Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
Kawaguchi with Júbilo Iwata in 2010
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi | ||
| Date of birth | 15 August 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Fuji, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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SC Sagamihara | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–1994 | Shimizu Commercial High School | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–2001 | Yokohama Marinos | 139 | (0) |
| 2001–2003 | Portsmouth | 12 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | Nordsjælland | 8 | (0) |
| 2005–2013 | Júbilo Iwata | 228 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Gifu | 43 | (0) |
| 2016– | SC Sagamihara | 19 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1995–1996 | Japan U-23 | 10 | (0) |
| 1997–2010 | Japan | 116 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 February 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10:48, 14 December 2013 (UTC) |
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Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (川口 能活 Kawaguchi Yoshikatsu?, born 15 August 1975), sometimes referred to as Yoshi Kawaguchi, is a Japanese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He is a former captain of the Japan national team. Currently, he plays with SC Sagamihara in J3 League.
Born in Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture, Kawaguchi studied at Shimizu Commercial High School and was a member of the football team there. After finishing high school, he joined the professional football team Yokohama Marinos (now known as Yokohama F. Marinos). He was called up to the Japanese national team and played in the Atlanta Olympic games. He kept a clean sheet against Brazil in the first game. He played in Japan's first ever World Cup game in 1998 in a 1–0 defeat to Argentina. In 2001, Kawaguchi was Japan's first choice goalkeeper as the team finished runner-up in the Confederations Cup.
Following impressive performances for both club and country, he moved to English club Portsmouth, signing for a club record £1.8m. However, he struggled to adapt to life in the English Football League, and struggled with the physical side of the First Division, notably in a 3–1 away defeat to Grimsby Town. Kawaguchi lost his place to veteran Dave Beasant after being held responsible for Portsmouth's 4–1 home defeat to underdogs Leyton Orient in the FA Cup. Despite his poor performances for Pompey he remained something of a cult hero with the fans, on account of his cheerful demeanour, and his insistence that he would work hard to regain his place. After a season of playing reserve team football, he made his final appearance for Portsmouth in the final game of the 2002–03 Football League First Division championship winning season, coming on at half time to a standing ovation in the 5–0 win against Bradford City. Despite this brief reappearance, he realised that his future lay elsewhere, and moved on to Nordsjælland of the Danish league. Prior to the 2005 Japanese football season, Kawaguchi returned to his home country when he signed with then-perennial title-contenders Júbilo Iwata.
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