is a

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

football player who plays for

Kamatamare Sanuki Kamatamare Sanuki (カマタマーレ讃岐、Kamatamare Sanuki) is a football club based in Takamatsu, the capital city of Kagawa Prefecture of Japan. They currently play in the J3 League. They entered the J League in 2014 after finishing as ru ...

Playing career

Shimizu was born in

Matsudo file:Matsudo City Hall 2.jpg, 260px, Matsudo City Hall is a Cities of Japan, city in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 498,575 in 242,981 households and a population density of 8100 persons per km². The total are ...

on September 18, 1981. After graduating from high school, he joined J1 League club

Kashiwa Reysol is a Japanese professional football club based in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. Their home stadium is Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium ...

based in his local

Chiba Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Chiba Prefecture borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north, Saitama Prefecture to t ...

in 2000. Although he debuted in 2003 and several matches until April 2005, he could hardly play in the match behind Yuta Minami. In April 2005, Shimizu moved to J2 League club

Montedio Yamagata is Japanese professional association football club based in Tendo, Yamagata. The club plays in J2 League. Montedio is a coined word combining the Italian word for "mountain" (Monte) and the word for "God" (Dio). History The club based in T ...

. Although he could not play at all in the match behind

Shigeru Sakurai is a former Japanese football player. Playing career Sakurai was born in Ibaraki Prefecture on June 29, 1979. After graduating from Komazawa University, he joined J2 League club Montedio Yamagata in 2002. He became a regular goalkeeper in 2 ...

until October, he played last 5 matches in 2005 season. In 2006, he became a regular goalkeeper instead Sakurai. In 2008, Montedio won the 2nd place and was promoted to J1 first time in the club history. He played as regular goalkeeper and Montedio also remained in J1 until 2010. In 2011, however he lost his position behind Yuki Uekusa and the club results were bad. Although Shimizu became a regular goalkeeper again in July, Montedio finished at the bottom place and was relegated to J2 end of 2011 season. Although Shimizu played all 42 matches in 2012, he could not play many matches behind new player Satoshi Tokizawa in 2013 and

Norihiro Yamagishi is a Japanese football player. Playing career Yamagishi was born in Kumagaya on 17 May 1978. After graduating from Chukyo University, he joined J1 League club Urawa Reds based in his local Saitama Prefecture in 2001. He debuted in 2002 and beca ...

in 2014. Montedio was promoted to J1 end of 2014 season and won the 2nd place in

2014 Emperor's Cup The was the regular edition of the annual Japanese national football cup tournament, which was held from 5 July 2014 to 13 December 2014 It was the first tournament since the 47th edition that the final match was not held on 1 January in the fo ...

. In 2015, Shimizu moved to J2 club

. He became a regular goalkeeper. However the club results were bad every season and was relegated to J3 League end of 2018 season.

Club statistics

Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社
"2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)"
8 February 2017, Japan, (p. 227 out of 289)

References

External links

* 1981 births Living people Association football people from Chiba Prefecture Japanese footballers J1 League players J2 League players J3 League players Kashiwa Reysol players Montedio Yamagata players Kamatamare Sanuki players Association football goalkeepers {{Japan-footy-goalkeeper-stub