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Shūsaku Nishikawa

Shūsaku Nishikawa (西川 周作, Nishikawa Shūsaku, born 18 June 1986) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper and vice-captain for J1 League club, Urawa Red Diamonds.[3]

Club career

Nishikawa is a product of Oita's youth system and was promoted to the top team in 2005. He made his J.League Division 1 debut on 2 July 2005 for Oita Trinita in a match against Yokohama F. Marinos. He became a regular in the 2006 season.

After the relegation of Oita Trinita, Nishikawa signed on 30 December 2009 for J.League Division 1 club, Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

On 5 January 2014, Nishikawa was announce official transfer to Urawa Red Diamonds as permanently for 2014 season after contract expiration with Sanfrecce Hiroshima.[4]

International career

Nishikawa was a member of the Japan U20 national team for the 2005 World Youth Championship finals. He played full time in all four matches. He was also a member of the Japan U23 national team at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He played full time in all three matches.[5]

He made his full international debut for Japan on 8 October 2009 in a 2011 Asian Cup qualification against Hong Kong.

Career statistics

Club

As of the match played 22 February 2025.[6][7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Emperor's Cup J. League Cup ACL Other[a] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Oita Trinita 2005 J. League Div. 1 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 — 3 0 41 0
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2010 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 4 0 46 0
Urawa Red Diamonds 2014 34 0 2 0 2 0 — 38 0
2015 J1 League 34 0 3 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 40 0
2016 34 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 2 0 45 0
2017 34 0 0 0 2 0 13 0 3 0 52 0
2018 34 0 6 0 5 0 — 45 0
2019 33 0 2 0 2 0 13 0 — 50 0
2020 34 0 0 0 1 0 — 35 0
2021 32 0 6 0 3 0 — 41 0
2022 32 0 2 0 2 0 7 0 1 0 44 0
2023 34 0 1 0 4 0 7 0 3 0 49 0
2024 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 0
2025 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Career total 626 0 32 0 48 0 64 0 18 0 788 0
  1. ^ Includes Pan-Pacific Championship, Suruga Bank Championship, FIFA Club World Cup, J. League Championship and Japanese Super Cup.

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Japan 2009 1 0
2010 2 0
2011 4 0
2012 1 0
2013 4 0
2014 3 0
2015 8 0
2016 8 0
2017 0 0
Total 31 0

Honours

Oita Trinita

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Urawa Red Diamonds

Japan

Individual

References

  1. ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012 presented by Toyota: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 29 November 2012. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2012.
  2. ^ "National team squad". jfa.or.jp. Japan Football Association. Archived from the original on 12 March 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Reds lure Nishikawa from Sanfrecce". The Japan Times. 5 January 2014. Archived from the original on 28 June 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  4. ^ 西川周作選手 完全移籍加入のお知らせ Archived 9 December 2022 at the Wayback Machine 浦和レッズ公式HP 2014年1月5日
  5. ^ "Shūsaku Nishikawa Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
  6. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)" Archived 19 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine, 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 56 out of 289)
  7. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)" Archived 16 April 2020 at the Wayback Machine, 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 16 out of 289)
  8. ^ "Urawa Reds edge Al Hilal for historic third title". AFC. 6 May 2023. Archived from the original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  9. ^ Orlowitz, Dan (6 May 2023). "Urawa beats Al Hilal to capture third Asian Champions League title". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 17 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  10. ^ "2023年Jリーグベスト11は神戸と浦和が最多タイ4名！ 大迫勇也や西川周作ら". GOAL. Archived from the original on 5 December 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.