Daisuke Ichikawa (市川 大祐, Ichikawa Daisuke, born May 14, 1980) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played for the Japan national team.

Daisuke Ichikawa
市川 大祐
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-05-14) May 14, 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 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)
International career
1998–2002 Japan 10 (0)
Medal record
Shimizu S-Pulse
Runner-up J1 League 1999
Runner-up J.League Cup 2008
Winner Emperor's Cup 2001
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 1998
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2000
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2005
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2010
Representing  Japan
AFC U-19 Championship
Silver medal – second place 1998 Thailand
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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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

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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 FIFA 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 four years by Philippe Troussier. He was also chosen for the 2002 FIFA 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 ten times without scoring between 1998 and 2002.[1]

Career statistics

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[2]
Club Season League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup AFC Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Shimizu S-Pulse 1997 J1 League 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
1998 20 1 3 0 0 0 23 1
1999 22 0 3 1 4 0 29 1
2000 26 2 4 0 6 1 36 3
2001 30 2 1 0 2 0 33 2
2002 30 1 3 0 2 0 2 0 37 1
2003 23 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 27 0
2004 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
2005 34 0 3 1 5 0 42 1
2006 31 1 3 0 5 0 39 1
2007 33 4 3 1 6 1 42 6
2008 27 0 2 0 5 0 34 0
2009 25 1 5 0 5 0 35 1
2010 21 0 2 0 4 0 27 0
Ventforet Kofu 2011 J1 League 22 0 0 0 1 0 23 0
Mito HollyHock 2012 J2 League 32 1 1 0 33 1
Fujieda MYFC 2013 Japan Football League 8 0 1 0 9 0
2014 J3 League 6 0 1 0 7 0
FC Imabari 2015 Regional Leagues 1 0 0 0 1 0
Vanraure Hachinohe 2016 Japan Football League 20 2 0 0 20 2
Career total 414 15 34 3 45 2 2 0 495 20

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year [1]
National team Year Apps Goals
Japan 1998 1 0
1999 0 0
2000 0 0
2001 0 0
2002 9 0
Total 10 0

References

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  1. ^ a b "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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