Toshinobu Katsuya

Football player infobox| playername= Toshinobu Katsuya
fullname =
nickname = Toshinobu Katsuya


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1961|9|2
cityofbirth =
countryofbirth = Japan
height = height|ft=5|in=9
currentclub =
position = Defender
youthyears = 1977-1980
1980-1984
youthclubs = Shimabara Commerce High School
Osaka University of Commerce
years = 1984-1991
1991-1993
1994-1997
1998
clubs = Honda Motor
Nissan Motors/Yokohama Marinos
Jubilo Iwata
Cerezo Osaka
caps(goals) = 140 00(6)
045 00(0)
099 00(2)
014 00(0)
nationalyears = 1985-1993
nationalteam = Japan
nationalcaps(goals) = 027 00(0)
manageryears =
managerclubs =nihongo|Toshinobu Katsuya|勝矢 寿延|Katsuya Toshinobu |born September 2, 1961 in Nagasaki Prefecture is a former Japanese football (soccer) player. He was a defender.

Career

He was educated at and played for Shimabara Commerce High School and Osaka University of Commerce. After graduating in 1984, he joined Japan Soccer League side Honda Motor F.C. but moved to fellow JSL side Nissan Motor F.C. (current Yokohama F. Marinos) in 1991. He was transferred to Jubilo Iwata in 1994, then to Cerezo Osaka in 1998, and retired from the game at the end of the 1998 season.

Katsuya was capped 27 times for the Japanese national team between 1985 and 1993, and was a member of the Japan team that won the 1992 AFC Asian Cup. He played 3 matches in the competition.

He filled in for injured left back Satoshi Tsunami in the final qualifying stage of the AFC for the 1994 FIFA World Cup. He was on the pitch when Japan's hope to play in the finals was dashed by an injury-time Iraqi equaliser in the last qualifier, the match that the Japanese fans now refer to as the Agony of Doha.

Katsuya works at Cerezo Osaka as a coach.

Clubs

* 1984-1991: flagicon|Japan Honda Motor
* 1991-1993: flagicon|Japan Yokohama Marinos
* 1994-1997: flagicon|Japan Jubilo Iwata
* 1998: flagicon|Japan Cerezo Osaka

Honors and awards

Team Honors

* (Champions)