Kenichi Shimokawa

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Kenichi Shimokawa
Personal information
Full name Kenichi Shimokawa
Date of birth (1988-05-14) May 14, 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth Gifu, Gifu, Japan
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1986–1988 Gifu Technical High School
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)
Honours
JEF United Ichihara
Runner-up JSL Cup 1990
Runner-up J.League Cup 1998
Yokohama F. Marinos
Winner J1 League 2003
Winner J1 League 2004
Runner-up J1 League 2002
Winner J.League Cup 2001
* 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 the Japan national team.

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Shimokawa was born in Gifu on May 14, 1970. After graduating from Gifu Technical 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.

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

Statistics[change | change source]

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Club statistics League CupLeague CupTotal
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
JapanLeague Emperor's Cup J.League CupTotal
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
Country Japan 277 0 12 0 34 0 323 0
Total 277 0 12 0 34 0 323 0

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Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
1995 1 0
1996 7 0
1997 1 0
Total 9 0

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