Kenji Koyama

Kenji Koyama
小山健二
Personal information
Full name	Kenji Koyama
Date of birth	September 5, 1972 (age 52)
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
1995–2003	Oita Trinita
2004–2009	Yokohama FC
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kenji Koyama (小山健二, Koyama Kenji, born September 5, 1972) is a former Japanese football player.

Playing career

Koyama was born in Hiroshima Prefecture on September 5, 1972. After graduating from Fukuoka University, he joined the Regional Leagues club Oita Trinity (later Oita Trinita) in 1995. He played many matches as a regular goalkeeper and the club was promoted to the Japan Football League in 1996 and the J2 League in 1999. However he did not play as often as new members Kazuya Maekawa (2000-01) and Hayato Okanaka (2002-03) in 2000. Although the club won the championship in 2002 and was promoted to the J1 League in 2003, he did not play in any matches. In 2004, he moved to the J2 club Yokohama FC. However he was not played as often as Takanori Sugeno. The club won the championship in 2006 and was promoted to J1 in 2007. However he did not play at all in J1 matches and the club was relegated to J2 the next year. In 2008, Sugeno left the club wand Koyama became a regular goalkeeper. However he did not play as often as young goalkeeper Takuo Okubo in 2009 and retired at the end of the 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		J2 League	1	0	0	0	-		1	0
Total			179	0	19	0	9	0	207	0

References

External links

Kenji Koyama at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)

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