long time. Hokuto made his first game against Yokohama F. Marinos at Nissan Stadium on J1's 12th round.He came on as a substitute for Yohei Kajiyama and just 7 minutes later, he scored his first goal for his new club!
After this great start, everything was looking good and Hokuto came on as a sub again in the next game, but in the Nabisco Cup group stage, he got injured again against Montedio Yamagata. After he got through this injury, he played a game, didn't play, played, didn't play... Hokuto shot another cracker at the Emperor's Cup 3rd round-game against J2-side Thespa Kusatsu with a great freekick.
Just a few days before, Hokuto and F.C. Tokyo celebraited a big 2:0-win against Tokyo bay-rival Kawasaki Frontale in the Nabisco Cup-final at National Stadium Kokuritsu in Tokyo. Hokuto was in the squad, but didn't make it on pitch... It was the first title for Hokuto in his career and the 2nd for F.C. Tokyo, after they win this cup back in 2004 against Urawa Reds.
In the last 3 games, Hokuto started as a starter on Naohiro Ishikawa's season, who played a monster-season. Hokuto didn't looked so bad and scored a really, really nice goal at today's season-final against Albirex Niigata at Niigata "Big Swan" Stadium.
Hokuto'sStats2009 Games: 10 Goals: 2 Minutes on pitch: 380 Nabisco Cup Winner 2009 Emperor's Cup goals: 1
Well, the season is over...and it ended with a little teardrop All started good with a goal from Jumbo in the 19th minute. After a foul on Suzuki, Kudo played a quick freekick, same idea against Kofu, and passed to Jumbo. The Yokohama-defence was not ready for that, like Kofu's, so Jumbo was all alone and scored the 0:1. In the 39th minute, Yokohama's Hayakawa scored the 1:1 after a cornerkick. Nanba took the 2:1-lead for YFC in the 72th, so we had alot of pressure to not lose this final game and the 3-unbeaten games-row. We missed some chances, but in the 87th minute, Yokohama's keeper made a big mistake. It was a goal from the ones, who will leave the team. Daisuke Nakaharai played a cross into the box. The keeper dropped the ball with his hands just in front of Kurobe, who just turned arround and scored the 2:2-end result.
The teardrop of this game is, that we didn't take the chance to make it to the TOP10. Our contender, Thespa Kusatsu won at the same time at home against Tochigi SC with 3:2, so both team got the same number of points with 65, but Thespa got the better goal-difference with -12 to -19 on our side, so we ended this season on 11th place.
Kosuke Nakamachi will play for Avispa Fukuoka in 2010!
Name: Kosuke Nakamachi Date of birth: 01.09.1985 Height: 174cm Weight: 69kg Postion: Midfielder
Nakamachi, who play in the midfield, come from Keio University Soccer Club, Tokyo, where he played in the last two years. Nakamachi already got J2-experience. He played for Shonan Bellmare from 2004 to 2007 and played 66 games and scored two goals in this time. In his youth, the Saitama-born played for an secondary school in Takasaki, Gunma prefecture.
Here is a bit older news from mid-november... Our current assistant coach Hitoshi Morishita will give us his job and will work for Avispa's board in 2010. Before Morishita came to Fukuoka in 2009, he worked in the youth sections of Consadole Sapporo and Jubilo Iwata.
The club announced today, that our two brazilians Wellington and Alex will leave Japan on december 11th and fly back to Brazil. They will practice with the team for the last time on december 4th, one day before seasons-final match against Yokohama FC at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama.
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