Taishi Nozawa

Nozawa's current-season form is level with last season (Season 15→15), while his Rating climbed 57→59. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 17).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	CS	CS%	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Antwerp · 4th	3	1	33%	7.03	59	15
2025/26	Antwerp · 3rd	30	7	23%	7.22	57	15
2025/26	FC Tokyo · 11th	17	5	29%	6.9	49	13
2024/25	FC Tokyo · 7th	27	7	26%	7.12	55	17
2023/24	FC Tokyo · 11th	10	3	30%	7.2	48	9
2022/23	Grulla Morioka	22	0	0%	—	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 1 earlier season and 1 youth-team spell in the full career.

Scout report

Key starterGoalkeeper

T. Nozawa is a 23-year-old goalkeeper at Antwerp, rated 58.6 overall by Field Insider's model. An emerging talent, he has been a regular starter this season (73.7% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Nozawa.

On the season, Nozawa graded 15 for current form (age-blind), on 7 clean sheets across 30 appearances.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 15 → 15). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 59. At 23 Nozawa is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 18.6 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2024/25Holding levelRemarkably consistent

58.6

Ratingi

a strong, regular top-tier starter

14.6

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

73.7%

Minutes

a regular starter

0.1

Def. actions / 90

light defensive volume

Output in context · Antwerp finished 4th of 18 · an upper-table side

Apps

Clean sheets

23%

CS rate

73.7%

Minutes

7 clean sheets in 30 appearances (23% of games). Playing behind an upper-table side (4th of 18) means a more protected goal, so the read is about command and distribution as much as raw shut-outs.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 73.7% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.

Outlook

Rated 58.6 overall — a strong, regular top-tier starter. A a regular starter keeper carrying the gloves this season. Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 23, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %73.7%

Available fixtures40 of 40

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 900.102

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Cards / 900.034

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~19), then tapers with age. At 23, Nozawa sits on 18.6, at or near its peak. The blue line is Nozawa's projected Rating — 58.6 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among goalkeepers in the Jupiler Pro League with 600+ minutes this season.

Goalkeeping

Clean sheets7

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards1

Red cards0

Transfer history

AntwerpJul 2025 – now

FC Tokyo(back from loan)Jan 2023 – Jul 2025

GGrulla Morioka(on loan)Aug 2021 – Jan 2023

FC Tokyountil Aug 2021

About T. Nozawa

Taishi Brandon Nozawa is a 23-year-old goalkeeper who plays for Antwerp, born on December 25, 2002 in Okinawa, standing 193 cm tall. He is from Japan. Antwerp currently sit 4th of 18 in the Jupiler Pro League.

This season

In the current season, T. Nozawa has made 3 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 270 minutes, averaging a 7.03 match rating over his last 3 rated games.

Recent matches

August 22, 2026: 4-4 draw at home vs Genk (79 minutes, 6.6 rating)
August 15, 2026: 3-0 win away at Kortrijk (90 minutes, 7.3 rating)
August 9, 2026: 2-1 win at home vs SK Beveren (90 minutes, 7.2 rating)

T. Nozawa's next match is on August 30, 2026, when Antwerp face St. Truiden at home in the Jupiler Pro League.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates T. Nozawa at 58.6 with a Season form score of 14.6. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 4 career titles — among them the AFC U23 Asian Cup and the J-League Cup. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 7 recorded seasons, T. Nozawa has totalled 130 club appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists for 4 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2025/26, with 30 appearances for Antwerp.

T. Nozawa's career has also included time at FC Tokyo and GGrulla Morioka.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.