Kenji Arima

Kenji Arima
有馬賢二
Personal information
Full name	Kenji Arima
Date of birth	November 26, 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1988–1990	Nihon University Fujisawa High School
1991–1994	Nihon University
Senior career*
Years	Team
1995–1997	Kashiwa Reysol
1998	Consadole Sapporo
1999–2002	Yokohama FC
Total
Managerial career
2014–2015	YSCC Yokohama
2019–2021	Fagiano Okayama
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kenji Arima (有馬賢二, Arima Kenji, born November 26, 1972) is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Playing career

Arima was born in Yokohama on November 26, 1972. After graduating from Nihon University, he joined Kashiwa Reysol in 1995 which had been newly promoted to the J1 League. He mainly played as a substitute for 3 seasons. In 1998, he moved to Consadole Sapporo, and in 1999, to Yokohama FC, a new club in the Japan Football League based in Arima's home city. He was a regular player and the club were the league champions for 2 years in a row (1999-2000) and were promoted to the J2 League in 2001. Arima also became the top scorer and was presented the MVP award in 2000. He retired at the end of the 2002 season.

Coaching career

After retirement, Arima started coaching career at FC Tokyo in 2003. He mainly coached youth team until 2013. In 2014, he moved to newly was promoted to J3 League club, YSCC Yokohama and became a manager. Although he managed the club in 2 seasons, the club was at the bottom place for 2 years in a row and he resigned end of 2015 season. In 2019, he signed with J2 League club Fagiano Okayama.^[1]

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	Kashiwa Reysol	J1 League	7	0	0	0	-		7	0
1996			8	2	2	0	8	2	18	4
1997			5	0	0	0	5	1	10	1
1998	Consadole Sapporo	J1 League	10	2	1	0	3	1	14	3
1999	Yokohama FC	Football League	24	19	3	3	-		27	22
2000		Football League	22	24	2	3	-		24	27
2001		J2 League	42	10	2	2	3	0	47	12
2002		J2 League	25	2	3	1	-		28	3
Total			143	59	13	9	19	4	175	72

Managerial statistics

Update; December 31, 2018^[2]

Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
YSCC Yokohama	2014	2015	69	11	18	40	015.94
Fagiano Okayama	2019	present
Total			69	11	18	40	015.94

References

^ Fagiano Okayama(in Japanese)
^ J.League Data Site(in Japanese)

External links

Player statistics at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
Manager statistics manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)

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[1] Fagiano Okayama(in Japanese)

[2] J.League Data Site(in Japanese)

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