Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi

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Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi

Kawaguchi with Júbilo Iwata in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi[1]
Date of birth	(1975-08-15) 15 August 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Fuji, Shizuoka, Japan
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1991–1993	Shimizu Shogyo High School
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–2001	Yokohama F. Marinos	193	(0)
2001–2003	Portsmouth	12	(0)
2003–2005	Nordsjælland	8	(0)
2005–2013	Júbilo Iwata	228	(0)
2014–2015	Gifu	43	(0)
2016–2018	Sagamihara	43	(0)
Total		527	(0)
International career
1995–1996	Japan U23	10	(0)
1997–2010	Japan	116	(0)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Japan AFC Asian Cup Winner 2000 Lebanon Winner 2004 China FIFA Confederations Cup Runner-up 2001 Korea-Japan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (川口 能活, Kawaguchi Yoshikatsu, born 15 August 1975), also known as Yoshi Kawaguchi, is a retired Japanese footballer who played as a goalkeeper.^[2]

Kawaguchi spent most of his professional career in the Japanese J1 League, with brief spells in Europe as a reserve goalkeeper. He has earned 116 international caps for Japan, making him one of the ten most capped players in the history of the team. He additionally served as captain from 2006 to 2008. He was part of the Japanese squads at the 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010 editions of the FIFA World Cups, the 2004 and 2007 editions of the AFC Asian Cups, as well as the 1999 Copa América.