Masaaki Furukawa (古川 昌明, Furukawa Masaaki, born 28 August 1968) is a former Japanese football player.
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Full name | Masaaki Furukawa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 28 August 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Chiba, Chiba, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1984–1986 | Ichihara Midori High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1989–1990 | Honda | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1990–1991 | Honda Luminozo Sayama | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1992–2000 | Kashima Antlers | 125 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1998 | →Avispa Fukuoka (loan) | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 126 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Playing career
editFurukawa was born in Chiba on 28 August 1968. After graduating from high school, he joined Honda in 1987. However he was not registered as a player until 1989. He could hardly play in the match and moved to Honda Luminozo Sayama in 1990. He left the club in June 1991 and moved to Brazil. After training in Brazil, he joined Kashima Antlers in 1992. He played as regular goalkeeper until 1994. From 1995, although he battles with Yohei Sato for the position, he could hardly play in the match behind Sato and Daijiro Takakuwa from 1997. He moved to Avispa Fukuoka in September 1998. Although he returned to Antlers in 1999, he could not play in the match. He retired end of 2000 season.
Club statistics
editClub 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 | ||||||
1989/90 | Honda | JSL Division 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
1990 | Honda Luminozo Sayama | Prefectural Leagues | ||||||||
1991 | Regional Leagues | |||||||||
1992 | Kashima Antlers | J1 League | - | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
1993 | 36 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 0 | ||
1994 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
1995 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 26 | 0 | |||
1996 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
1997 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
1998 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
1998 | Avispa Fukuoka | J1 League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1999 | Kashima Antlers | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 126 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 158 | 0 |
Manga
editA 51-page manga story about Furukawa was published in Weekly Shōnen Sunday in 1994. It was called Furukawa Masaaki Monogatari – Kowareta Radio and it was illustrated by Yoshihiro Takahashi.[1]
References
edit- ^ "Furukawa Masaaki Monogatari – Kowareta Radio". Hopeanuoli.com. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
External links
edit- Masaaki Furukawa at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Kawasaki Frontale (in Japanese)