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Shūsaku Nishikawa
Shūsaku Nishikawa (西川 周作, Nishikawa Shūsaku; born 18 June 1986) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for J1 League club Urawa Red Diamonds being its vice-captain.
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shūsaku Nishikawa | ||||||
| (1986-06-18) 18 June 1986 | ||||||
| Usa, Ōita, Japan | ||||||
| 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||
| Goalkeeper | ||||||
| Urawa Red Diamonds | ||||||
| 1 | ||||||
| Yokkaichi Minami Elementary School | ||||||
| Usa FC | ||||||
| Oita Trinita | ||||||
| Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||
| Oita Trinita | 118 | (0) | ||||
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 135 | (0) | ||||
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 401 | (0) | ||||
| Japan U-20 | 4 | (0) | ||||
| Japan U-23 | 8 | (0) | ||||
| Japan | 31 | (0) | ||||
| 2011 Qatar | 2004 Malaysia | |||||
| 2011 Qatar | ||||||
| 2004 Malaysia | ||||||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 September 2025‡ National team caps and goals as of 22 December 2017, 12:22 (UTC) |
Shūsaku Nishikawa (西川 周作, Nishikawa Shūsaku; born 18 June 1986) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for J1 League club Urawa Red Diamonds being its vice-captain.
Nishikawa is a product of Oita's youth system and was promoted to the top team in 2005. He made his J.League Division 1 debut on 2 July 2005 for Oita Trinita in a match against Yokohama F. Marinos. He became a regular in the 2006 season.
After the relegation of Oita Trinita, Nishikawa signed on 30 December 2009 for J.League Division 1 club, Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
On 5 January 2014, Nishikawa was announce official transfer to Urawa Red Diamonds as permanently for 2014 season after contract expiration with Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
Nishikawa was a member of the Japan U20 national team for the 2005 World Youth Championship finals. He played full time in all four matches. He was also a member of the Japan U23 national team at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He played full time in all three matches.
He made his full international debut for Japan on 8 October 2009 in a 2011 Asian Cup qualification against Hong Kong.
As of the match played 22 February 2025.
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
Oita Trinita
- J.League Cup: 2008
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
- J1 League: 2012
- Japanese Super Cup: 2013
Urawa Red Diamonds
- J. League Cup: 2016
- Suruga Bank Championship: 2017
- AFC Champions League: 2017, 2022
- Emperor's Cup: 2018
- Japanese Super Cup: 2022
Japan
- AFC Asian Cup: 2011
- Kirin Cup: 2011
- EAFF East Asian Cup: 2013
Individual
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J.League Best XI: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2023
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Shūsaku Nishikawa – FIFA competition record (archived)
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Shūsaku Nishikawa at National-Football-Teams.com
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Shūsaku Nishikawa at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
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Profile at Urawa Reds (in Japanese)
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Shūsaku Nishikawa – Yahoo! Japan competition record (in Japanese)
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Shūsaku Nishikawa whoscored.com profile
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Shūsaku Nishikawa on X
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