A professional ‘heat’

From the stadium stands Todoroki Kawasaki, Shunsuke Ando (10/8/1990, Tokyo, Japan) He promised himself that one day he would step in that court as a member of the first team of Kawasaki Front. As an academy kid, he dreamed of becoming a professional player, what his coast was and said what they said. If they do not choose it as a field player, he or she will be able to enter the goal. And, on the back -viewed, it is a crazy idea to lead to I To heat a bench for 12 periods in a row with a single chance: last February 18 he played 90 minutes with his team’s success (2-0) against Central Coast Mariners On the last day of Group A in the Asian Champions League. The J1 League The afternoon is in the day of 20 and I Keep training and preparation in case you are called.

Eleven -six people waiting

Sunsuke This is part of Kawasaki Since 2009 even though he did not attend until 2011 when he played 4 games of the League of Japan’s first division and one in the League Cup. In 2012 it appeared in pitch in a league match and two league cups and during 2013 it was moved Shonan Bellmare that struggles not to return to the second after three years.

In a preseason match against Imiya ArdajaHe adapts to only four goals in the first part. Coach lost confidence Sunsuke And he recognizes that “I failed for my first time. I didn’t have any wonderful plays, though well saved, so I think I failed.” However, he played ten league games, one of the cups and four in the League Cup. They went down and I He returned to Face As the third goalkeeper watching how Korean Jung Sung-Ryong 40 years old I have more minutes and the Franco-Japonés Louis Takaji Julien Thébault-Yamaguchi Did this on purpose since 2024 after passing through the Estremadura And the Huelva’s recreation.

“I haven’t lost my will”

If there is something that cannot be reporched for I This is your perseverance. “Being a goalkeeper is a special position and it’s not easy to change it, but I always thought I would have my chance and train to perform when I arrived,” he explained. It seems unexplained but has experienced a lot of harm and cannot take advantage of opportunities. And she added that “I have not lost confidence or mood. Of course there is a frustration, but my motivation has never refused.”

I He said the change to another club had passed his mind at the beginning of his career but that, in recent years, he appreciated the “stability” That gave her Kawasaki. I He is not the only goalkeeper of the world football that spends most of his bench career or in the stands. The Spanish Albert Jorquera Played seven league games in six years in FC Barcelona (2003-2009), while English Stuart Taylorthat he is militado to Arsenal, Manchester City, Southampton and Aston Villa Among others, he played 75 games in a career that lasted 21 years (1997-2018).

Sunsuke It has become a great ‘sparring’ for other team goalkeepers and also forms a great environment in costumes. I He said he was not considered a replacement and that he was practicing every day as if he were going to choose for the next game. Good connoisseur of what it should not be called, he became a partner who listened to regrets at the thrown and puts himself as an example of stability. He said he also played an important role in maintaining other active goalkeepers during training.

“If you have three goalkeepers at your club and everyone is competing well with training, everything will improve and good for the team.”he commented. “Everyone should have confidence, give everything to practice and prepare the games, and then discover who is performing, which is on the bench and who is in the stand”sentence.

It’s hard for him to feel a champion

May boast of having four leagues (2017, 2018, 2020 and 2021) and a Japanese supercopa (2024) in addition to participating in Asian games and be part of the Japanese group at JJ.OO. of 2012. Ando joined the festival of the titles but admitted that his absence on the starting eleven or on the bench became his lack of “A feeling of full pleasure”.

What you have is a long time to think: “I think where I am when I have 35 years or more. I want to appreciate the present than the results. Even though I feel the same I say each year … I wonder if it will be the same until I retire”. Maybe another chance came and take advantage of it.