Kenji Koyama
Kenji Koyama (小山 健二, Koyama Kenji, born September 5, 1972) is a former Japanese football player.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kenji Koyama | ||
| Date of birth | September 5, 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Hiroshima, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1988–1990 | Itsukaichi High School | ||
| 1991–1994 | Fukuoka University | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–2003 | Oita Trinita | ||
| 2004–2009 | Yokohama FC | 46 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Playing career
Koyama was born in Hiroshima Prefecture on September 5, 1972. After graduating from Fukuoka University, he joined Regional Leagues club Oita Trinity (later Oita Trinita) in 1995. He played many matches as regular goalkeeper and the club was promoted to Japan Football League from 1996 and J2 League from 1999. However he could hardly play in the match behind new member Kazuya Maekawa (2000-01) and Hayato Okanaka (2002-03) from 2000. Although the club won the champions in 2002 and was promoted to J1 League from 2003, he could not play at all in the match in J1 League competition. In 2004, he moved to J2 club Yokohama FC. However he could hardly play in the match behind Takanori Sugeno. The club won the champions in 2006 and was promoted to J1 from 2007. However he could not play at all in the match in J1 again and the club was relegated to J2 in a year. In 2008, Sugeno left the club wand Koyama became a regular goalkeeper. However he could hardly play in the match behind young goalkeeper Takuo Okubo in 2009 and retired end of 2009 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 | ||||||
| 1995 | Oita Trinity | Regional Leagues | ||||||||
| 1996 | Football League | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 26 | 0 | ||
| 1997 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 32 | 0 | |||
| 1998 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 33 | 0 | |||
| 1999 | Oita Trinita | J2 League | 36 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2001 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2003 | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2004 | Yokohama FC | J2 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 8 | 0 | |||
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2007 | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 | J2 League | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 40 | 0 | ||
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 179 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 207 | 0 | ||
References
External links
- Kenji Koyama at J.League (in Japanese)