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Shinji Murai
(
村井 ?二
,
Murai Shinji
, born December 1, 1979)
is a former
Japanese
football
player. He played for the
Japan national team
.
Murai was born in
Chiba
on December 1, 1979. He joined his local club
JEF United Ichihara
(later
JEF United Chiba
) from their youth team in 1998. He became a regular player as left midfielder from 2001. The club won the 3rd place in the 2001 and 2003
J1 League
. He moved to
Jubilo Iwata
with teammate
Takayuki Chano
in 2005. He played many matches until 2009 except when he injured in 2006. He left the club with Chano end of 2009 season for generational change and he returned to JEF United Chiba with Chano in 2010. He moved to
Oita Trinita
in 2012 and played until 2013.
In July 2005, Murai was selected the
Japan national team
for
2005 East Asian Football Championship
. At this tournament, on August 3, he debuted against
China
. He played 5 games for Japan until 2006.
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Club statistics
|
League
|
Cup
| League Cup
| Continental
| Total
|
Season
| Club
| League
|
Apps
| Goals
|
Apps
| Goals
| Apps
| Goals
| Apps
| Goals
| Apps
| Goals
|
Japan
| League
|
Emperor's Cup
|
J.League Cup
|
Asia
| Total
|
1998
|
JEF United Ichihara
|
J1 League
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
4
|
1
|
1999
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
-
|
3
|
0
|
2000
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
-
|
4
|
0
|
2001
|
25
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
-
|
33
|
1
|
2002
|
26
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
2
|
-
|
31
|
4
|
2003
|
29
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
-
|
35
|
5
|
2004
|
29
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
-
|
35
|
1
|
2005
|
Jubilo Iwata
|
J1 League
|
30
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
38
|
0
|
2006
|
11
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
13
|
2
|
2007
|
23
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
-
|
28
|
2
|
2008
|
24
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
-
|
26
|
0
|
2009
|
24
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
-
|
29
|
0
|
2010
|
JEF United Chiba
|
J2 League
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
6
|
1
|
2011
|
18
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
20
|
2
|
2012
|
Oita Trinita
|
J2 League
|
37
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
37
|
5
|
2013
|
J1 League
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
-
|
10
|
0
|
Country
|
Japan
|
294
|
19
|
15
|
3
|
39
|
3
|
4
|
0
|
352
|
25
|
Total
|
294
|
19
|
15
|
3
|
39
|
3
|
4
|
0
|
352
|
25
|
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