Kenta Shimizu

Kenta Shimizu (清水 健太, Shimizu Kenta, born September 18, 1981) is a Japanese football player who plays for Kamatamare Sanuki.[1]

Kenta Shimizu
清水 健太

Personal information
Full name	Kenta Shimizu
Date of birth	September 18, 1981
Place of birth	Matsudo, Chiba, Japan
Height	1.84 m (6 ft ^1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Kamatamare Sanuki
Number	1
Youth career
1997–1999	Matsudo High School
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2005	Kashiwa Reysol	5	(0)
2005–2014	Montedio Yamagata	287	(0)
2015–	Kamatamare Sanuki	196	(0)
Total		454	(0)
Honours Montedio Yamagata Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2014
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 January 2020

Playing career

Shimizu was born in Matsudo on September 18, 1981. After graduating from high school, he joined J1 League club Kashiwa Reysol based in his local Chiba Prefecture in 2000. Although he debuted in 2003 and several matches until April 2005, he could hardly play in the match behind Yuta Minami.

In April 2005, Shimizu moved to J2 League club Montedio Yamagata. Although he could not play at all in the match behind Shigeru Sakurai until October, he played last 5 matches in 2005 season.[2] In 2006, he became a regular goalkeeper instead Sakurai. In 2008, Montedio won the 2nd place and was promoted to J1 first time in the club history. He played as regular goalkeeper and Montedio also remained in J1 until 2010. In 2011, however he lost his position behind Yuki Uekusa and the club results were bad. Although Shimizu became a regular goalkeeper again in July,[3] Montedio finished at the bottom place and was relegated to J2 end of 2011 season. Although Shimizu played all 42 matches in 2012, he could not play many matches behind new player Satoshi Tokizawa in 2013 and Norihiro Yamagishi in 2014. Montedio was promoted to J1 end of 2014 season and won the 2nd place in 2014 Emperor's Cup.

In 2015, Shimizu moved to J2 club Kamatamare Sanuki. He became a regular goalkeeper. However the club results were bad every season and was relegated to J3 League end of 2018 season.

Club statistics

As of 1 January 2020[4][5]

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Total
2000	Kashiwa Reysol	J1 League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003			3	0	2	0	1	0	6	0
2004			2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
2005			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			5	0	2	0	2	0	9	0
2005	Montedio Yamagata	J2 League	5	0	1	0	-		6	0
2006			43	0	1	0	-		44	0
2007			48	0	1	0	-		49	0
2008			42	0	1	0	-		43	0
2009		J1 League	34	0	0	0	4	0	38	0
2010			32	0	3	0	0	0	35	0
2011			18	0	0	0	1	0	19	0
2012		J2 League	42	0	1	0	-		43	0
2013			7	0	0	0	-		7	0
2014			16	0	0	0	-		16	0
Total			287	0	8	0	5	0	300	0
2015	Kamatamare Sanuki	J2 League	42	0	1	0	-		43	0
2016			42	0	1	0	-		43	0
2017			37	0	0	0	-		37	0
2018			41	0	0	0	-		41	0
2019		J3 League	34	0	0	0	-		34	0
Total			196	0	2	0	-		198	0
Career total			488	0	12	0	7	0	511	0

References

1. Kenta Shimizu at J.League (in Japanese)
2. J.League
3. J.League
4. 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)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 227 out of 289)
5. 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)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 227 out of 289)

External links

• Kenta Shimizu at J.League (in Japanese)