Kenichi Shimokawa

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Kenichi Shimokawa
下川 健一
Personal information
Full name Kenichi Shimokawa
Date of birth (1970-05-14) May 14, 1970 (age 51)
Place of birth Gifu, Gifu, Japan
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1986–1988
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–2000 JEF United Ichihara 276 (0)
2001–2006 Yokohama F. Marinos 1 (0)
Total 277 (0)
National team
1995–1997 Japan 9 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Kenichi Shimokawa (下川 健一, Shimokawa Kenichi, born May 14, 1970) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Club career[]

Shimokawa was born in Gifu on May 14, 1970. After graduating from high school, he joined Furukawa Electric (later JEF United Ichihara) in 1989. From first season, he played as regular goalkeeper over 10 seasons. In 2000, his opportunity to play decreased behind Ryo Kushino. He moved to Yokohama F. Marinos in 2001. However, there were few opportunities to play in the match. His only match in the J1 League at Yokohama F. Marinos is last game in 2003 season. In this match, he played instead Tetsuya Enomoto was shown a red card in the 15th minute.[1] Marinos won this match and won the J1 League champions in this season. He retired end of 2006 season.

National team career[]

On June 10, 1995, Shimokawa debuted for Japan national team against Sweden. He played in all match at 1996 Asian Cup. He played 9 games for Japan until 1997.[2]

Club statistics[]

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
1989/90 Furukawa Electric JSL Division 1 20 0 0 0 20 0
1990/91 21 0 0 0 21 0
1991/92 16 0 0 0 16 0
1992 JEF United Ichihara J1 League - 0 0 5 0 5 0
1993 14 0 3 0 0 0 17 0
1994 43 0 2 0 2 0 47 0
1995 44 0 1 0 - 45 0
1996 30 0 1 0 14 0 45 0
1997 15 0 2 0 7 0 24 0
1998 32 0 0 0 4 0 36 0
1999 30 0 1 0 0 0 31 0
2000 13 0 0 0 2 0 15 0
2001 Yokohama F. Marinos J1 League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
2004 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 277 0 12 0 34 0 323 0

National team statistics[]

[2]

Japan national team
Year Apps Goals
1995 1 0
1996 7 0
1997 1 0
Total 9 0
  • 1996 Asian Cup

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