Bio

Shūichi Gonda (権田 修一, Gonda Shūichi, born 3 March 1989) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Shimizu S-Pulse and the Japan national team. He also represented the Japan national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Career Gonda has made 244 appearances in all competitions for current J1 League club FC Tokyo between 2007 and 2016. During that time he has won four honours with Tokyo and two with his national team Japan, with whom he made his full international debut for on 6 January 2010 in a 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualifier against Yemen. He has made 32 appearances at various youth levels for Japan. After nine years with FC Tokyo, Gonda left Japanese football for the first time on 9 January 2016 as he agreed to join Keisuke Honda's Austrian Regional League side SV Horn on loan until 31 December 2016.