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Seigo Shimokawa
下川 誠吾
Personal information
Full name Seigo Shimokawa
Date of birth (1975-11-17) November 17, 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan
Height 1.84 m (6 ft +12 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth career
1991–1993 Hokuyo High School
1994–1995 Momoyama Gakuin University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2003 Cerezo Osaka 171 (0)
2004–2005 Kawasaki Frontale 6 (0)
2006–2010 Oita Trinita 65 (0)
Total 242 (0)
Honours
Cerezo Osaka
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2001
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2003
Oita Trinita
Winner J.League Cup 2008
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Seigo Shimokawa (下川 誠吾, Shimokawa Seigo, born November 17, 1975) is a former Japanese football player.

Playing career

Shimokawa was born in Amagasaki on November 17, 1975. After dropped out from Momoyama Gakuin University, he joined J1 League club Cerezo Osaka in 1996. Although he could not play at all in the match behind Gilmar Rinaldi, he became a regular goalkeeper from July 1997. He played many matches as regular goalkeeper for a long time and the club won the 2nd place 2001 and 2003 Emperor's Cup. However his opportunity to play decreased behind young goalkeeper Daisuke Tada in 2003. In 2004, he moved to Kawasaki Frontale. However he could hardly play in the match behind Shinya Yoshihara and Takashi Aizawa. In 2006, he moved to Oita Trinita. He battles with Shusaku Nishikawa for the position. Although he could hardly play in the match behind in 2006, he played many matches for Nishikawa's injury and poor performance in 2007 and 2008. The club also won the champions 2008 J.League Cup first major title in the club history. However he could hardly play in the match in 2009 and the club was relegated to J2 League. The club released many players including Nishikawa end of 2009 season due to their financial problems. In 2010, although he played as regular goalkeeper, his opportunity to play decreased behind young goalkeeper Keisuke Shimizu and he retired end of 2010 season.

Club statistics

Club performance 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
1996 Cerezo Osaka J1 League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 17 0 2 0 0 0 19 0
1998 34 0 1 0 2 0 37 0
1999 30 0 2 0 2 0 34 0
2000 30 0 1 0 0 0 31 0
2001 17 0 5 0 0 0 22 0
2002 J2 League 32 0 4 0 - 36 0
2003 J1 League 11 0 5 0 3 0 19 0
2004 Kawasaki Frontale J2 League 3 0 2 0 - 5 0
2005 J1 League 3 0 0 0 2 0 5 0
2006 Oita Trinita J1 League 5 0 1 0 1 0 7 0
2007 23 0 0 0 4 0 27 0
2008 13 0 0 0 6 0 19 0
2009 0 0 1 0 3 0 4 0
2010 J2 League 24 0 1 0 - 25 0
Total 242 0 25 0 23 0 290 0

See also

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