Kimitoshi Nōgawa

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Kimitoshi Nōgawa
Personal information
Full name Kimitoshi Nōgawa
Date of birth (1984-02-06) February 6, 1984 (age 37)
Place of birth Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1996 Yura FC
1997 Craz Osaka
1998 Yura FC
1999–2001 Shonan Gakuen
2002 Shizuoka Sangyo University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003 Londrina Esporte Clube
2004 Górnik Zabrze 3 (0)
2005 FCM Târgovişte 2 (0)
2005–2007 Canon Yaoundé 0 (0)
2008–2009 Stal Stalowa Wola
National team‡
Japan U-17
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 June 2008
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 June 2008

Kimitoshi Nōgawa (直川 公俊, Nōgawa Kimitoshi, born February 6, 1984) is a professional Japanese footballer. His birthday has also been reported as June 27, 1978.[1]

Career[]

After completing the 2002 season at Shizuoka Sangyo University, he moved to Brazil where he played for Londrina EC during the 2003 season.[2]

At the start of 2004 he joined Górnik Zabrze in Poland's top division [2] and was reported to be the first Japanese player to play in Poland.[3] During the 2005/06 season he played for FC Municipal Târgovişte in Romania.[2] He is also reported to have tried his luck in Italy.[4]

On April 12, 2005 it was reported that Nougawa had apparently signed with Canon Yaoundé in Cameroon on a one-year contract and that he would be the first Japanese player to play in Africa.[5] Nogawa, it was reported, moved to the Cameroon because of the "country's football reputation" and because he admired Patrick Mboma, who played in Japan.[5] Komodo Sport, a sports management company based in Indonesia and owned by Maboang Kessack, who played for Cameroon at the 1990 World Cup, was reported as being behind this deal.

However, as it turned out, no contract had been signed and after five days in Yaoundé the player left,[6] despite earlier promising to win the national championship with the club.[4]

International career[]

He represented Japan at the U-17 level.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ (in English) Kimitoshi Nogawa info at soccer.azplayers.com Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c (in Polish) Kimitoshi Nogawa info at 90minut.pl
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b (in English) Polish club signs up Japanese striker Nogawa
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b (in English) Cameroon opens up to the Orient
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b (in English) Canon sign Japanese player
  6. ^ (in English) Japanese player flees Canon
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