Yusuke Kawakita
Yusuke Kawakita (川北 裕介, Kawakita Yusuke, born May 13, 1978) is a former Japanese football player.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yusuke Kawakita | ||
| Date of birth | May 13, 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Osaka, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–1996 | Seifu High School | ||
| 1997–2000 | Kansai University | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2002 | Ventforet Kofu | 22 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | Tokushima Vortis | 39 | (0) |
| 2006–2012 | Ehime FC | 109 | (0) |
| Total | 170 | (0) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Playing career
Kawakita was born in Osaka Prefecture on May 13, 1978. After graduating from Kansai University, he joined J2 League club Ventforet Kofu in 2001. Although he played many matches from first season, he could not become a regular goalkeeper behind Hiromasa Azuma (2001) and Tatsuya Tsuruta (2002).[1][2] In 2003, he moved to Japan Football League club Otsuka Pharmaceutical (later Tokushima Vortis). He became a regular goalkeeper in 2003. However his opportunity to play decreased from 2004. Although the club won the champions in 2004 season and was promoted to J2, he could not play at all in the match in 2005. In 2006, Kawakita moved to newly was promoted to J2 League club, Ehime FC. He battles with many goalkeeper for the position and played many matches every season and became a regular goalkeeper in 2011. However he could not play at all in the match behind new goalkeeper Yota Akimoto in 2012[3] and retired end of 2012 season.
Club statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 2001 | Ventforet Kofu | J2 League | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 2002 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2003 | Otsuka Pharmaceutical | Football League | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 32 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 10 | 0 | |||
| 2005 | Tokushima Vortis | J2 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 | Ehime FC | J2 League | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 26 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | 23 | 0 | |||
| 2008 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 23 | 0 | |||
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2010 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2011 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 34 | 0 | |||
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 170 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 186 | 0 | ||