Koji Ezumi Explained

Koji Ezumi
江角 浩司
Fullname:Koji Ezumi
Birth Date:18 December 1978
Birth Place:Izumo, Shimane, Japan
Position:Goalkeeper
Youthclubs1:Izumo Technical High School
Youthclubs2:Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences
Years1:2002–2005
Clubs1:Oita Trinita
Caps1:10
Goals1:0
Years2:2006–2014
Clubs2:Omiya Ardija
Caps2:117
Goals2:0
Years3:2015–2016
Clubs3:Kataller Toyama
Caps3:23
Goals3:0
Totalcaps:150
Totalgoals:0

is a former Japanese football player.

Playing career

Ezumi was born in Izumo on December 18, 1978. After graduating from Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences, he joined the J2 League club Oita Trinita in 2002. Although Trinita won the championship of the 2002 season and was promoted to the J1 League, he played in fewer games than Hayato Okanaka and Riki Takasaki. He became a regular goalkeeper in April 2004. However he lost his position behind newcomer Shusaku Nishikawa in May.[1] In 2006, he moved to the J1 club Omiya Ardija. He became a regular goalkeeper in place of Hiroki Aratani in June 2007[2] and played all 34 matches in 2008 and 2009. However he lost his position to Takashi Kitano in 2010 and he did not play again until 2014. In 2015, he moved to the newly demoted J3 League club, Kataller Toyama. Although he became a regular goalkeeper, he lost his position to Tatsumi Iida in July.[3] He retired at the end of the 2016 season.[4]

Club statistics

[5]

Club performanceLeagueCupLeague CupTotal
Season Club LeagueApps GoalsApps GoalsApps GoalsApps Goals
JapanLeagueEmperor's CupJ.League CupTotal
2002Oita TrinitaJ2 League0010colspan="2"-10
2003J1 League20002040
200400000000
2005800040120
Total1001060170
2006Omiya ArdijaJ1 League30001040
20071800030210
20083402030390
20093402010370
201000102030
201100002020
20121100030140
201350002070
20141200030150
Total1170502001420
2015Kataller ToyamaJ3 League200colspan="2"-colspan="2"-200
20163000colspan="2"-30
Total23000colspan="2"-230
Career total1500602601820

Notes and References

  1. https://data.j-league.or.jp/SS/jpn/team/2005010001_000042_W0707_J.html J.League
  2. https://data.j-league.or.jp/SS/jpn/team/2007010001_000038_W0707_J.html J.League
  3. https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFPR01/search?competition_year_ex=2015&competition_frame_id_ex=3&competition_id_ex=399&team_id_ex=41&selectedCompetitionName=%EF%BC%AA%EF%BC%93%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B0&selectedCompetitionSubName=&selectedCompetitionYear=2015%E5%B9%B4&selectedTeamName=%E5%AF%8C%E5%B1%B1&dataSize=1&pageStartNo=0&competition_year=2015&competition_frame_id=3&competition_id=399&team_id=41 J.League
  4. https://www.jleague.jp/news/article/7530/ J.League
  5. Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑", 10 February 2016, Japan, (p. 259 out of 289)