Kenichi Shimokawa

Kenichi Shimokawa
Personal information
Full name	Kenichi Shimokawa
Date of birth	May 14, 1988 (age 36)
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
1989–2000	JEF United Ichihara
2001–2006	Yokohama F. Marinos
Total
National team
1995–1997	Japan
Honours
JEF United Ichihara
Yokohama F. Marinos
	* 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.

Biography

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

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Club statistics			League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Total
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