Koji Kumagai (熊谷 浩二, Kumagai Koji, born October 23, 1975) is a former Japanese football player.
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Full name | Koji Kumagai | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1975-10-23) October 23, 1975 (age 46) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Towada, Aomori, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1991–1993 | Sanbongi Agricultural High School | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1994–2004 | Kashima Antlers | 116 | (10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2005 | Vegalta Sendai | 40 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 156 | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995 | Japan U-20 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Kumagai was born in Towada on October 23, 1975. After graduating from high school, he joined Kashima Antlers in 1994. Although he could hardly play in the match in 1990s, he played many matches as defensive midfielder from 2000. In 2000, the club won the champions all three major title in Japan; J1 League, J.League Cup and Emperor's Cup first time in J1 League history. The club also won the champions 2001 J1 League and 2002 J.League Cup. From 2003, his opportunity to play decreased and he moved to Vegalta Sendai in July 2004. He retired end of 2005 season.
In April 1995, Kumagai was selected Japan U-20 national team for 1995 World Youth Championship. He played full time in all four matches as defensive midfielder.
Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Total | ||||||
1994 | Kashima Antlers | J1 League | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
1995 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 6 | 1 | |||
1996 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 1 | ||
1997 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
1998 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
1999 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 4 | ||
2000 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 34 | 2 | ||
2001 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
2002 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 27 | 2 | ||
2003 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
2004 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
2004 | Vegalta Sendai | J2 League | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 15 | 0 | |
2005 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 28 | 0 | |||
Career total | 156 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 200 | 12 |
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