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.[2]
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Nishikawa with Hiroshima in 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1986-06-18) 18 June 1986 (age 36) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Usa, Ōita, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 269 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Japan U-20 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Japan U-23 | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2017 | Japan | 31 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||
Honours
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 December 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||
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.
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.[3]
He made his full international debut for Japan on 8 October 2009 in a 2011 Asian Cup qualification against Hong Kong.
| Club | Season | League | Emperor's Cup | J. League Cup | ACL | Other[lower-alpha 1] | Total | ||||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Oita Trinita | 2005 | 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 | 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 | |||
| Career total | 522 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 633 | 0 | |
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Japan | 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 0 | |
Oita Trinita
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Urawa Red Diamonds
Japan
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