Masato Kawaguchi

Masato Kawaguchi (川口 正人, Kawaguchi Masato, born June 18, 1981) is a former Japanese football player.

Masato Kawaguchi
川口 正人

Personal information
Full name	Masato Kawaguchi
Date of birth	(1981-06-18) June 18, 1981
Place of birth	Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1997–1998	Yokohama Flügels
1999	Yokohama F. Marinos
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2001	Kyoto Purple Sanga	1	(0)
2002	Albirex Niigata	0	(0)
2003–2004	Otsuka Pharmaceutical	22	(0)
2005–2009	Mitsubishi Mizushima	138	(8)
Total		161	(8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Kawaguchi was born in Shibuya, Tokyo on June 18, 1981. He joined the J1 League club Kyoto Purple Sanga from the Yokohama F. Marinos youth team in 2000. On April 15, he debuted as a substitute left side midfielder at the 35th minute against Kawasaki Frontale. His next match was in the J.League Cup tournament on April 19; he played full-time as the left side midfielder against Albirex Niigata. However, he only played in that match in 2000 and the club was relegated to the J2 League in 2001. In 2001, he did not play in any matches. In 2002, he moved to the J2 club Albirex Niigata. However he did not play in any matches there, either. In 2003, he moved to the Japan Football League (JFL) club Otsuka Pharmaceutical. In 2003, he played many matches and the club won the championship. Although the club won the championship two years in a row and was promoted to J2 at the end of the 2005 season, he rarely played. In 2005, he moved to the newly promoted JFL club Mitsubishi Mizushima. He played often as a regular player over five seasons until 2009. However the club was relegated to the Prefectural Leagues at the end of the 2009 season due to financial strain and he retired at that time.

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
2000	Kyoto Purple Sanga	J1 League	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
2001		J2 League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	Albirex Niigata	J2 League	0	0	0	0	-		0	0
2003	Otsuka Pharmaceutical	Football League	19	0	2	0	-		21	0
2004			3	0	0	0	-		3	0
2005	Mitsubishi Mizushima	Football League	19	0	1	0	-		20	0
2006			23	2	3	2	-		26	4
2007			34	3	2	0	-		36	3
2008			31	2	-		-		31	2
2009			31	1	1	0	-		32	1
Total			161	8	9	2	1	0	171	10

External links

• Masato Kawaguchi at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
• kyotosangadc