Kenichi Uemura

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Kenichi Uemura
Full name	Kenichi Uemura
Date of birth	April 22, 1974 (1974-04-22) (age 34)
Place of birth	Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan
Height	180cm
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Roasso Kumamoto
Youth clubs
1990-1993	Matsunaga High School
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993-2003 2004 2005-2006 2006 2007-present	Sanfrecce Hiroshima Cerezo Osaka Tokyo Verdy 1969 Yokohama Sports & Culture Club Roasso Kumamoto	251 (23) 15 (0) 19 (0) 0 (0) 30 (3)
National team²
2001	Japan	4 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 February 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 28 February 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Kenichi Uemura (上村健一, Uemura Kenichi^?, born April 22, 1974 in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan) is a Japanese football (soccer) player. He is a defender and currently plays for J. League Division 2 side Roasso Kumamoto. He was capped 4 times for Japan national football team.

1 Playing career
2 Clubs
3 National team
4 Honors and awards
- 4.1 Team Honors
5 External links

[edit] Playing career

After graduating from Matsunaga High Schook, he joined J. League side Sanfrecce Hiroshima in 1993. He broke into the first team in the first season. His first league appearance came on July 4, 1993 against Verdy Kawasaki at Todoroki Stadium. He scored his first professional goal on July 24, 1993 against Urawa Red Diamonds at Hiroshima Stadium.

He represented Japan at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He scored a goal in a group stage match against Hungary.

Notional coach Philippe Troussier gave him the first full international cap on April 25, 2001 in a friendly against Spain in Cordoba. He was a member of the Japan team for the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup and he played three games.

After 11 year long service at Hiroshima, he moved to Cerezo Osaka in 2004, then Tokyo Verdy 1969 (2005-2006). After a brief spell at Yokohama Sports & Culture Club, he joined Roasso Kumamoto in 2007.

He damaged his knee ligaments three times and experienced seven operations. These injuries have affected his form.