Kenji Arima

Kenji Arima (有馬 賢二, Arima Kenji, born November 26, 1972) is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Kenji Arima
有馬 賢二
Personal information
Full name Kenji Arima
Date of birth (1972-11-26) November 26, 1972
Place of birth Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Youth career
1988–1990 Nihon University Fujisawa High School
1991–1994 Nihon University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1997 Kashiwa Reysol 20 (2)
1998 Consadole Sapporo 10 (2)
1999–2002 Yokohama FC 113 (55)
Total 143 (59)
Teams managed
2014–2015 YSCC Yokohama
2019– Fagiano Okayama
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Arima was born in Yokohama on November 26, 1972. After graduating from Nihon University, he joined Kashiwa Reysol in 1995 which had been newly promoted to the J1 League. He mainly played as a substitute for 3 seasons. In 1998, he moved to Consadole Sapporo, and in 1999, to Yokohama FC, a new club in the Japan Football League based in Arima's home city. He was a regular player and the club were the league champions for 2 years in a row (1999-2000) and were promoted to the J2 League in 2001. Arima also became the top scorer and was presented the MVP award in 2000. He retired at the end of the 2002 season.

Coaching career

After retirement, Arima started coaching career at FC Tokyo in 2003. He mainly coached youth team until 2013. In 2014, he moved to newly was promoted to J3 League club, YSCC Yokohama and became a manager. Although he managed the club in 2 seasons, the club was at the bottom place for 2 years in a row and he resigned end of 2015 season. In 2019, he signed with J2 League club Fagiano Okayama.[1]

Club statistics
Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1995Kashiwa ReysolJ1 League7000-70
1996822082184
1997500051101
1998Consadole SapporoJ1 League1021031143
1999Yokohama FCFootball League241933-2722
2000222423-2427
2001J2 League421022304712
200225231-283
Total 1435913919417572

Managerial statistics

Update; December 31, 2018[2]

Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
YSCC Yokohama 2014 2015 69 11 18 40 015.94
Fagiano Okayama 2019 present
Total 69 11 18 40 015.94

References
  1. Fagiano Okayama(in Japanese)
  2. J.League Data Site(in Japanese)


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