Kenji Arai
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kenji Arai | ||
| Date of birth | May 19, 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Saitama, Japan | ||
| Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997-2000 | Rissho University | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001-2003 | Albirex Niigata | 26 | (0) |
| 2004-2005 | Albirex Niigata Singapore | 51 | (6) |
| 2006-2009 | Singapore Armed Forces | 89 | (11) |
| 2009-2010 | Goa | ? | (?) |
| 2010 | Sengkang Punggol | 19 | (0) |
| 2011-2012 | Home United | 37 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:14, 14 June 2011 | |||
Kenji Arai (新井 健二 Arai Kenji?, born May 19, 1978 in Saitama, Japan) is a Japanese footballer.
Career
Arai entered professional football with Albirex Niigata after graduating from Rissho University in 2001 but was unable to hold on to the first team place although he played 20 league games for Albirex Niigata in his first season.[1] He was on loan to Albirex Niigata FC (Singapore) in 2004 and in 2006 he secured a permanent move to Singapore Armed Forces FC.
He is also the second Japanese player, after his Singapore Armed Forces FC teammate Masahiro Fukasawa, to play in the AFC Champions League for a non-Japanese club. On November 2009, Kenji joined SC Goa.[2] He returned to Singapore and joined Sengkang Punggol FC on 2010 and subsequently Home United FC in 2011.
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 | ||||||
| 2001 | Albirex Niigata | J. League 2 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2003 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | |||
| Singapore | League | Singapore Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 2004 | Albirex Niigata Singapore | S. League | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | 27 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | - | 28 | 3 | |||
| 2006 | Singapore Armed Forces | S. League | 28 | 3 | 3 | 0 | - | 31 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 1 | - | 36 | 5 | |||
| 2008 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 1 | - | 36 | 5 | |||
| 2009 | ||||||||||
| Country | Japan | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Singapore | 140 | 20 | 18 | 2 | - | 158 | 22 | |||
| Total | 166 | 20 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 190 | 22 | ||
Honours
Club
Albirex Niigata
- J. League Division 2: 2003
Singapore Armed Forces
- S.League: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
- Singapore Cup: 2007, 2008
Videos
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ http://www.indianfootball.com/en/news/articleId/2145
External links
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- Articles containing Japanese-language text
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Albirex Niigata players
- Albirex Niigata FC (Singapore) players
- Expatriate footballers in Singapore
- Association football defenders
- J2 League players
- Japanese expatriate footballers
- Japanese expatriates in Singapore
- Japanese footballers
- Warriors FC players
- S.League players
- Japanese expatriates in Cambodia
- Hougang United FC players
- Home United FC players
