Shūichi Gonda

The native form of this personal name is Gonda Shūichi. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Shūichi Gonda (権田 修一, Gonda Shūichi; born 3 March 1989) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He also represented the Japan national team at the 2014 and 2022 FIFA World cup.

Shūichi Gonda
権田 修一

Gonda with Japan at the 2022 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Shūichi Gonda[1]
Date of birth	(1989-03-03) 3 March 1989 (age 36)
Place of birth	Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1995–2000	Saginuma SC
2001–2006	FC Tokyo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2017	FC Tokyo	203	(0)
2016–2017	→ SV Horn (loan)	17	(0)
2017–2018	Sagan Tosu	67	(0)
2019–2021	Portimonense	15	(0)
2021	→ Shimizu S-Pulse (loan)	38	(0)
2022–2024	Shimizu S-Pulse	148	(0)
2025	Debreceni VSC	4	(0)
International career‡
2008–2009	Japan U20	11	(0)
2011–2012	Japan U23	21	(0)
2010–2022	Japan	38	(0)
Medal record Representing  Japan AFC Asian Cup 2011 Qatar 2019 United Arab Emirates
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 May 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 December 2022, 12:20 (UTC)

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 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.^[3] Gonda return to Japan and Joined to Sagan Tosu in 2017 until he left from the club in 2018. Gonda abroad to Portugal and joined to Portuguese club, Portimonense SC in 2019. Gonda return again to Japan and signed transfer to J1 club, Shimizu S-Pulse from 2021 as loan later permanently transfer after a season at Shimizu due to relegation from top tier in 2022.

Career statistics

Gonda in 2016 with SV Horn

Club

As of 25 May 2025.^[4][5][6]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental[a]		Other[b]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FC Tokyo	2007	J League Div. 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	—				0	0
	2008		0	0	0	0	0	0	—				0	0
	2009		34	0	1[c]	0	10[d]	0	—				45	0
	2010		30	0	2[c]	0	7[d]	0	—		1	0	40	0
	2011	J League Div. 2	20	0	5[c]	0	—						25	0
	2012	J League Div. 1	31	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	—		36	0
	2013		33	0	2[c]	0	0	0	—				35	0
	2014		33	0	1[c]	0	0	0	—				34	0
	2015	J1 League	22	0	0	0	5[d]	0	—				27	0
	Total		203	0	11	0	22	0	5	0	1	0	242	0
SV Horn (loan)	2015–16	Austrian Regional Leagues	2	0	0	0	—						2	0
	2016–17	Austrian Football First League	15	0	1[e]	0	—						16	0
	Total		17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0
Sagan Tosu	2017	J1 League	33	0	2[c]	0	4[d]	0	—				39	0
	2018		34	0	4[c]	0	3[d]	0	—				41	0
	Total		67	0	6	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	80	0
Portimonense	2018–19	Primeira Liga	1	0	0	0	0	0	—				1	0
	2019–20		14	0	1[f]	0	3[g]	0	—				18	0
	2020–21		0	0	0	0	0	0	—				0	0
	Total		15	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	19	0
Shimizu S-Pulse (loan)	2021	J1 League	38	0	0	0	0	0	—				38	0
Shimizu S-Pulse	2022		33	0	1[c]	0	1[d]	0	—				35	0
	2023	J2 League	2	0	0[c]	0	0[d]	0	—				2	0
	Total		73	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	75	0
Debreceni VSC	2025	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	4	0	0	0	0	0	—				4	0
Career total			379	0	19	0	33	0	5	0	1	0	438	0

1. Includes AFC Champions League.
2. Includes Suruga Bank Championship.
3. Appearances at the Emperor's Cup
4. Appearances at the J.League Cup
5. Appearances at the Austrian Cup
6. Appearances at the Taça de Portugal
7. Appearances at the Taça da Liga

International

As of 17 November 2022

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Japan U20	2007	2	0
	2008	8	0
	2009	1	0
Total		11	0
Japan U23	2011	5	0
Total		5	0
Japan[7]	2010	1	0
	2011	0	0
	2012	0	0
	2013	1	0
	2014	0	0
	2015	1	0
	2016	0	0
	2017	0	0
	2018	2	0
	2019	11	0
	2020	2	0
	2021	10	0
	2022	6	0
Total		34	0

Honours

FC Tokyo

• J. League Division 2: 2011
• Emperor's Cup: 2011
• J. League Cup: 2009
• Suruga Bank Championship: 2010

Japan

• AFC Asian Cup: 2011; runner-up 2019
• EAFF East Asian Cup: 2013

Individual

• AFC Asian Cup Team of the Tournament: 2019^[8]
• J2 League Best XI: 2023^[9]