| Personal information | |||||||||||
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| Full name | Ippei Watanabe | ||||||||||
| Date of birth | September 28, 1969 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nagoya, Aichi, Japan | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||
| 1985–1987 | Chukyo University Chukyo High School | ||||||||||
| 1988–1991 | Osaka University of Commerce | ||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
| 1992–1995 | Yokohama Flügels | 69 | (5) | ||||||||
| 1996 | Júbilo Iwata | 0 | (0) | ||||||||
| 1997 | Vissel Kobe | 18 | (0) | ||||||||
| 1998 | Mito HollyHock | 7 | (1) | ||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Yokohama FC | 24 | (2) | ||||||||
| Total | 118 | (8) | |||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||
Ippei Watanabe (渡辺 一平, Watanabe Ippei, born September 28, 1969) is a former Japanese football player.
Watanabe was born in Nagoya on September 28, 1969. After graduating from Osaka University of Commerce, he joined Yokohama Flügels in 1992. He played many matches as center back. In 1993 season, the club won the champions 1993 Emperor's Cup their first major title. At Final, he scored a winning goal in extra time. In 1995, the club won the champions 1994–95 Asian Cup Winners' Cup their first Asian title. At final, he scored 2 goals. In 1996, he moved to Júbilo Iwata. However he could not play at all in the match and he moved to newly was promoted to J1 League club, Vissel Kobe in 1997. From 1998, he played for Mito HollyHock (1998) and Yokohama FC (1999-2000). At Yokohama FC, the club won the champions for 2 years in a row (1999-2000) and was promoted to J2 League end of 2000 season. He retired end of 2000 season.
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 1992 | Yokohama Flügels | J1 League | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1993 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 4 | ||
| 1994 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 2 | ||
| 1995 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 25 | 1 | |||
| 1996 | Júbilo Iwata | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | Vissel Kobe | J1 League | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 1998 | Mito HollyHock | Football League | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 7 | 1 | |
| 1999 | Yokohama FC | Football League | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 12 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | 17 | 1 | |||
| Total | 118 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 133 | 11 | ||