Shigeki Tsujimoto

Shigeki Tsujimoto (辻本 茂輝, Tsujimoto Shigeki, born 23 June 1979) is a former Japanese football player.

Shigeki Tsujimoto
辻本 茂輝
Personal information
Full name Shigeki Tsujimoto
Date of birth (1979-06-23) 23 June 1979
Place of birth Suita, Osaka, Japan
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1995–1997 Kindai University High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998 Yokohama Flügels 0 (0)
1999–2005 Kyoto Purple Sanga 73 (4)
2006 Tokushima Vortis 18 (0)
2007–2008 Sagawa Printing 23 (1)
2009 FC Osaka 1 (0)
Total 115 (5)
National team
1995 Japan U-17 1 (0)
1999 Japan U-20 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Tsujimoto was born in Suita on 23 June 1979. After graduating from Kindai University High School, he joined Yokohama Flügels in 1998. However the club was disbanded end of 1998 season due to financial strain, he moved to Kyoto Purple Sanga with contemporaries Yasuhito Endo, Kazuki Teshima and so on in 1999. He played for the club until 2005. From 2006, he played for Tokushima Vortis (2006), Sagawa Printing (2007–08) and FC Osaka (2009). He retired end of 2009 season.

National team career

In August 1995, Tsujimoto was selected Japan U-17 national team for 1995 U-17 World Championship and he played 1 match. In April 1999, he was also selected Japan U-20 national team for 1999 World Youth Championship. At 1999 World Youth Championship, he played as right back of three back defense with Kazuki Teshima and Koji Nakata. He played full-time in all 7 matches and Japan won the 2nd place.[1]

Club statistics
Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1998Yokohama FlügelsJ1 League00000000
1999Kyoto Purple SangaJ1 League902020130
200040001050
2001J2 League2024010252
2002J1 League1310030161
2003801020110
2004J2 League18112-193
20051010-20
2006Tokushima VortisJ2 League18010-190
2007Sagawa PrintingFootball League19100-191
20084000-40
Total 1145102901337

Honors and awards

References
  1. Shigeki Tsujimoto – FIFA competition record


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