Teruyoshi Ito
伊東 輝悦
Ito with Ventforet Kofu
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-08-31) 31 August 1974
Place of birth Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Azul Claro Numazu
Number 25
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– Azul Claro Numazu 5 (0)
International career
1996 Japan U23 3 (1)
1997–2001 Japan 27 (0)
Medal record
Shimizu S-Pulse
Runner-upJ1 League1999
WinnerJ.League Cup1996
Runner-upJ.League Cup1993
Runner-upJ.League Cup2008
WinnerEmperor's Cup2001
Runner-upEmperor's Cup1998
Runner-upEmperor's Cup2000
Runner-upEmperor's Cup2005
Runner-upEmperor's Cup2010
Representing  Japan
FIFA Confederations Cup
Silver medal – second place2001 Korea-Japan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 November 2022

Teruyoshi Ito (伊東 輝悦, Itō Teruyoshi, born 31 August 1974) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder[1] for J3 League club Azul Claro Numazu. He played for the Japan national team.

Club career

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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] In 2017, he moved to newly promoted J3 club Azul Claro Numazu.[5] 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.[6]

International career

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.[7] He was an unused substitute at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

Career statistics

Club

As of 2 January 2022[8][9][10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Asia Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Shimizu S-Pulse 1993 J1 League 003100–31
1994 600010–70
1995 44410––454
1996 2643071–365
1997 3173161–409
1998 3455010–405
1999 2913041–362
2000 2415140–332
2001 2711020–301
2002 220302010280
2003 302404020402
2004 3011070–381
2005 3205050–420
2006 3423050–422
2007 3413020–391
2008 3402090–450
2009 3002080–400
2010 1615060–271
Total 483305237333061136
Ventforet Kofu 2011 J1 League 2802010–310
2012 J2 League 25000––250
2013 J1 League 601030–100
Total 5903040–660
AC Nagano Parceiro 2014 J3 League 8000––80
2015 3000––30
Total 11000––110
Blaublitz Akita 2016 J3 League 2000––20
Azul Claro Numazu 2017 J3 League 0010––10
2018 00–––00
2019 10–––10
2020 00–––00
2021 00–––00
Total 1010––20
Career total 556305637733069236

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Japan 199710
199810
199970
200070
2001110
Total270

Honors

Japan

Individual

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

References

  1. ↑ Teruyoshi Ito at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
  2. ↑ "Year by Year J-League Awards". Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  3. ↑ sponichi.co.jp
  4. ↑ Blaublitz Akita
  5. ↑ Azul Claro Numazu
  6. ↑ "Azul Claro Numazu vs. Gainare Tottori - 24 November 2019 - Soccerway".
  7. ↑ Japan National Football Team Database
  8. ↑ 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)
  9. ↑ 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)
  10. ↑ 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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