Daisuke Ichikawa

Daisuke Ichikawa (市川 大祐, Ichikawa Daisuke, born May 14, 1980) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Daisuke Ichikawa
市川 大祐
Personal information
Full name Daisuke Ichikawa
Date of birth (1980-05-14) May 14, 1980
Place of birth Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1996–1997 Shimizu S-Pulse
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2010 Shimizu S-Pulse 325 (12)
2011 Ventforet Kofu 22 (0)
2012 Mito HollyHock 32 (1)
2013–2014 Fujieda MYFC 14 (0)
2015 FC Imabari 1 (0)
2016 Vanraure Hachinohe 20 (2)
Total 414 (15)
National team
1998–2002 Japan 10 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Ichikawa is a product of Shimizu S-Pulses youth system. He played as right side-back and right midfielder. He made his J1 League debut on March 21, 1998 against Consadole Sapporo. He scored his first league goal against on November 14, 1998 against JEF United Ichihara. He was still a high school student at that time. He was instrumental in Shimizu winning the second stage of 1999 J1 League, the 1999–2000 Asian Cup Winners' Cup and the 2001 Emperor's Cup. The side attack from Ichikawa on the right and Alessandro Santos on the left was Shimizu's main weapon during the period. He left the club end of 2010 season. Toward end of his career, he played for Ventforet Kofu (2011), Mito HollyHock (2012), Fujieda MYFC (2013–14), FC Imabari (2015) and Vanraure Hachinohe (2016). He retired end of 2016 season.

International career

Ichikawa represented Japan national team at several underage levels. He made his first full international debut on April 1, 1998 against South Korea when he was 17 year and 322 days old, which made him the youngest player who represented Japan. Ichikawa was short-listed for the 1998 World Cup, but national coach Takeshi Okada dropped him together with Kazuyoshi Miura and Tsuyoshi Kitazawa at the final training camp in Nyon, Switzerland.

In March 2002, he was elected Japan for the first time in 4 years by Philippe Troussier. He was also chosen for the 2002 World Cup finals and played three games. Against Tunisia in the group stage, his cross was met by Hidetoshi Nakata who headed home to score Japan's second goal. He was capped 10 times without scoring between 1998 and 2002.[1]

Career statistics

Club

[2]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup AFC Total
1997Shimizu S-PulseJ1 League001000-10
19982013000-231
19992203140-291
20002624061-363
20013021020-332
2002301302020371
2003230004000270
2004300010-40
20053403150-421
20063113050-391
20073343161-426
20082702050-340
20092515050-351
20102102040-270
2011Ventforet KofuJ1 League2200010-230
2012Mito HollyHockJ2 League32110--331
2013Fujieda MYFCFootball League8010--90
2014J3 League6010--70
2015FC ImabariRegional Leagues1000--10
2016Vanraure HachinoheFootball League20200--202
Total 414153434522049520

International

[1]

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
199810
199900
200000
200100
200290
Total100

References
  1. "Japan National Football Team Database". Archived from the original on 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
  2. Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 2014 (NSK MOOK)", 14 February 2014, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411109 (p. 275 out of 290)


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