Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
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Kawaguchi with Júbilo Iwata in 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 15 August 1975 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Fuji, Shizuoka, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1993 | Shimizu Shogyo High School | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994–2001 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 193 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2003 | Portsmouth | 12 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Nordsjælland | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2013 | Júbilo Iwata | 228 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Gifu | 43 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Sagamihara | 43 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 527 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Japan U23 | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–2010 | Japan | 116 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (川口 能活, Kawaguchi Yoshikatsu; born 15 August 1975), also known as Yoshi Kawaguchi, is a retired Japanese footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Kawaguchi spent most of his professional career in the Japanese J1 League, with brief spells in Europe as a reserve goalkeeper. He has earned 116 international caps for Japan, making him one of the ten most capped players in the history of the team. He additionally served as captain from 2006 to 2008. He was part of the Japanese squads at the 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010 editions of the FIFA World Cups, the 2004 and 2007 editions of the AFC Asian Cups, as well as the 1999 Copa América.