Yusuke Igawa

Yusuke Igawa
井川祐輔
Personal information
Full name	Yusuke Igawa
Date of birth	October 30, 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Lansbury (Head coach)
Youth career
1995–2000	Gamba Osaka
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001–2003	Gamba Osaka
2003–2004	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2004–2005	Nagoya Grampus Eight
2006–2017	Kawasaki Frontale
2018–2019	Eastern
Total
Managerial career
2019–	Lansbury
Medal record
Kawasaki Frontale
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 13, 2018

Yusuke Igawa (井川祐輔, Igawa Yūsuke, born October 30, 1982) is a former Japanese football player who last played for Hong Kong Premier League club Eastern. He is currently the head coach of Hong Kong Third Division club Lansbury.

Playing career

Igawa was born in Osaka on October 30, 1982. He joined J1 League club Gamba Osaka from youth team in 2001. Although he debuted in 2001, he could hardly play in the match until 2003. In August 2003, he moved to J2 League club Sanfrecce Hiroshima. He became a regular player immediately as right back of three back defense and the club was promoted to J1 from 2004. In 2005, although he played as regular player initially, he lost his regular position from May. In July 2004, he moved to J1 club Nagoya Grampus Eight. Although he played many matches in 2004, his opportunity to play decreased in 2005. In 2006, he moved to J1 club Kawasaki Frontale. He played many matches as center back for the club for a long time and the club won the 2nd place 2006, 2008 and 2009 J1 League. The club also won the 2nd place 2007, 2009 Emperor's Cup and 2016 J.League Cup. In 2017, although the club won the champions in J1 League first major title in the club history, he could not play at all in the match.

In January 2018, Igawa moved to Hong Kong Premier League club Eastern. Due to a contractual dispute with Eastern, he left the club on 8 February 2019.^[1] He stayed in Hong Kong after leaving Eastern and he retired at the end of the season.

In August 2019, Igawa became the head coach of Hong Kong Third Division club Lansbury.

Club statistics

Updated to 13 May 2018.^[2]

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Asia		Total
2001	Gamba Osaka	J1 League	1	0	1	0	0	0	-		2	0
2002			0	0	0	0	0	0	-		0	0
2003			0	0	0	0	1	0	-		1	0
2003	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	J2 League	15	1	3	0	-		-		18	1
2004	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	J1 League	6	0	0	0	2	0	-		8	0
2004	Nagoya Grampus Eight	J1 League	11	0	0	0	3	1	-		14	1
2005	Nagoya Grampus Eight	J1 League	12	0	1	0	4	0	-		17	0
2006	Kawasaki Frontale	J1 League	22	0	0	0	4	0	-		26	0
2007			19	1	3	0	4	0	5	0	31	1
2008			30	1	2	0	3	0	-		35	1
2009			22	0	4	1	2	0	7	0	35	1
2010			21	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	24	0
2011			28	1	1	0	2	0	-		31	1
2012			21	0	3	0	2	0	-		26	0
2013			14	0	2	0	1	0	-		17	0
2014			16	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	21	0
2015			23	0	0	0	4	0	-		27	0
2016			13	0	0	0	3	0	-		16	0
2017			0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
Hong Kong			League		Hong Kong FA Cup		Senior Shield & Sapling Cup		Asia		Total
2017–18	Eastern	Hong Kong Premier League	10	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	13	1
2018-19	Eastern	Hong Kong Premier League	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
Career total			289	5	22	1	38	1	21	0	370	7

References

^ "慘吃東方「無情雞」日援井川祐輔尋求足總協助". Apple Daily. Retrieved 8 February 2019. (in Chinese)
^ Kawasaki Frontale(in Japanese)

External links

Yusuke Igawa at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
Yusuke Igawa at Soccerway
Club profile
Yusuke Igawa on Instagram

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[1] "慘吃東方「無情雞」日援井川祐輔尋求足總協助". Apple Daily. Retrieved 8 February 2019. (in Chinese)

[2] Kawasaki Frontale(in Japanese)

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