Kenichi Shimokawa

{{Infobox football biography

|name=Kenichi Shimokawa
下川健一

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|fullname=Kenichi Shimokawa

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1970|5|14}}

|birth_place=Gifu, Japan

|height={{Height|m=1.88}}

|position=Goalkeeper

|currentclub=

|youthyears1=1986–1988|youthclubs1=Gifu Technical High School

|years1=1989–2000|clubs1=JEF United Ichihara|caps1=276|goals1=0

|years2=2001–2006|clubs2=Yokohama F. Marinos|caps2=1|goals2=0

|totalcaps=277|totalgoals=0

|nationalyears1=1995–1997|nationalteam1=Japan|nationalcaps1=9|nationalgoals1=0

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}}

{{Nihongo|Kenichi Shimokawa|下川健一|Shimokawa Kenichi|born May 14, 1970}} is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Club career

Shimokawa was born in Gifu on May 14, 1970. After graduating from high school, he joined Furukawa Electric (later JEF United Ichihara) in 1989. From first season, he played as regular goalkeeper over 10 seasons. In 2000, his opportunity to play decreased behind Ryo Kushino. He moved to Yokohama F. Marinos in 2001. However, there were few opportunities to play in the match. His only match in the J1 League at Yokohama F. Marinos is last game in 2003 season. In this match, he played instead Tetsuya Enomoto was shown a red card in the 15th minute.[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=7254 J.League] Marinos won this match and won the J1 League champions in this season. He retired end of 2006 season.

National team career

On June 10, 1995, Shimokawa debuted for Japan national team against Sweden. He played in all match at 1996 Asian Cup. He played 9 games for Japan until 1997.[http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/shimokawa_kenichi.html Japan National Football Team Database]

Club statistics

colspan=3 \| Club performance ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| Cup ! colspan=2 \| League Cup ! colspan=2 \| Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
Season ! Club ! League ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals
colspan=3 \|Japan ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| Emperor's Cup ! colspan=2 \| J.League Cup ! colspan=2 \| Total
1989/90	rowspan="3"\|Furukawa Electric	rowspan="3"\|JSL Division 1	20	0			0	0	20	0
1990/91	21	0			0	0	21	0
1991/92	16	0			0	0	16	0
1992	rowspan="9"\|JEF United Ichihara	rowspan="9"\|J1 League	colspan="2"
\|0	0	5	0	5	0
1993	14	0	3	0	0	0	17	0
1994	43	0	2	0	2	0	47	0
1995	44	0	1	0	colspan="2"
\|45	0
1996	30	0	1	0	14	0	45	0
1997	15	0	2	0	7	0	24	0
1998	32	0	0	0	4	0	36	0
1999	30	0	1	0	0	0	31	0
2000	13	0	0	0	2	0	15	0
2001	rowspan="6"\|Yokohama F. Marinos	rowspan="6"\|J1 League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
2004	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
2005	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
colspan=3\|Total !277\|\|0\|\|12\|\|0\|\|34\|\|0\|\|323\|\|0