Ryuji Kawai

Ryuji Kawai (河合 竜二, Kawai Ryuji, born July 14, 1978) is a former Japanese football player.[1]

Ryuji Kawai
河合 竜二
Personal information
Full name Ryuji Kawai
Date of birth (1978-07-14) July 14, 1978
Place of birth Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Defender, Midfielder
Youth career
1994–1996 Seibudai High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2002 Urawa Reds 14 (0)
2003–2010 Yokohama F. Marinos 145 (9)
2011–2018 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 179 (2)
Total 338 (11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Kawai was born in Itabashi, Tokyo on July 14, 1978. After graduating from high school, he joined J1 League club Urawa Reds in 1997. However he could not play at all in the match until 1999 and the club was relegated to J2 League end of 1999 season. In 2000, he debuted in May and played many matches as defensive midfielder under manager Kazuo Saito. The club was also returned to J1 end of 2000 season. However Kawai could hardly play in the match under new manager from 2001. He was sacked end of 2002 season.

In 2003, Kawai signed with Yokohama F. Marinos which many Japan national team players played for the club. He could not play at all in the match until summer 2003.[2] However regular center-back Naoki Matsuda was injured summer and Kawai played many matches as center-back instead Matsuda[3] and Marinos won the champions in J1. In 2004, although his opportunity to play decreased, Marinos won the champions for 2 years in a row. In 2005, he became a regular left-back of three back defense with Naoki Matsuda and Yuji Nakazawa. In 2006, he played many matches as regular defensive midfielder with Yoshiharu Ueno. In 2007, he played all matches as defensive midfielder without one match for suspension.[4] In 2008, although he could not play for injury until summer, he played many matches from summer.[5] From 2009, his opportunity to play decreased and he resigned end of 2010 season.

In 2011, Kawai moved to J2 League club Consadole Sapporo (later Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo). In 2011 season, he played many matches as center-back with Tatsuya Yamashita until summer and defensive midfielder with Hiroki Miyazawa from summer. Consadole won the 3rd place and was promoted to J1. Although he played as defensive midfielder in 2012 season, Consadole finished at the bottom place and was relegated to J2. From 2014, he played many matches as center back. In 2016, although his opportunity to play decreased, Consadole won the champions in J2 and was promoted to J1. In 2018, he could not play at all in the match and retired end of 2018 season.[6] He was 40 years old.

Club statistics

[7][8]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup AFC Total
1997Urawa RedsJ1 League000000-00
1998000000-00
1999000000-00
2000J2 League1302000-150
2001J1 League101000-20
2002000000-00
Total1403000-170
2003Yokohama F. MarinosJ1 League1103130-171
200490103031161
2005221002030271
20062513090-371
20073332070-423
20082033050-283
20091103020-160
20101411030-181
Total14591613406120111
2011Consadole SapporoJ2 League37100--371
2012J1 League2501010-270
2013J2 League21010--220
201431110--321
201530010--310
2016Hokkaido Consadole SapporoJ2 League15020--170
2017J1 League2000050-250
2018000000-00
Total17926060-1912
Career total 338112514006140913

J.League Firsts

References
  1. Ryuji Kawai at J.League (in Japanese)
  2. J.League
  3. J.League
  4. J.League
  5. J.League
  6. Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo(in Japanese)
  7. Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo(in Japanese)
  8. Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 88 out of 289)
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