Keiji Kaimoto

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Keiji Kaimoto
Personal information
Full name	Keiji Kaimoto
Date of birth	November 26, 1972 (1972-11-26) (age 35)
Place of birth	Suita, Osaka, Japan
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Albirex Niigata
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995-2000 2001-2004 2005-present	Vissel Kobe Nagoya Grampus Eight Albirex Niigata	104 00(6) 049 00(0) 051 00(2)
National team2
2000	Japan	001 00(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 May 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 18 May 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Keiji Kaimoto (海本 慶治, Kaimoto Keiji^?, born November 26, 1972 in Suita, Osaka) is a Japanese football player who currently plays for Albirex Niigata. He is a defender. After graduating from Tōkai University, he joined Japan Football League side Vissel Kobe in 1995. He was transferred to Nagoya Grampus Eight in 2001, then to Niigata in 2005.

He was capped once for Japan when he played an 2000 AFC Asian Cup match against Qatar at the group stage in Beirut on October 20, 2000. He was sent off in the 39th minute in this match. The team went on to win the tournament.

Contents 1 Clubs 2 National team 3 Honors and awards 3.1 Team honors

[edit] Clubs

• 1995-2000: Vissel Kobe
• 2001-2004: Nagoya Grampus Eight
• 2005-present: Albirex Niigata

[edit] National team

• 2000 Asian Cup (Champions)

[edit] Honors and awards

[edit] Team honors

• Asian Cup Champions: 2000

v • d • e Albirex Niigata – current squad 1 Kitano • 2 Nakano • 3 Chiba • 5 Chiyotanda • 6 Nagata • 7 Matsushita • 9 Alessandro • 10 Marcio Richardes • 11 Yano • 13 Kogure • 15 Homma • 16 Terakawa • 17 Uchida • 18 Kawamata • 19 Kaimoto • 20 Kawahara • 21 Nozawa • 22 Kurokawa • 23 Tanaka • 24 Hasebe • 25 Ohno • 26 Suzuki • 27 Michael James • 28 Matsuo • 29 Sakai • 31 Isomoto • Manager: Suzuki