Kazuya Maekawa

Football player infobox
playername = Kazuya Maekawa


fullname = Kazuya Maekawa
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1968|3|22
cityofbirth = Hirado, Nagasaki
countryofbirth = Japan
height = height|m=1.89
currentclub =
position = Goalkeeper
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1986-1999 2000-2001
clubs = Mazda SC/Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Oita Trinita
caps(goals) = 00? 00(?) 075 00(0)
manageryears = 2002-2005 2006-present
managerclubs = Oita Trinita"Staff" Sanfrecce Tsuneishi Soccer School
nationalyears = 1992-1996
nationalteam = Japan
nationalcaps(goals) = 017 00(0)nihongo|Kazuya Maekawa|前川 和也|"Maekawa Kazuya"|born March 22, 1968 in Hirado, Nagasaki is a retired Japanese football (soccer) player. He was a goalkeeper.

Career

Maekawa was educated at and played for Hirado High School. After graduating in 1986, he joined Japan Soccer League side Mazda S.C.. When Japan's first-ever professional league J. League started in 1993, Mazda S.C. was transformed to Sanfrecce Hiroshima for whom he continued to play. He had been the first-choice GK for the club since 1989 although he was prone to injuries. He decided to have operation on his shoulder in 1998 and his place was filled in by Takashi Shimoda who kept the place after Maekawa came back. Maekawa was transferred to J. League Division 2 side Oita Trinita in 2000 before retiring from the game after the 2001 season.

He was capped 17 times for the Japanese national team from 1992 to 1996. His first cap came on June 7, 1992 in a friendly against Wales in Matsuyama, Ehime. He was a member of the Japan team that won the 1992 AFC Asian Cup. He played 2 games after first-choice keeper Shigetatsu Matsunaga was shown a red card in the semi-final against China.

After finishing his playing career, he remained at Trinita and worked in the areas of marketing, operations and developments until 2005. He is now a coach at Sanfrecce Tsuneishi Soccer School, one of the affiliated soccer schools of Sanfrecce Hiroshima. (as of September 2007)

Clubs

* 1986-1999: flagicon|Japan Mazda SC / Sanfrecce Hiroshima
* 2000-2001: flagicon|Japan Oita Trinita

Honors and awards

Team honors

* (Champions)