is a former

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player.

Career

He is naturally a full back, but was utilised mainly as a

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when playing for

Albirex Niigata Singapore Albirex Niigata Singapore FC, abbreviated as Albirex Niigata (S), is a Singaporean football club that plays in the Singapore Premier League. The club is a satellite team of Albirex Niigata of Japan. History Albirex Niigata Singapore, a satellite ...

in the

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, due to injuries suffered by

Yuki Ichikawa is a Japanese former footballer player who last played as a centre-back, right-back or defensive-midfielder for Singapore Premier League club Geylang International FC. Career He played two seasons for Singapore side Albirex Niigata FC (Singa ...

at the beginning of the season. From then on, he has sealed his berth in central defense, partnering Kento Fukuda; and Yuki Ichikawa continued playing as a full back as were before in the 2012 S.League season. On 25 December 2014, it was announced on his personal Facebook page that he has contracted with

J3 League or simply J3 is the third division of . It was established in 2013 as the third-tier professional association football league in Japan. The third-tier nationwide league is a relatively recent development in Japanese football with a first attempt ...

team -

Grulla Morioka is a Japanese association football club based in Morioka, Iwate. It played in the inaugural season of J3 League in 2014 after winning the Tohoku Soccer League, one of the Japanese Regional Leagues, in 2013. Iwate played in the J3 until 2021, wh ...

for the 2015 season.

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* 1990 births Living people Association football people from Tokushima Prefecture Japanese footballers J2 League players J3 League players Singapore Premier League players Tokushima Vortis players Iwate Grulla Morioka players Albirex Niigata Singapore FC players Japanese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Singapore Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Singapore Association football defenders {{Japan-footy-defender-1990s-stub