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Kozo Arai
荒井公三

Personal information

Full name

Kozo Arai

Date of birth

October 24, 1950 (age 74)

Place of birth

Etajima, Hiroshima, Japan

Height

1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Position(s)

Midfielder

Youth career

1966–1968

Hiroshima Kogyo High School

Senior career*

Years

Team

Apps

(Gls)

1969–1978

Furukawa Electric

124

(17)

Total

124

(17)

International career

1970–1977

Japan

(4)

Medal record

Furukawa Electric

Winner	Japan Soccer League	1976
Winner	JSL Cup	1977
Winner	Emperor's Cup	1976

*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kozo Arai (荒井公三, Arai Kōzō, born October 24, 1950) is a former Japanese footballer. He played for Japan national team.

Club career

Arai was born in Etajima on October 24, 1950. After graduating from high school, he joined Furukawa Electric in 1969. In 1976, the club won Japan Soccer League and Emperor's Cup. The club also won 1977 JSL Cup. He retired in 1978. He played 124 games and scored 17 goals in the league. He was selected Best Eleven 4 times (1971, 1973, 1974 and 1976).

National team career

In December 1970, Arai was selected Japan national team for 1970 Asian Games. At this competition, on December 10, he debuted against Malaysia. He also played at 1974 Asian Games, 1972 Summer Olympics qualification, 1974 World Cup qualification and 1976 Summer Olympics qualification. He played 47 games and scored 4 goals for Japan until 1977.^[1]

Club statistics

^[2]

Club performance			League
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals
Japan			League
1969	Furukawa Electric	JSL Division 1	6	0
1970			14	0
1971			13	3
1972			12	6
1973			17	2
1974			18	2
1975			18	2
1976			18	1
1977			8	1
1978			0	0
Total			124	17

National team statistics

^[1]

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1970	6	0
1971	4	0
1972	8	2
1973	5	0
1974	5	1
1975	3	1
1976	15	0
1977	1	0
Total	47	4

Awards

Japan Soccer League Best Eleven: 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976
Japan Soccer League Fighting Spirit: 1971

References

^ ^a ^b Japan National Football Team Database
^ Kozo Arai at National-Football-Teams.com

External links

Kozo Arai at National-Football-Teams.com
Japan National Football Team Database

v t e 1971 Japan Soccer League Team of the Year
Kenzo Yokoyama Kozo Arai Carlos Esteves Yoshitada Yamaguchi Aritatsu Ogi Daishiro Yoshimura Nobuo Fujishima Teruki Miyamoto Ryuichi Sugiyama Kunishige Kamamoto Yoshikazu Nagai

v t e 1973 Japan Soccer League Team of the Year
Kenzo Yokoyama Kozo Arai Kuniya Daini Yoshitada Yamaguchi Hiroshi Ochiai Takaji Mori Ryuichi Sugiyama Sérgio Echigo Akira Matsunaga Tsutomu Nakamura Kazumi Takada

v t e 1974 Japan Soccer League Team of the Year
Kenzo Yokoyama Kozo Arai Eijun Kiyokumo Yoshitada Yamaguchi Hiroshi Ochiai Sérgio Echigo Takaji Mori George Kobayashi Akira Matsunaga Kunishige Kamamoto Mitsunori Fujiguchi

v t e 1976 Japan Soccer League Team of the Year
Tatsuhiko Seta Shigemi Ishii Eijun Kiyokumo Kozo Arai Hiroshi Ochiai Mitsuru Komaeda Nobuo Fujishima Hiroo Abe Yoshikazu Nagai Kunishige Kamamoto Yasuhiko Okudera

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