Daisuke Nishiguchi (西口 大輔, Nishiguchi Daisuke, born 1 January 1988 in Osaka) is a Japanese footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for DSK Shivajians F.C. in the I-League 2nd Division.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 January 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Osaka, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | DSK Shivajians F.C. | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cerezo Osaka | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2012 | Olimpia | 14 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Pune | 15 | (2) |
| 2013– | DSK Shivajians F.C. | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career edit
Pune edit
After graduating from the Cerezo Osaka Academy Nishiguchi joined Moldovan Divizia Naţională side FC Olimpia where he played in 14 matches during the 2011–12 season and then made 2 starts for Olimpia at the beginning of the 2012–13 season before signing for Pune F.C. of the I-League in India.[1] He made his debut for Pune FC during the 2012 Indian Federation Cup on 20 September 2012 in Pune's first match of the tournament against United Sikkim F.C. in which Nishiguchi came on as a 76th-minute substitute for Pierre Djidjia Douhou as Pune won 1–0.[2] He then made his I-League debut on 8 October 2012 against ONGC F.C. at home at the Balewadi Sports Complex where he played for only 64 minutes before being replaced by Shanmugam Venkatesh in a game where Pune won 3–2.[3] Nishiguchi then scored his first two goals for Pune FC in his second I-League game for the club on 11 October 2012 against Mumbai F.C. at the Balewadi Sports Complex in which he scored in the 7th and 51st minute as Pune won 3–2 again.[4]
Career statistics edit
Club edit
Statistics accurate as of 12 October 2012
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | International | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Olimpia | 2011–12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 |
| 2012–13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |
| Pune | 2012–13 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 2 |
| Career total | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | |
References edit
- ^ "Pune FC rope in Japanese Daisuke from Moldovan club". Pune Football Club. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
- ^ "Pune FC logged their first win of the season with a 1-0 win over United Sikkim FC in a Group-D Federation Cup encounter". Pune Football Club. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
- ^ "Pune FC down ONGC in best-ever I-League opener". Pune Football Club. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
- ^ "Pune FC win grudge battle move into Top-3 after second win". Pune Football Club. Retrieved 12 October 2012.