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Nobuyuki Kojima
小島 伸幸
Personal information
Date of birth (1966-01-17) January 17, 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1981–1983 Niijima Gakuen High School
1984–1987 Doshisha University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1998 Bellmare Hiratsuka 186 (0)
1999–2001 Avispa Fukuoka 67 (0)
2002–2005 Thespa Kusatsu 67 (0)
Total 320 (0)
National team
1995–1996 Japan 4 (0)
Honours
Bellmare Hiratsuka
Winner Emperor's Cup 1994
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 1988
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Nobuyuki Kojima (小島 伸幸, Kojima Nobuyuki, born January 17, 1966) is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography

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Kojima was born in Maebashi on January 17, 1966. After graduating from Doshisha University, he joined Japan Soccer League club Fujita Industries (later Bellmare Hiratsuka) in 1988. In 1992, Japan Soccer League was folded and the club joined new league, Japan Football League. They were champions in 1993 and promoted to J1 League from 1994. He became a regular goalkeeper from 1994. The club were the winners of the 1994 Emperor's Cup. At the end of 1998, Bellmare released their main players including Kojima as well as Wagner Lopes, Hong Myung-bo, Kazuaki Tasaka and Yoshihiro Natsuka due to their financial problems. Kojima moved to Avispa Fukuoka in 1999. The club were relegated to J2 League at the end of 2001 season. In 2002, he moved to his local club Thespa Kusatsu, who played in the Prefectural Leagues. The club were promoted to Regional Leagues in 2003, Japan Football League in 2004 and J2 League in 2005. He retired at the end of 2005 season.

In January 1995, Kojima was selected the Japan national team for 1995 King Fahd Cup, but did not play in the tournament. His debut came on June 6 against Brazil. He played 4 games for Japan from 1995 to 1996. He was in the squad for the 1996 Asian Cup and 1998 World Cup as a reserve goalkeeper but did not play any game in the tournament.

Career statistics

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bellmare Hiratsuka[a] 1988–89 JSL Division 1 5 0 5 0
1989–90 7 0 0 0 7 0
1990–91 JSL Division 2 2 0 1 0 3 0
1991–92 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 Football League 0 0 — 0 0
1993 0 0 0 0
1994 J1 League 41 0 5 0 1 0 47 0
1995 47 0 2 0 — 49 0
1996 29 0 3 0 15 0 47 0
1997 21 0 3 0 0 0 24 0
1998 34 0 34 0
Avispa Fukuoka 1999 J1 League 29 0 2 0 3 0 34 0
2000 30 0 1 0 2 0 33 0
2001 8 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
Thespa Kusatsu 2002 Prefectural Leagues 6 0 3 0 — 9 0
2003 Regional Leagues 12 0 2 0 — 14 0
2004 Football League 26 0 5 0 — 31 0
2005 J2 League 23 0 1 0 — 24 0
Career total 320 0 27 0 23 0 370 0
  1. ↑ "Fujita Industries" until 1994

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[1]
National team Year Apps Goals
Japan 1995 3 0
1996 1 0
Total 4 0

Honours

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  • Emperor's Cup: 1994
  • Asian Cup Winner's Cup: 1995

References

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  1. ↑ Cite error: The named reference JNFTD was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).

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