Yusuke Igawa

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|name=Yusuke Igawa
井川祐輔

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|fullname=Yusuke Igawa

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1982|10|30}}

|birth_place=Osaka, Osaka, Japan

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|height={{Height|m=1.82}}

|position=Defender

|currentclub=Lansbury (Head coach)

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|youthyears1=1995–2000|youthclubs1=Gamba Osaka

|years1=2001–2003|clubs1=Gamba Osaka|caps1=1|goals1=0

|years2=2003–2004|clubs2=Sanfrecce Hiroshima|caps2=21|goals2=1

|years3=2004–2005|clubs3=Nagoya Grampus Eight|caps3=23|goals3=0

|years4=2006–2017|clubs4=Kawasaki Frontale|caps4=229|goals4=3

|years5=2018–2019|clubs5=Eastern|caps5=15|goals5=1

|totalcaps=289|totalgoals=5

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|manageryears1=2019–|managerclubs1=Lansbury

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|club-update=May 13, 2018

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{{Nihongo|Yusuke Igawa|井川祐輔|Igawa Yūsuke|born October 30, 1982}} is a former Japanese football player who last played for Hong Kong Premier League club Eastern. He is currently the head coach of Hong Kong Third Division club Lansbury.

Playing career

Igawa was born in Osaka on October 30, 1982. He joined J1 League club Gamba Osaka from youth team in 2001. Although he debuted in 2001, he could hardly play in the match until 2003. In August 2003, he moved to J2 League club Sanfrecce Hiroshima. He became a regular player immediately as right back of three back defense and the club was promoted to J1 from 2004. In 2005, although he played as regular player initially, he lost his regular position from May. In July 2004, he moved to J1 club Nagoya Grampus Eight. Although he played many matches in 2004, his opportunity to play decreased in 2005. In 2006, he moved to J1 club Kawasaki Frontale. He played many matches as center back for the club for a long time and the club won the 2nd place 2006, 2008 and 2009 J1 League. The club also won the 2nd place 2007, 2009 Emperor's Cup and 2016 J.League Cup. In 2017, although the club won the champions in J1 League first major title in the club history, he could not play at all in the match.

In January 2018, Igawa moved to Hong Kong Premier League club Eastern. Due to a contractual dispute with Eastern, he left the club on 8 February 2019.{{cite web |title=慘吃東方「無情雞」日援井川祐輔尋求足總協助 |url=https://hk.sports.appledaily.com/sports/realtime/article/20190208/59236482 |website=Apple Daily |access-date=8 February 2019}} {{in lang|zh-hk}} He stayed in Hong Kong after leaving Eastern and he retired at the end of the season.

In August 2019, Igawa became the head coach of Hong Kong Third Division club Lansbury.

Club statistics

Updated to 13 May 2018.[http://www.frontale.co.jp/info/2018/0104_1.html Kawasaki Frontale]{{in lang|ja}}

colspan=3 \| Club performance ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| Cup ! colspan=2 \| League Cup ! colspan=2 \| Continental ! colspan=2 \| Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Season	Club	League ! Apps	Goals ! 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 \| Asia ! colspan=2 \| Total
2001	rowspan="3"\|Gamba Osaka	rowspan="3"\|J1 League	1	0	1	0	0	0	colspan="2"
\|2	0
2002	0	0	0	0	0	0	colspan="2"
\|0	0
2003	0	0	0	0	1	0	colspan="2"
\|1	0
2003	rowspan="2"\|Sanfrecce Hiroshima	J2 League	15	1	3	0	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|18	1
2004	J1 League	6	0	0	0	2	0	colspan="2"
\|8	0
2004	rowspan="2"\|Nagoya Grampus Eight	rowspan="2"\|J1 League	11	0	0	0	3	1	colspan="2"
\|14	1
2005	12	0	1	0	4	0	colspan="2"
\|17	0
2006	rowspan="12"\|Kawasaki Frontale	rowspan="12"\|J1 League	22	0	0	0	4	0	colspan="2"
\|26	0
2007	19	1	3	0	4	0	5	0	31	1
2008	30	1	2	0	3	0	colspan="2"
\|35	1
2009	22	0	4	1	2	0	7	0	35	1
2010	21	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	24	0
2011	28	1	1	0	2	0	colspan="2"
\|31	1
2012	21	0	3	0	2	0	colspan="2"
\|26	0
2013	14	0	2	0	1	0	colspan="2"
\|17	0
2014	16	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	21	0
2015	23	0	0	0	4	0	colspan="2"
\|27	0
2016	13	0	0	0	3	0	colspan="2"
\|16	0
2017	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
colspan=3 \| Hong Kong ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| Hong Kong FA Cup ! colspan=2 \| Senior Shield & Sapling Cup ! colspan=2 \| Asia ! colspan=2 \| Total
2017–18	rowspan="2"\|Eastern	rowspan="2"\|Hong Kong Premier League	10	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	13	1
2018-19	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
colspan=3 \| Career total !289\|\|5\|\|22\|\|1\|\|38\|\|1\|\|21\|\|0\|\|370\|\|7