Shuhei Terada

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Shuhei Terada
Shuhei Terada
Personal information
Date of birth	June 23, 1975 (1975-06-23) (age 32)
Place of birth	Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Kawasaki Frontale
Youth clubs
1988-1990 1991-1994 1994-1998	Nissan FC Junior Youth Yokosuka High School Tokai University
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999-present	Kawasaki Frontale	120 00(7)
National team2
2008-present	Japan	001 00(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 May 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 29 May 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Shuhei Terada (寺田 周平, Shuūhei Terada^?, born June 23, 1975 in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan) is a Japanese football player. He is a central defender and plays for J. League side Kawasaki Frontale.

[edit] Career

He started playing football at the junior youth setup of Japan Soccer League side Nissan F.C. (current Yokohama F. Marinos). Then he played for and was educated at Kanagawa Prefectural Yokosuka High School and Tōkai University. At the university, he contribute to the Japan team winning the 18th Universiade football competition held in Fukuoka in 1995. 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 J. League Division 2 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 earned his first international cap on May 27, 2008 in a friendly against Paraguay. Being 32 year and 339 day old, he became the fourth eldest to make a national team debut for Japan.

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