Tatsuya Ishikawa

Tatsuya Ishikawa
石川竜也
Personal information
Full name	Tatsuya Ishikawa
Date of birth	December 25, 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth	Fujieda, Shizuoka, Japan
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1995–1997	Fujieda Higashi High School
College career
Years	Team
1998–2001	University of Tsukuba
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2006	Kashima Antlers
2006	Tokyo Verdy
2007–2017	Montedio Yamagata
Total
International career
1999	Japan U-20
Medal record
Kashima Antlers
Montedio Yamagata
Representing Japan
FIFA U-20 World Cup
AFC U-19 Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tatsuya Ishikawa (石川竜也, Ishikawa Tatsuya, born December 25, 1979) is a Japanese former football player.

Club career

Ishikawa was born in Fujieda on December 25, 1979. After graduating from the University of Tsukuba, he joined the Kashima Antlers in 2002. He gradually played more often as left side back during the first season and the Antlers won the championship in the 2002 J.League Cup and second place in the 2002 Emperor's Cup and 2003 J.League Cup. However he did not play as often after Toru Araiba came to the Antlers in 2004. In May 2006, he moved to Tokyo Verdy and played more often. He moved to Montedio Yamagata in 2007. He became a regular player as a left side back for a long time. In 2014, he played as left stopper of a three-back defense. He retired at the end of the 2017 season.^[1]

National team career

In April 1999, when Ishikawa was a University of Tsukuba student, he was selected by the Japan U-20 national team for the 1999 World Youth Championship. At this tournament, he played five matches and Japan won second place.

Club statistics

^[2]

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Asia		Other¹		Total
2002	Kashima Antlers	J1 League	6	1	2	0	4	0	-		-		12	1
2003			14	0	4	0	2	0	2	0	3	0	25	0
2004			12	2	1	0	5	0	-		-		18	2
2005			10	0	1	1	4	0	-		-		15	1
2006			3	0	0	0	1	0	-		-		4	0
Total			45	3	8	1	16	0	2	0	3	0	74	4
2006	Tokyo Verdy	J2 League	21	1	1	0	-		-		-		22	1
Total			21	1	1	0	-		-		-		22	1
2007	Montedio Yamagata	J2 League	46	2	2	1	-		-		-		48	3
2008		J2 League	41	2	1	0	-		-		-		42	2
2009		J1 League	31	0	1	0	4	0	-		-		36	0
2010			33	1	2	0	4	0	-		-		39	1
2011			18	0	0	0	0	0	-		-		18	0
2012		J2 League	41	3	0	0	-		-		-		41	3
2013			18	0	1	0	-		-		-		19	0
2014			35	2	2	0	-		-		2	0	41	2
2015		J1 League	34	0	3	0	3	0	-		-		40	0
2016		J2 League	14	0	1	0	–		–		–		15	0
2017		J2 League	7	0	2	0	–		–		–		9	0
Total			318	10	15	1	11	0	–		2	0	346	11
Career total			384	14	24	2	27	0	2	0	5	0	442	16