Shusaku Nishikawa
Personal information Full name
Shusaku Nishikawa Date of birth
(1986-06-18 ) June 18, 1986 (age 35) Place of birth
Usa , Oita , Japan Height
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Playing position
Goalkeeper Club information Current team
Urawa Reds Youth career 2002–2004
Oita Trinita Senior career* Years
Team
Apps
(Gls ) 2005–2009
Oita Trinita
118
(0) 2010–2013
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
135
(0) 2014–
Urawa Reds
237
(0) National team 2005
Japan U-20
4
(0) 2008
Japan U-23
3
(0) 2009–2017
Japan
31
(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of the 2020 season
Shusaku Nishikawa (西川 周作 , Nishikawa Shusaku , born June 18, 1986) is a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team .
Nishikawa was born in Usa on June 18, 1986. He joined J1 League club Oita Trinita in 2005. In summer 2005, he debuted and became a first choice goalkeeper instead veteran goalkkeper Hayato Okanaka . Oita won the champions in the 2008 J.League Cup with young players, Masato Morishige , Hiroshi Kiyotake and Mu Kanazaki . However Oita was relegated to J2 League end of 2009 season and Oita released their main players including Nishikawa due to their financial problems. Nishikawa moved to Sanfrecce Hiroshima in 2010. Hiroshima won the J1 League champions in 2012 and 2013. In 2014, he moved to Urawa Reds . Urawa won the 2nd place in the 2014 and 2016 J1 League. In 2017, Urawa won the champions at 2017 AFC Champions League .
In 2005, Nishikawa was selected the Japan U-20 national team for 2005 World Youth Championship and he played all 4 matches. In 2008, he was selected the Japan U-23 national team for 2008 Summer Olympics and he played all 3 matches. In October 2019, he was selected the Japan national team for 2011 Asian Cup qualification. At this qualification, he debuted against Hong Kong on October 8. However he could not play many matches behind Eiji Kawashima . In 2011, he participated 2011 Asian Cup . He played 2 matches and Japan won the champions. He also participated 2014 World Cup . From 2015, he played many matches instead Kawashima. He played 31 games for Japan until 2016.
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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
2005
Oita Trinita J1 League 21
0
2
0
1
0
-
24
0
2006
30
0
1
0
5
0
-
36
0
2007
11
0
2
0
2
0
-
15
0
2008
22
0
0
0
5
0
-
27
0
2009
34
0
1
0
3
0
-
38
0
2010
Sanfrecce Hiroshima J1 League 34
0
1
0
4
0
5
0
44
0
2011
34
0
0
0
1
0
-
35
0
2012
34
0
0
0
4
0
-
38
0
2013
33
0
3
0
1
0
5
0
42
0
2014
Urawa Reds J1 League 34
0
2
0
2
0
-
38
0
2015
34
0
3
0
0
0
5
0
42
0
2016
34
0
0
0
1
0
8
0
43
0
2017
34
0
0
0
2
0
13
0
49
0
2018
34
0
6
0
5
0
-
45
0
2019
33
0
2
0
2
0
13
0
37
0
2020
34
0
-
1
0
-
35
0
2021
Country
Japan
490
0
23
0
39
0
49
0
601
0
Total
490
0
23
0
39
0
49
0
601
0
[3]
Japan national team Year Apps Goals
2009
1
0
2010
2
0
2011
4
0
2012
1
0
2013
4
0
2014
3
0
2015
8
0
2016
8
0
Total
31
0
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