Shusaku Nishikawa

Shusaku Nishikawa
	Nishikawa playing for Sanfrecce Hiroshima in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Shusaku Nishikawa
Date of birth	June 18, 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Usa, Oita, Japan
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Urawa Reds
Youth career
2002–2004	Oita Trinita
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2009	Oita Trinita
2010–2013	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2014–	Urawa Reds
National team
2005	Japan U-20
2008	Japan U-23
2009–2017	Japan
Honours
Oita Trinita
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Urawa Reds
Representing Japan
AFC Asian Cup
AFC U-20 Asian Cup
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of the 2020 season

Shusaku Nishikawa (西川周作, Nishikawa Shusaku, born June 18, 1986) is a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography

Nishikawa was born in Usa on June 18, 1986. He joined J1 League club Oita Trinita in 2005. In summer 2005, he debuted and became a first choice goalkeeper instead veteran goalkkeper Hayato Okanaka. Oita won the champions in the 2008 J.League Cup with young players, Masato Morishige, Hiroshi Kiyotake and Mu Kanazaki. However Oita was relegated to J2 League end of 2009 season and Oita released their main players including Nishikawa due to their financial problems. Nishikawa moved to Sanfrecce Hiroshima in 2010. Hiroshima won the J1 League champions in 2012 and 2013. In 2014, he moved to Urawa Reds. Urawa won the 2nd place in the 2014 and 2016 J1 League. In 2017, Urawa won the champions at 2017 AFC Champions League.

In 2005, Nishikawa was selected the Japan U-20 national team for 2005 World Youth Championship and he played all 4 matches. In 2008, he was selected the Japan U-23 national team for 2008 Summer Olympics and he played all 3 matches. In October 2019, he was selected the Japan national team for 2011 Asian Cup qualification. At this qualification, he debuted against Hong Kong on October 8. However he could not play many matches behind Eiji Kawashima. In 2011, he participated 2011 Asian Cup. He played 2 matches and Japan won the champions. He also participated 2014 World Cup. From 2015, he played many matches instead Kawashima. He played 31 games for Japan until 2016.

Statistics

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Club statistics			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Asia		Total
2005	Oita Trinita	J1 League	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	-		38	0
2010	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	J1 League	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	42	0
2014	Urawa Reds	J1 League	34	0	2	0	2	0	-		38	0
2015			34	0	3	0	0	0	5	0	42	0
2016			34	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	43	0
2017			34	0	0	0	2	0	13	0	49	0
2018			34	0	6	0	5	0	-		45	0
2019			33	0	2	0	2	0	13	0	37	0
2020			34	0	-		1	0	-		35	0
2021
Country	Japan		490	0	23	0	39	0	49	0	601	0
Total			490	0	23	0	39	0	49	0	601	0