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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 5,884th most popular soccer player (down from 4,247th in 2024), the 1,921st most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,473rd in 2019) and the 581st most popular Japanese Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Eiji Kawashima ranks 5,884 out of 21,273. Before him are Hiroyuki Sawada, Francesc Arnau, Alberto Quintano, Yuri Falin, Humberto Cruz, and Rodrigo Taddei. After him are Giourkas Seitaridis, Oleh Luzhny, Cléber Santana, Evgeny Lovchev, Rémi Garde, and Minoru Takenaka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Eiji Kawashima ranks 190. Before him are Ognjen Vukojević, Hillary Scott, Joseph Mazzello, Mamoru Miyano, Zheng Jie, and Lee Grant. After him are Tamara Gachechiladze, Julian Morris, Marek Čech, Julien Faubert, Andreas Ivanschitz, and Megan Boone.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Eiji Kawashima ranks 1,921 out of 6,245. Before him are Yuki Kuriyama (1988), Daisuke Namikawa (1976), Masahiro Iwata (1981), Yosuke Matsumoto (1990), Hiroyuki Sawada (1974), and Oh! great (1972). After him are Keiji Inafune (1965), Minoru Takenaka (1976), Makoto Takeya (1977), Naomi Munakata (1955), Yoshikazu Isoda (1965), and Takehiro Kato (1974).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Japan

Among soccer players born in Japan, Eiji Kawashima ranks 581. Before him are Yasushi Yoshida (1960), Takashi Kuwahara (1948), Yuki Kuriyama (1988), Masahiro Iwata (1981), Yosuke Matsumoto (1990), and Hiroyuki Sawada (1974). After him are Minoru Takenaka (1976), Makoto Takeya (1977), Yoshikazu Isoda (1965), Takehiro Kato (1974), Hirohito Nakamura (1974), and Takashi Sambonsuge (1978).

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