Shuhei Terada

Football player infobox| playername= Shuhei Terada


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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1975|6|23
cityofbirth = Yokosuka, Kanagawa
countryofbirth = Japan
height = height|m=1.89
currentclub = Kawasaki Frontale
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position = Defender
youthyears = 1988-1990
1991-1994
1994-1998
youthclubs = Nissan FC Junior Youth
Yokosuka High School
Tokai University
years = 1999-present
clubs = Kawasaki Frontale
caps(goals) = 120 00(7)
nationalyears = 2008-present
nationalteam = Japan
nationalcaps(goals) = 002 00(0)
pcupdate = 16 May 2008
ntupdate = 11 October 2008nihongo|Shuhei Terada|寺田 周平|Shūhei Terada|born June 23, 1975 in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan is a Japanese football player. He is a central defender and plays for J. League side Kawasaki Frontale.

Career

He started playing football at the junior youth setup of Japan Soccer League side Nissan F.C. (current Yokohama F. Marinos). Then he played for and was educated at Kanagawa Prefectural Yokosuka High School and Tōkai University. At the university, he contribute to the Japan team winning the 18th Universiade football competition held in Fukuoka in 1995. After the graduation, he nearly signed with Yokohama Marinos but the club pulled out when a problem was found in his neck at the medical check.

After spending a year unattached, he signed with J. League Division 2 side Kawasaki Frontale in 1999 as an anchoring midfielder. He immediately became a regular starter and contributed to the club winning the J2 Championship. In May 2000, he damaged his knee ligament that, along with other injuries, sidelined him for two and half years.

He was converted to a central defender and established himself as a linchpin of the Kawasaki defence.

He earned his first international cap on May 27, 2008 in a friendly against Paraguay. Being 32 year and 339 day old, he became the fourth eldest to make a national team debut for Japan.