Kashima Antlers, Hideaki Ozawa tranfers to Paraguay

An article about a transferring of Hideaki Ozawa, a goal keeper of Kashima. A thirty-five year old man's challenge.

Hideaki Ozawa(Age:35), a goal keeper of Kashima is to be transferred to Luqueño, a powerful team in Paraguay. He had had a renewal contract offer from Kashima. "I've come to an end by winning three consecutive championships. Life is once. I don't want to regret." He decided to transfer.

A goal keeper of Kashima Antlers, Hideaki Ozawa was to be transferred to a team, Luqueño in Paraguay.

To tell the truth, he was a junior of my acquitances and there was a delicate distance say, far or near, between us,too. There's why I have long been worried about him.

Since he was an attached high school student of Mito College, he entered Kashima in 1992. He was chosen as a member of the national under-18 and under-21 football team, but wasn't be able to be a main goalkeeper in Kashima because of suffering from his backache.

He transferred not only to Kashima Antlers but also to Yokohama Marionos and FC Tokyo. He had a long period as a bench warmer as well.

Besides, he returned to Kashima Antlers without breaking his motivation for soccer. I imagined his determination of burying his bone here. No! His strong will of tranferring abroad at the age of 35!

According to an article of A challenging Ozawa as a goal keeper in Paraguay. He strongly refused an offer to remaing in Kashima., he hasn't had an official offer right now, so joining in the training of Team Sportivo Luqueño, he hopes an agreement of a contract to be succeeded. I can't think of his choice waiting a head.

His wife and two children are strong supporters. They advise him to go to Paraguay as soon as possible. Hideaki Ozawa says, "I think I can still be an active soccer player and this challenge is just on my way to a travelling as well.

Translated by Toshi; orinal post on Jan 8