Shin Kanazawa

is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is the current first-team coach J2 League club of Omiya Ardija.

Playing career Kanazawa was born in Saitama on 9 September 1983. He joined J2 League club Omiya Ardija from youth team in 2002. He played many matches as defensive midfielder from first season and became a regular player in 2004. Ardija also won the 2nd place in 2004 season and was promoted to J1 League first time in the club history. However his opportunity to play decreased in 2005. He was loaned to newly was relegated to Tokyo Verdy in 2006. He played many matches in 2 seasons and Verdy was returned to J1 end of 2007 season. He returned to Ardija in 2008. He played many matches for the club for a long time. However Ardija repeated relegation to J2 and promotion to J1 from 2015. His opportunity to play decreased from 2017.

After the 2019 season, Kanazawa announced his retirement from professional football.

Club statistics

Club performance 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 AFC Total 2002 Omiya Ardija J2 League 28 1 1 0 - - 29 1 2003 7 0 2 0 - - 9 0 2004 41 4 2 0 - - 43 4 2005 J1 League 17 0 3 0 4 0 - 24 0 2006 Tokyo Verdy (loan) J2 League 30 0 1 0 - 2 0 33 0 2007 20 3 1 0 - - 21 3 2008 Omiya Ardija J1 League 22 0 2 0 3 0 - 27 0 2009 29 0 2 0 6 0 - 37 0 2010 29 0 2 1 5 1 - 36 2 2011 18 1 0 0 1 1 - 19 2 2012 17 1 3 0 2 0 - 22 1 2013 25 2 1 0 3 0 - 29 2 2014 18 1 1 0 2 0 - 21 1 2015 J2 League 23 1 2 0 - - 25 1 2016 J1 League 27 0 1 0 3 0 - 31 0 2017 10 0 3 0 1 0 - 14 0 2018 J2 League 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0 2019 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0 Career total361 14 27 1 30 2 2 0 420 17