Takaya Kurokawa

Takaya Kurokawa
黒河貴矢
Personal information
Full name	Takaya Kurokawa
Date of birth	April 7, 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Saijo, Ehime, Japan
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1997–1999	Funabashi High School
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2005	Shimizu S-Pulse
2006	Tokyo Verdy
2006	JEF United Chiba
2007	Japan Soccer College
2008–2016	Albirex Niigata
Total
Medal record
Shimizu S-Pulse
JEF United Chiba
Representing Japan
Asian Games
AFC U-19 Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Takaya Kurokawa (黒河貴矢, Kurokawa Takaya, born April 7, 1981) is a former Japanese football player.

Club career[edit]

Kurokawa was born in Saijo on April 7, 1981. After graduating from high school, he joined Shimizu S-Pulse in 2000. He debuted in 2000 and his opportunity to play increased on behalf of veteran goalkeeper Masanori Sanada. However he did not play much, since Yohei Nishibe came to S-Pulse in 2004. Although he moved to Tokyo Verdy and JEF United Chiba in 2006, he did not play much. He moved to the Regional Leagues club Japan Soccer College in 2007. He played in many matches and moved to Albirex Niigata. However he did not play much there, as he was the team's reserve goalkeeper behind Takashi Kitano (2008-09), Masaaki Higashiguchi (2010-13), and Tatsuya Morita (2014-16). He retired at the end of the 2016 season.

National team career[edit]

In June 2001, Kurokawa was selected Japan U-20 national team for 2001 World Youth Championship. But he did not play in the match, as he was the team's reserve goalkeeper behind Yosuke Fujigaya. In August 2004, he was selected Japan U-23 national team for 2004 Summer Olympics. But he did not play in the match, as he was the team's reserve goalkeeper behind Hitoshi Sogahata was selected as over aged.^[1]

Club statistics[edit]

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Club	Season	League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Shimizu S-Pulse	2000	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
	2001	8	0	5	0	0	0	13	0
	2002	11	0	0	0	2	0	13	0
	2003	24	0	0	0	3	0	27	0
	2004	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
	2005	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
Tokyo Verdy	2006	0	0	0	0	-		0	0
JEF United Chiba	2006	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Japan Soccer College	2007	14	0	2	0	-		16	0
Albirex Niigata	2008	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2009	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	2010	11	0	1	0	1	0	13	0
	2011	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2012	7	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
	2013	13	0	1	0	3	0	17	0
	2014	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2015	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	0
	2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career total		100	0	12	0	13	0	125	0

References[edit]

^ Takaya Kurokawa – FIFA competition record (archived)
^ Albirex Niigata(in Japanese)

External links[edit]

Takaya Kurokawa – FIFA competition record (archived)
Takaya Kurokawa at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)

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[1] Takaya Kurokawa – FIFA competition record (archived)

[2] Albirex Niigata(in Japanese)

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