Every two years Yoshiki Matsuzawa gets the itch to switch jobs. And this is one such year.

A 35-year-old temporary worker at the Tokyo office of a U.S. investment fund, Matsuzawa is a globe-trotting, die-hard soccer fan and typifies a growing trend in the satellite TV age.

His private life has been like a whirlwind in the past few years, as he traversed Europe to visit stadiums in an annual ritual and traveled between Japan and South Korea during the 2002 World Cup to follow Brazil in their glorious march to a fifth triumph.