Eiji Kawashima

Quick Facts

Full Name	Eiji Kawashima
Occupation	Soccer Player
Date Of Birth	Mar 20, 1983(1983-03-20)
Age	41
Birthplace	Japan
Country	Japan
Horoscope	Pisces

Eiji Kawashima Biography

Eiji Kawashima is one of the most popular and richest Soccer Player who was born on March 20, 1983 in Japan, Japan. Goalkeeper who joined Standard Liege in 2012 after spending two years with Lierse. He debuted with the Japanese national team in 2008.

He and winger Ryo Miyaichi became teammates on the Japanese national team.

Kawashima started his professional career at Omiya Ardija in J2 League after graduating Urawa Higashi High School. On 6 April 2002, he made his Omiya Ardija debut. He went on to make 41 appearances for the side during his three- year spell. During his time at Omiya Ardija, Kawashima went on trial at Serie A side Parma.

In 2004, Kawashima joined Nagoya Grampus Eight in Japan’s J1 League. Over the three seasons, he competed with veteran goalkeeper Seigo Narazaki and served as the club’s second choice goalkeeper. At times, Kawashima was given a chance of first team appearances, due to Narazaki suffered an injury. However, Kawashima himself suffered an injury concern after injuring his hand towards the end of the season and was sidelined for four weeks. He went on to make 17 appearances for the side.

He was born in Yono, Japan.

Eiji Kawashima Net Worth

Eiji Kawashima is one of the richest Soccer Player from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Eiji Kawashima 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He played his youth soccer at Yononishi Junior High School and Urawa Higashi High School.

He appeared in 113 matches for Kawasaki Frontale between 2007 and 2010.

Eiji Kawashima (川島 永嗣 , Kawashima Eiji, born 20 March 1983) is a Japanese professional football player who plays as a goalkeeper for Strasbourg and the Japan national team.

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Ahead of the 2009 season, Kawashima was named the club’s senior captain. He continued as the club’s first choice goalkeeper at the start of the season. He then helped the side win six league matches in a row between 10 May 2009 and 1 July 2009. Along the way, he kept three clean sheets in a row between 20 June 2009 and 1 July 2009. Following this, Kawashima was determined to help Kawasaki Frontale win the league. At the start of October, Kawashima helped the club go on a winning streak against Omiya Ardija, Kashima Antlers and Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the league keeping their fight for the title alive. However, once again, Kawasaki Frontale failed to win the league, they finished as runners-up behind winners Kashima Antlers, while losing 2–0 to FC Tokyo in the J.League Cup Final. At the end of the 2009, Kawashima was named in the J. League Best Eleven and also won the Individual Fair-Play award for the first time in his career. He made a total of 47 appearances (34 in the league) in all competitions.

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Eiji Ranked on the list of most popular Soccer Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Eiji Kawashima celebrates birthday on March 20 of every year.

In May 2010, Kawashima was selected for the World Cup squad and was expected to serve as backup to Seigo Narazaki. In a friendly match on 30 May against England, he was the starting goalkeeper and produced many saves. He denied Frank Lampard twice, including a penalty kick, and a shot by Wayne Rooney before eventually being beaten by two own goals. Afterwards, it was announced that Kawashima was selected to be the first choice goalkeeper for the FIFA World Cup ahead of Narazaki. He played his first Group E match against Cameroon on 14 June 2010, where Japan recorded its first World Cup win on foreign soil with a score of 1–0. Five days later, on 19 June 2010 between against the Netherlands, Kawashima was the starter; he deflected a shot from Wesley Sneijder but it went in his own net as the team lost 0–1. In the match against Denmark on 24 June he allowed one goal through Jon Dahl Tomasson’s penalty kick, but the team still won 3–1 and advanced to the round of 16. On 29 June, he allowed no goals against Paraguay but was unable to save a single spot-kick during the penalty shoot-out, which Paraguay won 5–3.