Atsushi Shirai facts for kids
| Personal information | ||||||||||
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| Full name | Atsushi Shirai | |||||||||
| Date of birth | April 18, 1966 | |||||||||
| Place of birth | Kumamoto, Japan | |||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||
| 1982–1984 | Settsu High School | |||||||||
| 1985–1988 | Kyoto Sangyo University | |||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||
| 1989–1991 | Tanabe Pharmaceutical | 48 | (0) | |||||||
| 1991–1993 | Toshiba | 33 | (0) | |||||||
| 1994–1996 | Gamba Osaka | 1 | (0) | |||||||
| 1996 | Consadole Sapporo | 19 | (0) | |||||||
| 1997–1998 | JEF United Ichihara | 19 | (0) | |||||||
| 1999–2002 | Omiya Ardija | 113 | (0) | |||||||
| Total | 233 | (0) | ||||||||
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||
Atsushi Shirai (白井 淳, Shirai Atsushi, born April 18, 1966) is a former Japanese football player. He played as a goalkeeper for several teams in Japan during his career.
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Atsushi Shirai's Football Journey
Atsushi Shirai was born in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, on April 18, 1966. He loved football from a young age. After finishing his studies at Kyoto Sangyo University, he began his professional football career.
Early Career and First Teams
In 1989, Shirai joined a team called Tanabe Pharmaceutical. He quickly became the team's main goalkeeper, playing regularly from his very first season. This showed how skilled he was right from the start.
In 1991, he moved to Toshiba. This team later changed its name to Consadole Sapporo. Shirai played in many matches for Toshiba until 1992. However, in 1993, he did not get to play in any games.
Moving to J.League Clubs
In 1994, Shirai joined Gamba Osaka, a team in the top Japanese league, the J1 League. It was tough for him to get playing time there. He was behind other strong goalkeepers like Kenji Honnami and Hayato Okanaka. Because of this, he hardly played any matches for Gamba Osaka.
In 1996, he returned to Consadole Sapporo. This time, he became the main goalkeeper again, which was a great achievement. In 1997, he moved to JEF United Ichihara. Here, he competed with Japan's national team goalkeeper, Kenichi Shimokawa, for the starting position. Shirai played in many games in 1997. However, in 1998, he did not play as much.
Later Years and Retirement
In 1999, Atsushi Shirai joined Omiya Ardija. He was the main goalkeeper for this team for three seasons. He played many games and was a key player for them. He decided to retire from football at the end of the 2001 season.
However, his retirement did not last long! In March 2002, he came back to play for Omiya Ardija again. This happened because several other goalkeepers on the team got injured. Even though he returned, he did not play in any matches before retiring for good in August 2002.
External Links
- Atsushi Shirai at J.League Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 22: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
See also
In Spanish: Atsushi Shirai para niños
