Kenji Fukuda

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Kenji Fukuda
Personal information
Full name	Kenji Fukuda
Date of birth	October 21, 1977 (1977-10-21) (age 30)
Place of birth	Niihama, Japan
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	forward
Club information
Current club	Las Palmas
Number	7
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996–2001 2001–2003 2003 2004 2005 2005 2005 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007–	Nagoya Grampus Eight FC Tokyo Vegalta Sendai → Guaraní (loan) → Pachuca (loan) → Pachuca Juniors (loan) → Irapuato (loan) → Castellón (loan) → Numancia (loan) UD Las Palmas	114 0(37) 032 00(3) 010 00(0) 032 00(7) 000 00(0) 019 0(12) 019 0(10) 017 00(2) 037 0(10) 014 00(2)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 May 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Kenji Fukuda (福田 健二, Fukuda Kenji^?, born October 21, 1977 in Niihama, Japan) is a Japanese football (soccer) player, who currently plays for Spanish division 2 side UD Las Palmas. He is a left-footed forward.

After graduating from Narashino High School in Chiba in 1996, he joined J. League side Nagoya Grampus Eight. He helped the club to win the Sanwa Bank Cup, the Asian Cup Winners Cup (both in 1997) and the Emperor's Cup (in 1999). He moved to F.C. Tokyo, then Vegalta Sendai. He was loaned out from Sendai to a series of clubs in Latin America and Spain. Las Palmas signed him on a permanent basis in 2007.

He represented Japan at several underage levels. He was a member of the Japan team for the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship hosted by Malaysia. He scored a goal against Costa Rica at the group stage. The team was eliminated at the quarterfinal.

[edit] Club Career Statistics

[edit] Domestic

Last update: 11 June 2007

Season	Team	Country	Division	Apps	Goals	Assists	Team Record
1996	Nagoya Grampus Eight	Japan	1	4	0	?	Runners-up
1997	Nagoya Grampus Eight	Japan	1	19	5	?	9th place
1998	Nagoya Grampus Eight	Japan	1	33	16	?	5th place
1999	Nagoya Grampus Eight	Japan	1	24	10	?	4th place
2000	Nagoya Grampus Eight	Japan	1	26	4	?	9th place
2001	Nagoya Grampus Eight	Japan	1	8	2	?	5th place
	FC Tokyo	Japan	1	11	1	?	8th place
2002	FC Tokyo	Japan	1	21	2	?	9th place
2003	FC Tokyo	Japan	1	0	0	0	4th place
	Vegalta Sendai	Japan	1	10	0	?	15 place
2004	Guaraní	Paraguay	1	32	7	1	5th place
2004-05	Pachuca	Mexico	1	0	0	0	?
	Pachuca Juniors	Mexico	2	19	12	2	?
2005-06	Irapuato	Mexico	2	19	10	0	?
	Castellón	Spain	2	17	2	1	12th place
2006-07	Numancia	Spain	2	37	10	2	9th Place
2007-08	Las Palmas	Spain	2	14	2	0

[edit] International

Season	Team	Country	Competition	Apps	Goals	Team Record
2004	Guaraní	Paraguay	Copa Libertadores	5	1	Group Stage
2005	Pachuca	Mexico	Copa Libertadores	1	0	1/8 Finals