Koichi Sekimoto
{{short description|Japanese footballer}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name=Koichi Sekimoto
関本 恒一
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|fullname=Koichi Sekimoto
|birth_date={{Birth date|1978|5|23}}
|birth_place=Osaka, Japan
|death_date={{Death date and age|2016|1|23|1978|5|23}}
|death_place=Osaka, Japan
|height={{Height|m=1.77}}
|position=Defender
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|youthyears1=1994–1996|youthclubs1=Yokkaichi Chuo Technical High School
|years1=1997–2002|clubs1=Sagan Tosu|caps1=89|goals1=2
|years2=2013–2014|clubs2=FC Ise-Shima|caps2=5|goals2=1
|totalcaps=94|totalgoals=3
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{{Nihongo|Koichi Sekimoto|関本 恒一|Sekimoto Koichi|May 23, 1978 – January 23, 2016}} was a Japanese football player.
Playing career
Sekimoto was born in Osaka Prefecture on May 23, 1978. After graduating from high school, he joined Japan Football League club Sagan Tosu in 1997. He played many matches from the first season and the club was promoted to the J2 League in 1999. He retired at the end of the 2002 season. In 2013, he returned to play for Prefectural Leagues club FC Ise-Shima. However, he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in August 2014. On January 23, 2016, he died of leiomyosarcoma, a type of cancer in Osaka Prefecture at the age of 37.[https://www.saga-s.co.jp/articles/-/43196 Saga Shimbun]{{in lang|ja}}
Club statistics
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | ||||||||||
colspan=3 | Club performance
! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | Cup ! colspan=2 | League Cup ! colspan=2 | Total | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
1997 | rowspan="6"|Sagan Tosu | rowspan="2"|Football League | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
1998 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | colspan="2" | |||||
|23 | 1 | |||||||||
1999 | rowspan="4"|J2 League | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
2000 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
2001 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 1 | ||
2002 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2" | |||||
|19 | 0 | |||||||||
2013 | rowspan="2"|FC Ise-Shima | rowspan="2"|Prefectural Leagues | 4 | 1 | colspan="2" | |||||
|colspan="2" | ||||||||||
|4 | 1 | |||||||||
2014 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" | |||||||
|colspan="2" | ||||||||||
|1 | 0 | |||||||||
colspan=3|Total
!94||3||11||1||3||0||108||4 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{J.League player|2294}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sekimoto, Koichi}}
Category:Association football people from Osaka Prefecture
Category:Japanese men's footballers
Category:Japan Football League (1992–1998) players
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Deaths from leiomyosarcoma
Category:Deaths from cancer in Japan
Category:20th-century Japanese sportsmen
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