Kenji Fukuda
福田 健二

Personal information
Full name	Kenji Fukuda
Date of birth	(1977-10-21) October 21, 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth	Niihama, Ehime, Japan
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1993–1995	Narashino High School
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–2001	Nagoya Grampus Eight	114	(37)
2001–2003	FC Tokyo	32	(3)
2003	Vegalta Sendai	10	(0)
2004	Guaraní	36	(10)
2005	Pachuca Juniors	21	(12)
2005	Irapuato	19	(10)
2006	Castellón	17	(2)
2006–2007	Numancia	39	(10)
2007–2008	Las Palmas	15	(3)
2008–2009	Ionikos	24	(9)
2010–2012	Ehime FC	65	(8)
2013–2016	Metro Gallery	58	(30)
Total		450	(134)
International career
1997	Japan U-20	4	(1)
Medal record Nagoya Grampus Eight Runner-up J1 League 1996 Winner Emperor's Cup 1999
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kenji Fukuda (福田 健二, Fukuda Kenji, born October 21, 1977) is a former Japanese football player.^[1][2] He is a left-footed forward.

Club career

After graduating from Narashino High School in Chiba in 1996, he joined J1 League side Nagoya Grampus Eight. He played many matches from 1997 and became a regular player in 1998. He helped the club to win the Sanwa Bank Cup in 1997, 1999 Emperor's Cup and the 2nd place 1996–97 Asian Cup Winners' Cup. However his opportunity to play decreased from 2000. He moved to FC Tokyo in August 2001 and Vegalta Sendai in August 2003.

He moved to Guaraní in Paraguay in 2004 and debuted in February against Cerro Porteño. He set up the goal for his side in their 3-1 defeat.^[3] Starting in 2005, he played for many clubs, including Pachuca Juniors and Irapuato in Mexico, as well as Castellón, Numancia, and Las Palmas in Spain. In August 2008 he moved to Greece and Ionikos FC.

In September 2009, he returned to Japan and signed with his local club Ehime FC. He played for the club from 2010 season because it was past the deadline of the player's registration for 2009 season. He played many matches as captain in 2010. However his opportunity to play decreased and he left the club at the end of the 2012 season.

In 2013, he moved to Hong Kong and signed with Yokohama FC Hong Kong (later Metro Gallery). He played for the club until June 2016 and retired.

National team career

He represented Japan at several underage levels. He was a member of the Japan U-20 national team for the 1997 World Youth Championship hosted by Malaysia. He scored a goal against Costa Rica at the group stage. The team was eliminated at the quarter-final.^[4]

Club statistics