Shinji Murai
Shinji Murai (村井 慎二, Murai Shinji, born December 1, 1979) is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.
| Personal information | |||||||||||
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| Full name | Shinji Murai | ||||||||||
| Date of birth | December 1, 1979 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth | Chiba, Chiba, Japan | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||
| 1995–1997 | JEF United Ichihara | ||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
| 1998–2004 | JEF United Ichihara | 116 | (7) | ||||||||
| 2005–2009 | Júbilo Iwata | 112 | (4) | ||||||||
| 2010–2011 | JEF United Chiba | 22 | (3) | ||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Oita Trinita | 44 | (5) | ||||||||
| Total | 294 | (19) | |||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Japan | 5 | (0) | ||||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||||||||||
Biography
Murai was born in Chiba on December 1, 1979. He joined his local club JEF United Ichihara (later JEF United Chiba) from their youth team in 1998. He became a regular player as left midfielder from 2001. The club won the 3rd place in the 2001 and 2003 J1 League. He moved to Júbilo Iwata with teammate Takayuki Chano in 2005. He played many matches until 2009 except when he injured in 2006. He left the club with Chano end of 2009 season for generational change and he returned to JEF United Chiba with Chano in 2010. He moved to Oita Trinita in 2012 and played until 2013.
In July 2005, Murai was selected the Japan national team for 2005 East Asian Football Championship. At this tournament, on August 3, he debuted against China. He played 5 games for Japan until 2006.
Statistics
| Club statistics | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Asia | Total | |||||||
| 1998 | JEF United Ichihara | J1 League | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2001 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | 33 | 1 | |||
| 2002 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | - | 31 | 4 | |||
| 2003 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | - | 35 | 5 | |||
| 2004 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | 35 | 1 | |||
| 2005 | Júbilo Iwata | J1 League | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| 2006 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | 13 | 2 | |||
| 2007 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | 28 | 2 | |||
| 2008 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 26 | 0 | |||
| 2009 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | 29 | 0 | |||
| 2010 | JEF United Chiba | J2 League | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 6 | 1 | ||
| 2011 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 20 | 2 | ||||
| 2012 | Oita Trinita | J2 League | 37 | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 37 | 5 | ||
| 2013 | J1 League | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 10 | 0 | ||
| Country | Japan | 294 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 39 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 352 | 25 | |
| Total | 294 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 39 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 352 | 25 | ||
| Japan national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 5 | 0 |
References
- Shinji Murai at National-Football-Teams.com
- Shinji Murai at J.League (in Japanese)
- Japan National Football Team Database
Other websites
- Shinji Murai at J.League (player) (in Japanese)
- Shinji Murai at National Football Teams.com
- Shinji Murai at Soccerway.com
- Shinji Murai at FootballDatabase.eu
- Shinji Murai at WorldFootball.net
- Shinji Murai at Transfermarkt (player)