Kenji Fukuda

Kenji Fukuda

Personal information
Full name	Kenji Fukuda
Date of birth	(1977-10-21) October 21, 1977
Place of birth	Niihama, Japan
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Yokohama FC Hong Kong
Number	20
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1996–2001	Nagoya Grampus Eight	114	(37)
2001–2003	FC Tokyo	32	(3)
2003–2007	Vegalta Sendai	10	(0)
2004	→ Guaraní (loan)	32	(7)
2005	→ Pachuca (loan)	0	(0)
2005	→ Pachuca Juniors (loan)	19	(12)
2005	→ Irapuato (loan)	19	(10)
2005–2006	→ Castellón (loan)	17	(2)
2006–2007	→ Numancia (loan)	39	(10)
2007–2008	UD Las Palmas	16	(3)
2008–2009	Ionikos FC	24	(9)
2010–2013	Ehime F.C.	51	(8)
2013–	Yokohama FC Hong Kong	1	(0)
National team
1997	Japan U20	4	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of February 3, 2013. † Appearances (Goals).

Kenji Fukuda (福田 健二, Fukuda Kenji, born October 21, 1977 in Niihama, Japan) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Yokohama FC Hong Kong .^[1] He is a left-footed forward.

Career

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. In August 2008 he moved to Greece and Ionikos FC.

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 quarter-final.^[2]

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