Eiji Kawashima
Kawashima in 2015
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Eiji Kawashima | ||
| Date of birth | 20 March 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Yono, Saitama, Japan | ||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Metz | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–1997 | Yononishi Junior High School | ||
| 1998–2000 | Urawa Higashi High School | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2003 | Omiya Ardija | 41 | (0) |
| 2004–2006 | Nagoya Grampus Eight | 17 | (0) |
| 2007–2010 | Kawasaki Frontale | 113 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | Lierse | 53 | (0) |
| 2012–2015 | Standard Liège | 88 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Dundee United | 16 | (0) |
| 2016– | Metz | 2 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2002–2003 | Japan U20 | 13 | (0) |
| 2008– | Japan | 72 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04:55, 30 September 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 January 2015 |
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Eiji Kawashima (川島 永嗣 Kawashima Eiji?, born 20 March 1983) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper and plays for French side Metz.
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. Kawashima plays for the Japan national team and appeared at the 2010 and 2014 World Cups.
Kawashima was born in Yono, Saitama, and attended Yononishi Junior High School and Urawa Higashi High School, where he played on their amateur football teams. Although he had excellent grades and was offered enrollment to nearby universities, he decided to become a professional footballer. After trying out for the Urawa Red Diamonds, he was signed instead by Omiya Ardija's general manager Norio Sasaki.
In January 2001, Omiya Ardija sent Kawashima overseas to train with Parma F.C. in the Serie A league in Italy. Parma's bid to sign him was rejected by the club.
In 2004, Kawashima joined Nagoya Grampus in Japan's J. League. He competed with veteran goalkeeper Seigo Narazaki over the position, and served as the alternate, until late 2005, under manager Sef Vergoossen, when Narazaki was injured, and Kawashima started in ten games.
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