Full name Shuhei Terada Name Shuhei Terada Position Defender 1991-1993 Yokosuka High School Weight 80 kg | 1988-1990 Nissan Junior Youth Height 1.89 m Role Football player | |
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Date of birth (1975-06-23) June 23, 1975 (age 40) Place of birth Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan | ||
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Shuhei Terada (寺田 周平, Terada Shuhei, born June 23, 1975) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.
Career
He started playing football at the junior youth setup of Japan Soccer League side Nissan Motors (current Yokohama F. Marinos). Then he played for and was educated at Kanagawa Prefectural Yokosuka High School and Tokai University. At the university, he contribute to the Japan team winning the 18th Universiade football competition held in Fukuoka in 1995. After the graduation, he nearly signed with Yokohama Marinos but the club pulled out when a problem was found in his neck at the medical check.
After spending a year unattached, he signed with J2 League side Kawasaki Frontale in 1999 as an anchoring midfielder. He immediately became a regular starter and contributed to the club winning the J2 Championship. In May 2000, he damaged his knee ligament that, along with other injuries, sidelined him for two and half years.
He was converted to a central defender and established himself as a linchpin of the Kawasaki defence.
He earned his first international cap on May 27, 2008 in a friendly against Paraguay. Being 32 years and 339 days old, he became the fourth eldest to make a national team debut for Japan.
He retired from the game at the end of the 2010 season.