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Club career

Tsujimoto was born in Suita on 23 June 1979. After graduating from Kindai University High School, he joined Yokohama Flügels in 1998. However the club was disbanded end of 1998 season due to financial strain, he moved to Kyoto Purple Sanga with contemporaries Yasuhito Endo, Kazuki Teshima and so on in 1999. He played for the club until 2005. From 2006, he played for Tokushima Vortis (2006), Sagawa Printing (2007–08) and FC Osaka (2009). He retired end of 2009 season.

National team career

In August 1995, Tsujimoto was selected Japan U-17 national team for 1995 U-17 World Championship and he played 1 match. In April 1999, he was also selected Japan U-20 national team for 1999 World Youth Championship. At 1999 World Youth Championship, he played as right back of three back defense with Kazuki Teshima and

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. He played full-time in all 7 matches and Japan won the 2nd place.

Club statistics

Honors and awards

* FIFA World Youth Championship runner-up:

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* * * 1979 births Living people Association football people from Osaka Prefecture People from Suita Japanese men's footballers Japan men's youth international footballers J1 League players J2 League players Japan Football League players Yokohama Flügels players Kyoto Sanga FC players Tokushima Vortis players SP Kyoto FC players FC Osaka players Men's association football defenders {{Japan-footy-defender-1970s-stub