Yohei Kurakawa (藏川 洋平, Kurakawa Yohei, born August 10, 1977) is a Japanese football player.
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| Full name | Yohei Kurakawa | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | August 10, 1977 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sanyo-Onoda, Yamaguchi, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1995 | Tatara Gakuen High School | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1999 | Aichi Gakuin University | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2005 | FC Horikoshi | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2011 | Kashiwa Reysol | 107 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2016 | Roasso Kumamoto | 132 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Suzuka Unlimited FC | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 257 | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Suzuka Unlimited FC | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 January 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career
editKurakawa was born in Sanyo-Onoda on August 10, 1977. After graduating from Aichi Gakuin University, he joined the J1 League club Yokohama F. Marinos in 2000. However he did not play at all. In 2001, he moved to the Prefectural Leagues club Gunma FC Horikoshi (later FC Horikoshi). The club was promoted to the Regional Leagues in 2002 and the Japan Football League in 2004. He played many matches as a regular player until 2005. In 2006, he moved to the J2 League club Kashiwa Reysol. He became a regular player as a right side back in late 2006 and the club was promoted to J1 in 2007. In 2008, the club won second place in the Emperor's Cup.
However his opportunity to play decreased from 2009 and the club was relegated to J2 in 2010. Although the club returned to J1 in a year and won the championship in 2011, he did not play much. In 2012, he moved to the J2 club Roasso Kumamoto. He became a regular player as a right side back in 2012. Although his opportunity to play decreased a little in 2013, he played many matches until 2016. In 2017, he moved to the Regional Leagues club Suzuka Unlimited FC. He retired at the end of the 2018 season.
Coaching career
editIn September 2017, when Kurakawa played for Regional Leagues club Suzuka Unlimited FC, he became a playing manager. He managed the club until end of 2017 season.
Club statistics
editUpdated to 1 January 2019.[1][2]
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 2000 | Yokohama F. Marinos | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | Gunma FC Horikoshi | Gunma PL (Div. 1) | 2 | 3 | - | 2 | 3 | |||
| 2002 | JRL (Kantō) | 2 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2003 | - | - | ||||||||
| 2004 | JFL | 29 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | 33 | 5 | ||
| 2005 | FC Horikoshi | 25 | 6 | 3 | 0 | - | 28 | 6 | ||
| 2006 | Kashiwa Reysol | J2 League | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | 17 | 2 | |
| 2007 | J1 League | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 1 | ||
| 2009 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | J2 League | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 16 | 1 | ||
| 2011 | J1 League | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2012 | Roasso Kumamoto | J2 League | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | 37 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 26 | 0 | |||
| 2014 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 26 | 2 | |||
| 2015 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 25 | 1 | |||
| 2016 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 22 | 1 | |||
| 2017 | Suzuka Unlimited FC | JRL (Tōkai, Div. 1) | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 11 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 8 | 0 | |||
| Total | 311 | 20 | 23 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 345 | 25 | ||
References
edit- ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑", 10 February 2016, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411338 (p. 207 out of 289)
- ^ Roasso Kumamoto
External links
edit- Yohei Kurakawa at Soccerway
- Yohei Kurakawa at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
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