Masato Kawaguchi
# Masato Kawaguchi

Masato Kawaguchi (川口 正人, Kawaguchi Masato, born June 18, 1981) is a former Japanese football player.

## Playing career

Kawaguchi was born in Shibuya, Tokyo on June 18, 1981. He joined the J1 League club Kyoto Purple Sanga from the Yokohama F. Marinos youth team in 2000. On April 15, he debuted as a substitute left side midfielder at the 35th minute against Kawasaki Frontale. His next match was in the J.League Cup tournament on April 19; he played full-time as the left side midfielder against Albirex Niigata. However, he only played in that match in 2000 and the club was relegated to the J2 League in 2001. In 2001, he did not play in any matches. In 2002, he moved to the J2 club Albirex Niigata. However he did not play in any matches there, either. In 2003, he moved to the Japan Football League (JFL) club Otsuka Pharmaceutical. In 2003, he played many matches and the club won the championship. Although the club won the championship two years in a row and was promoted to J2 at the end of the 2005 season, he rarely played. In 2005, he moved to the newly promoted JFL club Mitsubishi Mizushima. He played often as a regular player over five seasons until 2009. However the club was relegated to the Prefectural Leagues at the end of the 2009 season due to financial strain and he retired at that time.

## Club statistics

| Club performance | Club performance | Club performance | League | League | Cup | Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | Japan | Japan | League | League | Emperor's Cup | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | J.League Cup | Total | Total |
| 2000 | Kyoto Purple Sanga | J1 League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | Kyoto Purple Sanga | J2 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | Albirex Niigata | J2 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | Otsuka Pharmaceutical | Football League | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 21 | 0 |
| 2004 | Otsuka Pharmaceutical | Football League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 0 |
| 2005 | Mitsubishi Mizushima | Football League | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 20 | 0 |
| 2006 | Mitsubishi Mizushima | Football League | 23 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 26 | 4 |
| 2007 | Mitsubishi Mizushima | Football League | 34 | 3 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 36 | 3 |
| 2008 | Mitsubishi Mizushima | Football League | 31 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 31 | 2 |
| 2009 | Mitsubishi Mizushima | Football League | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 32 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 161 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 171 | 10 |
