Kenta Kawai

Kenta Kawai (川井 健太, Kawai Kenta, born June 7, 1981) is a former Japanese football player and manager. His brother Koichi Kawai is also a footballer.

Kenta Kawai
川井 健太
Personal information
Full name Kenta Kawai
Date of birth (1981-06-07) June 7, 1981
Place of birth Uwajima, Ehime, Japan
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1997–1999 Ehime FC
2000–2003 Momoyama Gakuin University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 Ehime FC 24 (6)
Total 24 (6)
Teams managed
2015–2017 Ehime FC Ladies
2018– Ehime FC
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Kawai was born in Uwajima on June 7, 1981. After graduating from Momoyama Gakuin University, he joined Japan Football League club Ehime FC based in his local in 2004. His brother Koichi Kawai was also playing for this club from 2001. He played many matches in first season. However he could not play at all in the match in 2005. Although the club was promoted to J2 League from 2006, he could not play many matches and retired end of 2006 season.

Coaching career

After the retirement, Kawai started coaching career at Ehime Women's College based in his local Uwajima in 2008. He served as manager until 2017. In 2012, he also signed with Nadeshiko League club Ehime FC Ladies. He served as a coach under manager Kenichi Ego who is teammate as player in 2006. In 2015, Kawai became a manager as Ego successor. He managed the club until 2017. In 2018, he signed with J2 League club Ehime FC and became a manager for youth team. In May 2018, top team manager Shuichi Mase was sacked when the club was at the 20th place of 22 clubs. Kawai became a manager for top team as Mase successor. Kawai rose the club and finished at the 18th place in 2018 season.

Club statistics
Club performance League Cup Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup Total
2004Ehime FCFootball League226226
20050000
2006J2 League2020
Career total 24600246

Managerial statistics

Update; December 31, 2018[1]

Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Ehime FC 2018 present 28 10 8 10 035.71
Total 28 10 8 10 035.71

References
  1. Kenta Kawai at J.League (in Japanese)


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