Eiji Kawashima

The best goalkeeper in Japan and future promise of international football, this revelation goalkeeper was chosen as the starting goalkeeper of the Japanese team for the World Cup in a test of several goalkeepers because at that time the holder Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi suffered a fracture that would marginalize him. of the world cup as a starter with only one test match Kawashima left a very good impression with his performance, matches later he continued to give good results and performance, a situation that led him to be an important piece within the Japanese team and to play in Europe where he now plays as Starting goalkeeper for this modest Belgian team from Kawasaki Frontale, where another Nippon football superstar, Kengo Nakamura, also plays. Kawashima was born on March 20, 1983 in Yono, Saitama, Japan. He made his debut in Omiya Ardija in 2001 until 2003 when he retired to go to the Nagoya Grampus Eight in 2004 until 2006, in Nagoya he could not establish himself as a starter due to the immovable Seigo Narazaki from the Nagoya team, also a starting goalkeeper for the The Japanese team with whom they fiercely competed for the title of the Japanese team, alternating between Kawaguchi and Narazaki, Kawashima, unable to find the title in the Nagoya Grampus, went to the Kawasaki Frontale where he obtained the undisputed title from 2007 to 2010, after an impressive performance in the 2010 World Cup and with few previous matches with the Japanese team, he was signed by Lierse SK of the Belgian league, the team in which he currently plays.