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Eiji Kawashima

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Eiji Kawashima (川島 永嗣, Kawashima Eiji, born 20 March 1983) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for J1 League club Júbilo Iwata. Kawashima played in Japan for Omiya Ardija, Nagoya Grampus Eight and Kawasaki Frontale before joining Lierse S.K. in Belgium in 2010. He then played for another Belgian club, Standard Liège, from 2012 to 2015, Dundee United in Scotland from 2015 to 2016; Metz and Strasbourg in France from 2016 to 2023 before returning to Japan with Júbilo Iwata in 2024. He represented Japan at the 2010, 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cups, earning over 90 caps, and was also named in the final 26-player squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup before announcing retirement from international football one month later. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia. Eiji Kawashima is the 4,247th most popular soccer player (down from 3,236th in 2019), the 1,473rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,283rd in 2019) and the 275th most popular Japanese Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Eiji Kawashima ranks 4,247 out of 21,273. Before him are Hans Pesser, Miguel Murillo, Pedro Nájera, Ariel Nogueira, Daniel Parejo, and Hubert Kostka. After him are Fábio, Marco Etcheverry, Mustapha Choukri, Ivan Mariz, Émile Mpenza, and Heinz Hornig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Eiji Kawashima ranks 107. Before him are Steven Yeun, Vicky Krieps, Liu Xiang, Diego Benaglio, Ruslan Ponomariov, and Vladimir Stojković. After him are N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Fernando Verdasco, Yuri Zhirkov, Sergio García, Myriam Fares, and José Fonte.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Eiji Kawashima ranks 1,473 out of 6,245. Before him are Junko Ishida (1966), Yoko Shimomura (1967), Toshihiko Seki (1962), Katsuya Okada (1953), Kono Yasui (1880), and Sumi Shimamoto (1954). After him are Noriko Hidaka (1962), Yuji Ide (1975), Hiroyuki Sakashita (1959), Jong Tae-se (1984), Yoshinobu Miyake (1939), and Shinji Tanaka (1960).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Japan

Among soccer players born in Japan, Eiji Kawashima ranks 275. Before him are Hiroshi Ochiai (1946), Sanae Mishima (1957), Shinichi Morishita (1960), Mitsuru Komaeda (1950), Kaoru Kakinami (1966), and Junko Ishida (1966). After him are Hiroyuki Sakashita (1959), Jong Tae-se (1984), Shinji Tanaka (1960), Kazuo Ozaki (1960), Satoshi Miyauchi (1959), and Akihiro Nishimura (1958).

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