Eiji Kawashima

Eiji Kawashima

Kawashima with Japan at the 2018 World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Eiji Kawashima[1]
Date of birth	(1983-03-20) 20 March 1983 (age 41)[2]
Place of birth	Yono, Saitama, Japan
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[3]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Júbilo Iwata
Number	1
Youth career
1995–1997	Yononishi Junior High School
1998–2000	Urawa Higashi High School
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2003	Omiya Ardija	45	(0)
2004–2006	Nagoya Grampus Eight	17	(0)
2007–2010	Kawasaki Frontale	114	(0)
2010–2012	Lierse	53	(0)
2012–2015	Standard Liège	68	(0)
2015–2016	Dundee United	16	(0)
2016–2018	Metz	34	(0)
2018–2023	Strasbourg	26	(0)
2024–	Júbilo Iwata	9	(0)
International career
2002–2003	Japan U20	13	(0)
2008–2022	Japan	95	(0)
Medal record Representing  Japan AFC Asian Cup Winner 2011 Qatar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 November 2022

Eiji Kawashima (川島 永嗣, Kawashima Eiji, born 20 March 1983) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for J1 League club Júbilo Iwata.

Kawashima played in Japan for Omiya Ardija, Nagoya Grampus Eight and Kawasaki Frontale before joining Lierse S.K. in Belgium in 2010. He then played for another Belgian club, Standard Liège, from 2012 to 2015, Dundee United in Scotland from 2015 to 2016; Metz and Strasbourg in France from 2016 to 2023 before returning to Japan with Júbilo Iwata in 2024.

He represented Japan at the 2010, 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cups, earning over 90 caps, and was also named in the final 26-player squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup before announcing retirement from international football one month later.