Daisuke Ichikawa

Daisuke Ichikawa

Personal information
Full name	Daisuke Ichikawa
Date of birth	(1980-05-14) May 14, 1980
Place of birth	Shimizu, Shizuoka, Japan
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Vanraure Hachinohe
Youth career
	Shimizu S-Pulse Youth
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–2010	Shimizu S-Pulse	304	(12)
2011	Ventforet Kofu	22	(0)
2012	Mito HollyHock	32	(1)
2013–2014	Fujieda MYFC	14	(0)
2015	Imabari	1	(0)
2016	Vanraure Hachinohe
International career‡
1998–2002	Japan	10	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 August 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 January 2010

Daisuke Ichikawa (市川 大祐, Ichikawa Daisuke, born 14 May 1980 in Shizuoka) is a Japanese football player who most recently played as a defender for J3 League side Fujieda MYFC. He is a former Japanese international.

Playing career

Ichikawa is a product of Shimizu's youth system. He made his J. 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 J. League in 1999, the Asian Cup Winners Cup in 2000 and the Emperor's Cup in 2001. The side attack from Ichikawa on the right and Alessandro dos Santos on the left was Shimizu's main weapon during the period.

International career

He represented Japan at several underage levels. He made his first full international debut on April 1, 1998 against 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 finals, but national coach Takeshi Okada dropped him together with Kazuyoshi Miura and Tsuyoshi Kitazawa at the final training camp in Nyon, Switzerland.

He was chosen for the 2002 World Cup finals by Philippe Troussier 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.

Club career

(Correct as of 6 December 2013)

Club performance			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	J. League 1	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	J. League 1	22	0	0	0	1	0	-		23	0
2012	Mito HollyHock	J. League 2	32	1	1	0	-				33	1
2013	Fujieda MYFC	Japan Football League	8	0	1	0	-				9	0
Country	Japan		387	13	33	3	45	2	2	0	467	18
Total			387	13	33	3	45	2	2	0	467	18

National team

• 2002 FIFA World Cup

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1998	1	0
1999	0	0
2000	0	0
2001	0	0
2002	9	0
Total	10	0

External links

• FIFA Statistics
• Daisuke Ichikawa at National-Football-Teams.com