Kunimitsu Sekiguchi

Kunimitsu Sekiguchi
Personal information
Full name	Kunimitsu Sekiguchi
Date of birth	December 26, 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth	Tama, Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Vegalta Sendai
Youth career
2001–2003	Teikyo High School
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004–2012	Vegalta Sendai
2013–2014	Urawa Reds
2015–2017	Cerezo Osaka
2018–	Vegalta Sendai
National team
2010–2011	Japan
Honours
Vegalta Sendai
Urawa Reds
Cerezo Osaka
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of the 2020 season

Kunimitsu Sekiguchi (関口訓充, Sekiguchi Kunimitsu, born December 26, 1985) is a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography[change | change source]

Sekiguchi was born in Tama on December 26, 1985. After graduating from Teikyo High School, he joined J2 League club Vegalta Sendai in 2004. He played many matches as substitute midfielder in 2007 and became a regular player from 2008. Vegalta won the champions in 2009 and was promoted to J1 League from 2010. In March 2011, 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami occurred in wide area including Sendai. However Vegalta won the 4th place in 2011 and the 2nd place in 2012. In 2013, he moved to Urawa Reds and played in 2 seasons. In 2015, he moved to J2 club Cerezo Osaka. Cerezo was promoted to J1 from 2017. In 2017, Cerezo won the champions in J.League Cup and Emperor's Cup. In 2018, he moved to his first club Vegalta Sendai. Vegalta won the 2nd place in the 2018 Emperor's Cup.

On October 8, 2010, Sekiguchi debuted for the Japan national team against Argentina. He played 3 games for Japan until 2011.

Statistics[change | change source]

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Club statistics			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Asia		Total
2004	Vegalta Sendai	J2 League	10	1	2	0	-		-		12	1
2005			24	2	2	0	-		-		26	2
2006			21	2	0	0	-		-		21	2
2007			44	2	1	0	-		-		45	2
2008			41	6	2	0	-		-		43	6
2009			50	4	5	1	-		-		55	5
2010		J1 League	26	2	1	0	6	1	-		33	3
2011			30	0	3	0	2	0	-		35	0
2012			28	3	2	0	3	0	-		33	0
2013	Urawa Reds	J1 League	20	1	2	0	4	0	6	1	32	2
2014	Urawa Reds	J1 League	7	0	1	0	6	1	-		14	1
2015	Cerezo Osaka	J2 League	31	1	0	0	-		-		31	1
2016		J2 League	26	2	3	0	-		-		29	2
2017		J1 League	18	0	4	0	8	0	-		30	0
2018	Vegalta Sendai	J1 League	16	1	3	0	3	0	-		22	1
2019			22	4	0	0	6	0	-		28	4
2020			30	0	-		1	0	-		31	0
2021
Country	Japan		444	31	31	1	39	2	6	1	520	35
Total			444	31	31	1	39	2	6	1	520	35