Shūichi Gonda Explained

is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Shimizu S-Pulse. He also represented the Japan national team at the 2014 and 2022 FIFA World cup.

Career

Gonda has made 244 appearances in all competitions for current J1 League club FC Tokyo between 2007 and 2016. During that time he has won four honours with Tokyo and two with the Japan national team, with whom he made his full international debut for on 6 January 2010 in a 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualifier against Yemen. He has made 32 appearances at various youth levels for Japan. After nine years with FC Tokyo, Gonda left Japanese football for the first time on 9 January 2016 as he agreed to join Keisuke Honda's Austrian Regional League side SV Horn on loan until 31 December 2016.^[3] Gonda return to Japan and Joined to Sagan Tosu in 2017 until he left from the club in 2018. Gonda abroad to Portugal and joined to Portuguese club, Portimonense SC in 2019. Gonda return again to Japan and signed transfer to J1 club, Shimizu S-Pulse from 2021 as loan later permanently transfer after a season at Shimizu due to relegation from top tier in 2022.

Career statistics

Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FC Tokyo	2007	J League Div. 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	—				0	0
	2008		0	0	0	0	0	0	—				0	0
	2009		34	0	1	0	10	0	—				45	0
	2010		30	0	2	0	7	0	—		1	0	40	0
	2011	J League Div. 2	20	0	5	0	—						25	0
	2012	J League Div. 1	31	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	—		36	0
	2013		33	0	2	0	0	0	—				35	0
	2014		33	0	1	0	0	0	—				34	0
	2015	J1 League	22	0	0	0	5	0	—				27	0
	Total		203	0	11	0	22	0	5	0	1	0	242	0
SV Horn (loan)	2015–16	Austrian Regional Leagues	2	0	0	0	—						2	0
	2016–17	Austrian Football First League	15	0	1	0	—						16	0
	Total		17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0
Sagan Tosu	2017	J1 League	33	0	2	0	4	0	—				39	0
	2018		34	0	4	0	3	0	—				41	0
	Total		67	0	6	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	80	0
Portimonense	2018–19	Primeira Liga	1	0	0	0	0	0	—				1	0
	2019–20		14	0	1	0	3	0	—				18	0
	2020–21		0	0	0	0	0	0	—				0	0
	Total		15	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	19	0
Shimizu S-Pulse (loan)	2021	J1 League	38	0	0	0	0	0	—				38	0
Shimizu S-Pulse	2022		33	0	1	0	1	0	—				35	0
	2023	J2 League	2	0	0	0	0	0	—				2	0
	Total		73	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	75	0
Career total			375	0	19	0	33	0	5	0	1	0	434	0

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Japan U20	2007	2	0
	2008	8	0
	2009	1	0
Total		11	0
Japan U23	2011	5	0
Total		5	0
Japan[7]	2010	1	0
	2011	0	0
	2012	0	0
	2013	1	0
	2014	0	0
	2015	1	0
	2016	0	0
	2017	0	0
	2018	2	0
	2019	11	0
	2020	2	0
	2021	10	0
	2022	6	0
Total		34	0

Honours

FC Tokyo

• J. League Division 2

2011

• Emperor's Cup

2011

• J. League Cup

2009

• Suruga Bank Championship

2010

Japan

• AFC Asian Cup

2011; runner-up 2019

• EAFF East Asian Cup

2013

Individual

• AFC Asian Cup Team of the Tournament: 2019^[8]
• J2 League Best XI: 2023^[9]

External links

• Profile at Sagan Tosu
  • • Shūichi Gonda at the Japan National Football Team
  • Shuichi Gonda – FC Tokyo official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Japan (JPN) . . 16 . 15 November 2022 . 15 November 2022.
2. Web site: National team squad. jfa.or.jp. Japan Football Association. 15 January 2014.
3. News: SV Horn obliged Shūichi Gonda. SV Horn. 9 January 2016. 9 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160309122731/http://www.svhorn.at/de/verein/news/sv-horn-verpflichtet-shuichi-gonda. dead.
4. Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2019 (NSK MOOK)", 9 February 2019, Japan, (p. 283 out of 289)
5. Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, (p. 66 out of 289)
6. https://int.soccerway.com/players/shuichi-gonda/5535/ Japan – Shuichi Gonda – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway
7. http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/gonda_shuichi.html Japan National Football Team Database
8. News: AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Technical Report and Statistics . AFC . 29 May 2019 . 1 January 2020.
9. Web site: Ｊ２受賞選手：2023Ｊ２リーグアウォーズ：Ｊリーグ.jp . Ｊリーグ.jp . 7 December 2023 . ja.