Kazuya Maekawa

Kazuya Maekawa
前川和也
Personal information
Full name	Kazuya Maekawa
Date of birth	March 22, 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth	Hirado, Nagasaki, Japan
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1983–1985	Hirado High School
Senior career*
Years	Team
1986–1999	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2000–2001	Oita Trinita
Total
International career
1992–1996	Japan
Medal record
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Representing Japan
AFC Asian Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kazuya Maekawa (前川和也, Maekawa Kazuya, born March 22, 1968) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. His son Daiya Maekawa is also footballer.

Club career

Maekawa was educated at and played for Hirado High School. After graduating in 1986, he joined Japan Soccer League side Mazda. When Japan's first-ever professional league J1 League started in 1993, Mazda was transformed to Sanfrecce Hiroshima for whom he continued to play. In April 1990, he had a trial at Manchester United. He had been the first-choice GK for the club since 1989 although he was prone to injuries. He decided to have an operation on his shoulder in 1998 and his place was filled in by Takashi Shimoda who kept the place after Maekawa came back. Maekawa was transferred to J2 League side Oita Trinita in 2000 before retiring from the game after the 2001 season.

National team career

Maekawa was capped 17 times for the Japan national team from 1992 to 1996.^[1] His first cap came on June 7, 1992 in a friendly against Wales in Ehime Matsuyama Athletic Stadium. He was a member of the Japan team that won the 1992 Asian Cup. He played 2 games after first-choice keeper Shigetatsu Matsunaga was shown a red card in the semi-final against China.

Coaching career

After finishing his playing career, he remained at Oita Trinita and worked in the areas of marketing, operations and developments until 2005. He is now a coach at Sanfrecce Tsuneishi Soccer School, one of the affiliated soccer schools of Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

Club statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League cup		Total
Season	Club	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1986–87	Mazda	JSL Division 1	0	0					0	0
1987–88		JSL Division 1	0	0			0	0	0	0
1988–89		JSL Division 2	2	0			0	0	2	0
1989–90			30	0			2	0	32	0
1990–91			30	0			3	0	33	0
1991–92		JSL Division 1	20	0			2	0	22	0
1992	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	J1 League	–		0	0	1	0	1	0
1993			15	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
1994			27	0	0	0	0	0	27	0
1995			37	0	0	0	–		37	0
1996			25	0	5	0	14	0	44	0
1997			24	0	0	0	6	0	30	0
1998			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999			0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
2000	Oita Trinita	J2 League	37	0	0	0	0	0	37	0
2001	Oita Trinita	J2 League	38	0	2	0	2	0	42	0
Total			285	0	12	0	32	0	329	0

National team statistics

^[1]

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1992	3	0
1993	2	0
1994	2	0
1995	5	0
1996	5	0
Total	17	0

Honors

International

Japan

AFC Asian Cup (1): 1992 1992 Asian Cup (champions)

References

^ ^a ^b Japan National Football Team Database

External links

Kazuya Maekawa at National-Football-Teams.com
Japan National Football Team Database
Kazuya Maekawa at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)

[JNFTD-1] Japan National Football Team Database

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