Eiji Kawashima

Kawashima's current-season form is up 57% on last season (Season 7→11), while his Rating eased 14→6. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 16).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	CS	CS%	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Jubilo Iwata · 5th	12	4	33%	6.73	6	11
2024/25	Jubilo Iwata · 18th	32	5	16%	6.81	14	7
2021/22	Strasbourg · 6th	1	0	0%	7.2	4	0
2020/21	Strasbourg · 15th	24	6	25%	6.73	17	16
2018/19	Strasbourg	1	0	0%	7.3	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 11 earlier seasons and 5 youth-team spells in the full career.

Japan · international

Side	Apps	G
Japan	95	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Experienced headGoalkeeper

E. Kawashima is a 43-year-old goalkeeper at Jubilo Iwata, enjoying a standout season — 0 goals and 0 assists in 12 appearances, a Season grade of 11, top 40% of J2 League goalkeepers. On long-term scout potential he's rated 5.6, ranking 225th of 226 in the J2 League. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member (30.3% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Kawashima.

Judged on this season alone, Kawashima graded 11 — a solid campaign that ranks top 40% of the 20 goalkeepers in the J2 League, on 4 clean sheets across 12 appearances.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 7 → 11). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 6, 20th of 20 of the 20 goalkeepers in the J2 League. At 43 Kawashima is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 0.4 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2020/21Holding levelRemarkably consistent

Current potential20th of 20 goalkeepers · J2 League · 12 apps Current season8th of 20 goalkeepers · J2 League · 12 apps 8th-best goalkeeper in the J2 League 225th in the J2 League · potential 20th-highest potential goalkeeper in the J2 League

5.6

Ratingi

20th of 20 goalkeepers

10.7

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

30.3%

Minutes

limited game time

0.51

Def. actions / 90

light defensive volume

Output in context · Jubilo Iwata finished 5th of 20 · an upper-table side

Apps

Clean sheets

33%

CS rate

30.3%

Minutes

4 clean sheets in 12 appearances (33% of games). Playing behind an upper-table side (5th of 20) means a more protected goal, so the read is about command and distribution as much as raw shut-outs.

Watch points

Game time. Only 30.3% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Age curve. At 43, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 5.6, Kawashima carries the 20th-highest potential of the goalkeepers in the J2 League of 20 — though on just 12 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. A limited game time keeper carrying the gloves this season. Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.5× and falling).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %30.3%

Available fixtures39 of 39

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 900.507

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Cards / 900.085

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~2), then tapers with age. At 43, Kawashima sits on 0.4, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Kawashima's projected Rating — 5.6 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among goalkeepers in the J2 League with 600+ minutes this season.

Goalkeeping

Clean sheets4

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards1

Red cards0

Transfer history

€0.6M total transfer fees · 5 moves

StrasbourgAug 2018 – nowFree

Metzuntil Aug 2018

Standard LiegeJul 2012 – Aug 2018€ 600K

LLierseJul 2010 – Jul 2012Free

Kawasaki FrontaleMar 2007 – Jul 2010

Nagoya GrampusJan 2004 – Mar 2007

Omiya Ardijauntil Jan 2004

About E. Kawashima

Eiji Kawashima is a 43-year-old goalkeeper who plays for Jubilo Iwata, born on March 20, 1983 in Yono, standing 185 cm tall. He is from Japan. Jubilo Iwata currently sit 12th of 20 in the J2 League.

This season

In the current season, E. Kawashima has made 12 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 1,065 minutes, with 1 yellow card.

E. Kawashima's next match is on August 29, 2026, when Jubilo Iwata face Tochigi City away in the J2 League.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates E. Kawashima at 5.6 with a Season form score of 10.7, ranking 225th of 226 goalkeepers in the J2 League. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 4 career titles — among them the Coupe de la Ligue and the AFC Asian Cup. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 18 recorded seasons, E. Kawashima has totalled 356 club appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists for 10 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2012/13, with 40 appearances for Standard Liege.

E. Kawashima's career has also included time at Strasbourg, Metz, Standard Liege, LLierse, Kawasaki Frontale, Nagoya Grampus and Omiya Ardija.

On the international stage, E. Kawashima has represented Japan — 95 caps in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Jubilo Iwata finished 5th of 20 · an upper-table side

Watch points