is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Vissel Kobe. He also represented the Japan national team at the 2014 and 2022 FIFA World cup.
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 the Japan national team, with whom he made his full international debut 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. Gonda returned to Japan and Joined Sagan Tosu in 2017 until he left the club in 2018. Gonda went abroad to Portugal and joined to Portuguese club, Portimonense SC in 2019. Gonda then returned again to Japan and transferred to J1 club, Shimizu S-Pulse in 2021 as a loan initially, before later permanently transferring after a season at Shimizu due to Portimonense SC's relegation from the top tier in 2022.
Career statistics Club .Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2019 (NSK MOOK)", 9 February 2019, Japan, (p. 283 out of 289)Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, (p. 66 out of 289)Japan – Shuichi Gonda – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsFC Tokyo2007J League Div. 1000000—002008000000—00200934010100—45020103002070—104002011J League Div. 220050—2502012J League Div. 1310000050—36020133302000—35020143301000—3402015J1 League2200050—270Total203011022050102420SV Horn (loan)2015–16Austrian Regional Leagues2000—202016–17Austrian Football First League15010—160Total17010000000180Sagan Tosu2017J1 League3302040—39020183404030—410Total67060700000800Portimonense2018–19Primeira Liga100000—102019–201401030—1802020–21000000—00Total15010300000190Shimizu S-Pulse (loan)2021J1 League3800000—380Shimizu S-Pulse20223301010—3502023J2 League200000—20Total73010100000750Debreceni VSC2025 Nemzeti Bajnokság I400000—40Career total379019033050104380
International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsJapan U20200720200880200910Total110Japan U23201150Total50JapanJapan National Football Team Database20101020110020120020131020140020151020160020170020182020191102020202021100202260Total340
Honours FC Tokyo J. League Division 2: 2011 Emperor's Cup: 2011 J. League Cup: 2009 Suruga Bank Championship: 2010
Vissel Kobe J1 100 Year Vision League: 2026
Japan AFC Asian Cup: 2011; runner-up 2019 EAFF East Asian Cup: 2013
Individual AFC Asian Cup Team of the Tournament: 2019 J2 League Best XI: 2023
References
External links
Profile at Sagan Tosu
Shūichi Gonda at the Japan National Football Team
Shuichi Gonda – FC Tokyo official site