Kazuya Maekawa

Kazuya Maekawa

Personal information
Full name	Kazuya Maekawa
Date of birth	(1968-03-22) 22 March 1968
Place of birth	Hirado, Nagasaki, Japan
Height
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
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
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)

External links

• Kazuya Maekawa at National-Football-Teams.com