Nobuyuki Kojima

Nobuyuki Kojima
小島伸幸
Personal information
Date of birth	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
1988–1998	Bellmare Hiratsuka
1999–2001	Avispa Fukuoka
2002–2005	Thespa Kusatsu
Total
National team
1995–1996	Japan
Honours
Bellmare Hiratsuka
	* 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

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

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bellmare Hiratsuka^[a]	1988–89	JSL Division 1	5	0					5	0
	1989–90	JSL Division 1	7	0			0	0	7	0
	1990–91	JSL Division 2	2	0			1	0	3	0
	1991–92	JSL Division 2	0	0			0	0	0	0
	1992	Football League	0	0			—		0	0
	1993	Football League	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

↑ "Fujita Industries" until 1994

International

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

Honours

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

References

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

Other websites

Nobuyuki Kojima at FIFA
Nobuyuki Kojima at J.League (player) (in Japanese)
Nobuyuki Kojima at National Football Teams.com
Nobuyuki Kojima at Soccerway.com
Nobuyuki Kojima at FootballDatabase.eu
Nobuyuki Kojima at WorldFootball.net
Nobuyuki Kojima at Transfermarkt (player)
Nobuyuki Kojima at Transfermarkt (manager)
Nobuyuki Kojima at TheFinalBall.com

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