Shusaku_Nishikawa
Shusaku Nishikawa
Japanese footballer
Shusaku Nishikawa (西川 周作, Nishikawa Shūsaku, born 18 June 1986) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Urawa Red Diamonds.[3]
 Nishikawa with Sanfrecce Hiroshima in 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Shusaku Nishikawa[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1986-06-18) 18 June 1986 (age 37) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Usa, Ōita, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Urawa Red Diamonds | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Oita Trinita | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2009 | Oita Trinita | 118 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2013 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 135 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014– | Urawa Red Diamonds | 307 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Japan U-20 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Japan U-23 | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2017 | Japan | 31 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 March 2023, 18:20 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 December 2017, 12:22 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nishikawa is a product of Oita's youth system and was promoted to the top team in 2005. He made his J1 League debut on 2 July 2005 for Oita Trinita in a match against Yokohama F. Marinos. He became a regular in the 2006 season. After the relegation of Oita Trinita Nishikawa signed on 30 December 2009 for J1 League club Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
In 2014, Nishikawa transfer to Urawa Red Diamonds as permanently after contract expiration with Sanfrecce Hiroshima.[4]
Nishikawa was a member of the Japan U20 national team for the 2005 World Youth Championship finals. He played full time in all four matches. He was also a member of the Japan U23 national team at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He played full time in all three matches.[5]
He made his full international debut for Japan on 8 October 2009 in a 2011 Asian Cup qualification against Hong Kong.
Club
| Club | Season | League | Emperor's Cup | J. League Cup | ACL | Other[lower-alpha 1] | Total | |||||||
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| Apps | Goals | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Oita Trinita | 2005 | J. League Div. 1 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | |||
| 2006 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 36 | 0 | |||||
| 2007 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |||||
| 2008 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | |||||
| 2009 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 41 | 0 | |||
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2010 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 44 | 0 | ||
| 2011 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 35 | 0 | |||||
| 2012 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 38 | 0 | |||||
| 2013 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 0 | ||
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 2014 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 38 | 0 | ||||
| 2015 | J1 League | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 52 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | 34 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 45 | 0 | |||||
| 2019 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 37 | 0 | |||||
| 2020 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 35 | 0 | |||||
| 2021 | 32 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 41 | 0 | |||||
| 2022 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 588 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 714 | 0 | ||
International
Oita Trinita
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Urawa Red Diamonds
- J. League Cup: 2016
- Suruga Bank Championship: 2017
- AFC Champions League: 2017, 2022[8][9]
- Emperor's Cup: 2018
- Japanese Super Cup: 2022
Japan
Individual
- J.League Best XI: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2023[10]
- AFC Champions League Player of the week: 2019 Semi-finals 2nd leg
- "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012 presented by Toyota: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 29 November 2012. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2012.
- "National team squad". jfa.or.jp. Japan Football Association. Archived from the original on 12 March 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- "Reds lure Nishikawa from Sanfrecce". The Japan Times. 5 January 2014. Archived from the original on 28 June 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- 西川周作選手 完全移籍加入のお知らせ Archived 9 December 2022 at the Wayback Machine 浦和レッズ公式HP 2014年1月5日
- "Shusaku Nishikawa Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
- Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)" Archived 19 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine, 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 56 out of 289)
- Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)" Archived 16 April 2020 at the Wayback Machine, 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 16 out of 289)
- "Urawa Reds edge Al Hilal for historic third title". AFC. 6 May 2023. Archived from the original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- Orlowitz, Dan (6 May 2023). "Urawa beats Al Hilal to capture third Asian Champions League title". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 17 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- "2023年Jリーグベスト11は神戸と浦和が最多タイ4名！ 大迫勇也や西川周作ら". GOAL. Archived from the original on 5 December 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- Shusaku Nishikawa – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Shusaku Nishikawa at National-Football-Teams.com
- Shusaku Nishikawa at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Profile at Urawa Reds (in Japanese)
- Shusaku Nishikawa – Yahoo! Japan competition record (in Japanese)
- Shusaku Nishikawa whoscored.com profile
- Shusaku Nishikawa on Twitter
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