Azusa Iwashimizu
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 14 October 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Takizawa, Japan | ||
| Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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NTV Beleza | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001– | NTV Beleza | 156 | (14) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006– | Japan | 111 | (11) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 November 2012. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 09:08, 4 June 2015 (UTC) |
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Azusa Iwashimizu (岩清水梓 Iwashimizu Azusa?, born 14 October 1986) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a defender for L. League club NTV Beleza. She has played in the 2007, 2011 and 2015 FIFA Women's World Cups, winning the 2011 World Cup and winning a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In the final minute of extra time in the 2011 World Cup Final, she was sent off after receiving a red card for slide tackling an opponent. Japan would go on to win the match in the penalty shootout that followed.
Iwashimizu was instrumental in Japan's victory at the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup, scoring the winning goal in both the semifinal against China and the final against Australia.
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