is a former

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player.

Club career

Enomoto was born in

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on 16 March 1979. After graduating from high school, he joined

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(later ''Yokohama F. Marinos'') in 1997. He became a regular goalkeeper in October 2001, when Japan national team goalkeeper

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moved to England. Shortly thereafter,

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on 27 October, he made three saves in the

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, and the club won the champions. He was also elected

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. The club won the champions

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and 2004 J1 League. However his opportunity to play decreased behind

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from 2005. He moved to

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in 2007. He played as regular goalkeeper. His opportunity to play decreased behind

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in 2010 and moved to

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in 2011. However he could hardly play in the match behind Oh Seung-hoon and he moved to

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in 2013. In 2015, he moved to

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. Although he came back

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, he could hardly play in the match and retired end of 2016 season.

National team career

In April 1999, Enomoto was selected Japan U-20 national team for 1999 World Youth Championship and Japan won the 2nd place. But he did not play in the match, as he was the team's reserve goalkeeper behind Yuta Minami.

Club statistics

Honors and awards

* World Youth Championship runner-up:

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