Shigeki_Kurata
Shigeki Kurata
Japanese footballer
Shigeki Kurata (藏田 茂樹, Kurata Shigeki, born June 22, 1972) is a former Japanese football player.[1]
 |
| Personal information | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Shigeki Kurata | ||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1972-06-22) June 22, 1972 (age 51) | ||||||||||
| Place of birth | Joyo, Kyoto, Japan | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||
| 1988–1990 | Yamashiro High School | ||||||||||
| 1991–1994 | Juntendo University | ||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
| 1995–2001 | Cerezo Osaka | 141 | (3) | ||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Avispa Fukuoka | 86 | (1) | ||||||||
| Total | 227 | (4) | |||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||
Kurata was born in Joyo on June 22, 1972. After graduating from Juntendo University, he joined the newly promoted J1 League club, Cerezo Osaka in 1995. He played in many matches as a center back starting with his first season and became a regular player in 1999. Although he did not play as much in 2001, the club won second place in the 2001 Emperor's Cup. In 2002, he moved to the J2 League club Avispa Fukuoka. He played in many matches as a center back over three seasons and then retired at the end of the 2004 season.
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 1995 | Cerezo Osaka | J1 League | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 27 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 28 | 1 | ||
| 1997 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 1998 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| 1999 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2000 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 1 | ||
| 2001 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 1 | ||
| 2002 | Avispa Fukuoka | J2 League | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | 31 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 32 | 0 | |||
| 2004 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 29 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 227 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 269 | 5 | ||
- Shigeki Kurata at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
  | This biographical article related to a Japanese association football defender born in the 1970s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |