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Shusaku Nishikawa
西川 周作
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Nishikawa with Sanfrecce Hiroshima in 2011
Personal information
Full name Shusaku Nishikawa
Date of birth (1986-06-18) 18 June 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Usa, Ōita, Japan
Height 1.83 m
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Urawa Red Diamonds
Number 1
Youth career
2002–2004 Oita Trinita
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2005–2009 Oita Trinita 118 (0)
2010–2013 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 135 (0)
2014– Urawa Red Diamonds 307 (0)
National team‡
2005 Japan U-20 4 (0)
2007–2008 Japan U-23 8 (0)
2009–2017 Japan 31 (0)
Honours
Representing  Japan
AFC Asian Cup
Gold 2011 Qatar
AFC U-19 Championship
Bronze 2004 Malaysia
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 March 2023, 18:20 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 December 2017, 12:22 (UTC)

Shusaku Nishikawa (西川 周作, Nishikawa Shūsaku, born 18 June 1986) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Urawa Red Diamonds.

Club career

Nishikawa is a product of Oita's youth system and was promoted to the top team in 2005. He made his J1 League 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 J1 League club Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

In 2014, Nishikawa transfer to Urawa Red Diamonds as permanently after contract expiration with Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

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.

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

Career statistics

Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Emperor's Cup J. League Cup ACL Other 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 5 0 1 0 42 0
2023 34 0 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 39 0
2024 24 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 3 0 34 0
Career total 612 0 29 0 41 0 63 0 18 0 763 0

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

  • J.League Best XI: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2023
  • AFC Champions League Player of the week: 2019 Semi-finals 2nd leg

See also

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