Kenji Arai

Kenji Arai
新井健二
Personal information
Full name	Kenji Arai
Date of birth	May 19, 1978
Place of birth	Saitama, Japan
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1994–1996	Tokiwa High School
1997–2000	Rissho University
Senior career*
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Kenji Arai (新井健二, Arai Kenji, born May 19, 1978) is a former Japanese football player.

Playing career

Arai entered professional football with Albirex Niigata after graduating from Rissho University in 2001 but was unable to hold on to the first team place although he played 20 league games for Albirex Niigata in his first season.[1] He was on loan to Albirex Niigata FC (Singapore) in 2004 and in 2006 he secured a permanent move to Singapore Armed Forces FC.

He is also the second Japanese player, after his Singapore Armed Forces FC teammate Masahiro Fukasawa, to play in the AFC Champions League for a non-Japanese club. On November 2009, Kenji joined SC Goa.[2] He returned to Singapore and joined Sengkang Punggol FC on 2010 and subsequently Home United FC in 2011.

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	Albirex Niigata	J2 League	20	0	2	0	2	0	24	0
2002			2	0	1	0	-		3	0
2003			4	0	1	0	-		5	0
Singapore			League		Singapore Cup		League Cup		Total
2004	Albirex Niigata Singapore	S. League	26	3	1	0	-		27	3
2005	Albirex Niigata Singapore	S. League	25	3	3	0	-		28	3
2006	Singapore Armed Forces	S. League	28	3	3	0	-		31	3
2007			30	4	6	1	-		36	5
2008			31	4	5	1	-		36	5
2009
Country	Japan		26	0	4	0	2	0	32	0
Country	Singapore		140	20	18	2	-		158	22
Total			166	20	22	2	2	0	190	22

Albirex Niigata

Singapore Armed Forces

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