Daisuke Ichikawa

Daisuke Ichikawa
Personal information
Full name	Daisuke Ichikawa
Date of birth	May 14, 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth	Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1996–1997	Shimizu S-Pulse
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997–2010	Shimizu S-Pulse
2011	Ventforet Kofu
2012	Mito HollyHock
2013–2014	Fujieda MYFC
2015	FC Imabari
2016	Vanraure Hachinohe
Total
National team
1998–2002	Japan
Honours
Shimizu S-Pulse
Representing Japan
AFC U-20 Asian Cup
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Daisuke Ichikawa (市川大祐, Ichikawa Daisuke, born May 14, 1980) is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography change

Ichikawa is a product of Shimizu S-Pulses youth system. He played as right side-back and right midfielder. He made his J1 League debut on March 21, 1998 against Consadole Sapporo. He scored his first league goal against on November 14, 1998 against JEF United Ichihara. He was still a high school student at that time. He was instrumental in Shimizu winning the second stage of 1999 J1 League, the 1999–00 Asian Cup Winners' Cup and the 2001 Emperor's Cup. The side attack from Ichikawa on the right and Alessandro Santos on the left was Shimizu's main weapon during the period. He left the club end of 2010 season. Toward end of his career, he played for Ventforet Kofu (2011), Mito HollyHock (2012), Fujieda MYFC (2013–14), FC Imabari (2015) and Vanraure Hachinohe (2016). He retired end of 2016 season.

Ichikawa represented Japan national team at several underage levels. He made his first full international debut on April 1, 1998 against South Korea when he was 17 year and 322 days old, which made him the youngest player who represented Japan. Ichikawa was short-listed for the 1998 World Cup, but national coach Takeshi Okada dropped him together with Kazuyoshi Miura and Tsuyoshi Kitazawa at the final training camp in Nyon, Switzerland.

In March 2002, he was elected Japan for the first time in 4 years by Philippe Troussier. He was also chosen for the 2002 World Cup finals and played three games. Against Tunisia in the group stage, his cross was met by Hidetoshi Nakata who headed home to score Japan's second goal. He was capped 10 times without scoring between 1998 and 2002.

Statistics change

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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
1997	Shimizu S-Pulse	J1 League	0	0	1	0	0	0	-		1	0
1998			20	1	3	0	0	0	-		23	1
1999			22	0	3	1	4	0	-		29	1
2000			26	2	4	0	6	1	-		36	3
2001			30	2	1	0	2	0	-		33	2
2002			30	1	3	0	2	0	2	0	37	1
2003			23	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	27	0
2004			3	0	0	0	1	0	-		4	0
2005			34	0	3	1	5	0	-		42	1
2006			31	1	3	0	5	0	-		39	1
2007			33	4	3	1	6	1	-		42	6
2008			27	0	2	0	5	0	-		34	0
2009			25	1	5	0	5	0	-		35	1
2010			21	0	2	0	4	0	-		27	0
2011	Ventforet Kofu	J1 League	22	0	0	0	1	0	-		23	0
2012	Mito HollyHock	J2 League	32	1	1	0	-		-		33	1
2013	Fujieda MYFC	Football League	8	0	1	0	-		-		9	0
2014	Fujieda MYFC	J3 League	6	0	1	0	-		-		7	0
2015	FC Imabari	Regional Leagues	1	0	0	0	-		-		1	0
2016	Vanraure Hachinohe	Football League	20	2	0	0	-		-		20	2
Country	Japan		414	15	34	3	45	2	2	0	495	20
Total			414	15	34	3	45	2	2	0	495	20