Shuhei Terada

Shuhei Terada
寺田周平
Personal information
Full name	Shuhei Terada
Date of birth	June 23, 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Mie, Japan
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1991–1993	Kanagawa Yokosuka High School
1994–1997	Tokai University
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2010	Kawasaki Frontale
Total
International career
2008–2009	Japan
Managerial career
2024–	Fukushima United FC
Medal record
Kawasaki Frontale
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Shuhei Terada (寺田周平, Terada Shuhei, born June 23, 1975) is a former Japanese football player. He is the current manager of J3 League club, Fukushima United.

Club career

Terada started playing football at the junior youth setup of Japan Soccer League side Nissan Motors (current Yokohama F. Marinos). Then he played for and was educated at Yokosuka High School and Tokai University. At the university, he contribute to the Japan team winning the 1995 Summer Universiade held in Fukuoka. After the graduation, he nearly signed with Yokohama Marinos but the club pulled out when a problem was found in his neck at the medical check.

After spending a year unattached, he signed with J2 League side Kawasaki Frontale in 1999 as an anchoring midfielder. He immediately became a regular starter and contributed to the club winning the J2 Championship. In May 2000, he damaged his knee ligament that, along with other injuries, sidelined him for two and half years.

He was converted to a central defender and established himself as a linchpin of the Kawasaki defence.

He retired from the game at the end of the 2010 season.

National team career

Terada earned his first international cap on May 27, 2008 in a friendly against Paraguay. Being 32 years and 339 days old, he became the fourth eldest to make a national team debut for Japan. He also played at 2010 World Cup qualification and 2011 Asian Cup qualification. He played 6 games for Japan until 2009.^[1]

Club statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Asia		Total
1999	Kawasaki Frontale	J2 League	12	0	4	0	2	0	-		18	0
2000		J1 League	8	1	0	0	2	0	-		10	1
2001		J2 League	0	0	0	0	0	0	-		0	0
2002			4	1	0	0	-		-		4	1
2003			3	0	4	0	-		-		7	0
2004			33	2	3	1	-		-		36	3
2005		J1 League	26	2	2	0	6	3	-		34	5
2006			22	0	2	0	7	0	-		31	0
2007			29	1	4	0	4	0	7	0	44	1
2008			21	1	1	0	3	1	-		25	2
2009			23	0	3	0	4	0	6	1	36	1
2010			10	0	1	1	0	0	-		11	1
Career total			191	8	24	2	28	4	13	1	256	15

National team statistics

^[1]

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2008	4	0
2009	2	0
Total	6	0

National team career statistics

Appearances in major competitions

Team	Competition	Category	Appearances		Goals	Team Record
Team	Competition	Category	Start	Sub	Goals	Team Record
Japan	2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification	Senior	1	0	0
Japan	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Senior	2	0	0

References

^ ^a ^b Japan National Football Team Database

External links

Shuhei Terada – FIFA competition record (archived)
Shuhei Terada at National-Football-Teams.com
Japan National Football Team Database
Shuhei Terada at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
Kawasaki Frontale official(in Japanese)

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