Kazuya Maekawa
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kazuya Maekawa | ||
Date of birth | 22 March 1968 | ||
Place of birth | Hirado, Nagasaki, Japan | ||
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Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1986–1999 | Mazda/Sanfrecce Hiroshima | ? | (?) |
2000–2001 | Oita Trinita | 75 | (0) |
International career | |||
1992–1996 | Japan | 17 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2002–2005 | Oita Trinita "Staff" | ||
2006– | Sanfrecce Tsuneishi Soccer School | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Kazuya Maekawa (前川 和也 Maekawa Kazuya?, born 22 March 1968 in Hirado, Nagasaki) is a retired Japanese footballer. He was a goalkeeper.
Career
Maekawa was educated at and played for Hirado High School. After graduating in 1986, he joined Japan Soccer League side Mazda S.C.. When Japan's first-ever professional league J. League started in 1993, Mazda S.C. was transformed to Sanfrecce Hiroshima for whom he continued to play. In April 1990, he went had a trial at Manchester United. He had been the first-choice GK for the club since 1989 although he was prone to injuries. He decided to have operation on his shoulder in 1998 and his place was filled in by Takashi Shimoda who kept the place after Maekawa came back. Maekawa was transferred to J. League Division 2 side Oita Trinita in 2000 before retiring from the game after the 2001 season.
He was capped 17 times for the Japanese national team from 1992 to 1996. His first cap came on June 7, 1992 in a friendly against Wales in Matsuyama, Ehime. He was a member of the Japan team that won the 1992 AFC Asian Cup. He played 2 games after first-choice keeper Shigetatsu Matsunaga was shown a red card in the semi-final against China.
After finishing his playing career, he remained at Trinita and worked in the areas of marketing, operations and developments until 2005. He is now a coach at Sanfrecce Tsuneishi Soccer School, one of the affiliated soccer schools of Sanfrecce Hiroshima. (as of September 2007)
Club career statistics
Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J. League Cup | Total | ||||||
1986–87 | Mazda | JSL Division 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1987–88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
1988–89 | JSL Division 2 | |||||||||
1989–90 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||||
1990–91 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||||
1991–92 | JSL Division 1 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||
1992 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | J. League 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
1993 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
1994 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
1995 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 37 | 0 | |||
1996 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 44 | 0 | ||
1997 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
1998 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
2000 | Oita Trinita | J. League 2 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
2001 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
Country | Japan | 283 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 327 | 0 | |
Total | 283 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 327 | 0 |
Japan national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
1992 | 3 | 0 |
1993 | 2 | 0 |
1994 | 2 | 0 |
1995 | 5 | 0 |
1996 | 5 | 0 |
Total | 17 | 0 |
Honors
International
- Japan
- AFC Asian Cup (1): 1992 1992 Asian Cup (champions)
References
External links
- Kazuya Maekawa at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- 1968 births
- Living people
- People from Nagasaki Prefecture
- Japanese footballers
- Japan Soccer League players
- Mazda S.C. players
- J1 League players
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima players
- J2 League players
- Oita Trinita players
- Japan international footballers
- 1992 AFC Asian Cup players
- AFC Asian Cup-winning players