Shuhei Terada

Shuhei Terada

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Personal information
Full name	Shuhei Terada
Date of birth	(1975-06-23) June 23, 1975
Place of birth	Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
Height
Position(s)	Defender (retired)
Youth career
1988-1990	Nissan Junior Youth
1991-1993	Yokosuka High School
1994-1997	Tokai University
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999-2010	Kawasaki Frontale	191	(8)
International career‡
2008-2009	Japan	6	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 March 2011 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 March 2011

Shuhei Terada (寺田 周平, Shūhei Terada, born June 23, 1975 in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan) is a former Japanese international football player.

Career

He started playing football at the junior youth setup of Japan Soccer League side Nissan F.C. (current Yokohama F. Marinos). Then he played for and was educated at Kanagawa Prefectural Yokosuka High School and Tōkai University. At the university, he contribute to the Japan team winning the 18th Universiade football competition held in Fukuoka in 1995. After the graduation, he nearly signed with Yokohama Marinos but the club pulled out when a problem was found in his neck at the medical check.

After spending a year unattached, he signed with J. League Division 2 side Kawasaki Frontale in 1999 as an anchoring midfielder. He immediately became a regular starter and contributed to the club winning the J2 Championship. In May 2000, he damaged his knee ligament that, along with other injuries, sidelined him for two and half years.

He was converted to a central defender and established himself as a linchpin of the Kawasaki defence.

He earned his first international cap on May 27, 2008 in a friendly against Paraguay. Being 32 years and 339 days old, he became the fourth eldest to make a national team debut for Japan.

He retired from the game at the end of the 2010 season.

Career statistics

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		League Cup		Asia		Total
1999	Kawasaki Frontale	J. League Division 2	12	0	4	0	2	0	-		18	0
2000		J. League Division 1	8	1	0	0	2	0	-		10	1
2001		J. League Division 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-		0	0
2002			4	1	0	0	-		-		4	1
2003			3	0	4	0	-		-		7	0
2004			33	2	3	1	-		-		36	3
2005		J League Division 1	26	2	2	0	6	3	-		34	5
2006			22	0	2	0	7	0	-		31	0
2007			29	1	4	0	4	0	7	0	44	1
2008			21	1	1	0	3	1	-		25	2
2009			23	0	3	0	4	0	6	1	36	1
2010			10	0	1	1	0	0	-		11	1
Career total			191	8	24	2	28	4	13	1	256	15

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2008	4	0
2009	2	0
Total	6	0

National team career statistics

Appearances in major competitions

Team	Competition	Category	Appearances		Goals	Team Record
			Start	Sub
Japan	2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification	Senior	1	0	0
Japan	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Senior	2	0	0

External links

• (Japanese) Kawasaki Frontale official
• FIFA Player Statistics
• Shuhei Terada at National-Football-Teams.com