{{short description|Japanese football player|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Kei Chinen <br /> 知念 慶 | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = Kei Chinen | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|3|17|df=yes}} | birth_place = Haebaru, Okinawa, Japan | death_date = | death_place = | height = 1.77 m | position = defensive midfielder | currentclub = Kashima Antlers | clubnumber = 13 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Kitaoka FC | youthyears2 = 2007–2009 | youthclubs2 = Haebaru Junior High School | youthyears3 = 2010–2012 | youthclubs3 = Chinen High School | collegeyears1 = 2013–2016 | college1 = Aichi Gakuin University | years1 = 2017–2022 | clubs1 = Kawasaki Frontale | caps1 = 101 | goals1 = 21 | years2 = 2020 | clubs2 = → Oita Trinita (loan) | caps2 = 29 | goals2 = 3 | years3 = 2023– | clubs3 = Kashima Antlers | caps3 = 94 | goals3 = 12 | medaltemplates = | club-update = 28 April 2026 }}
{{Nihongo|'''Kei Chinen'''|知念 慶|Chinen Kei|born March 17, 1995}} is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for {{Japanese football updater|KashimaA}} club Kashima Antlers.<ref>{{J.League player|23167}}</ref>
==Career== Kei Chinen joined J1 League club Kawasaki Frontale in 2017.
In 2020, he was loaned to Kyushu club, Oita Trinita.
In 2023, Chinen joined Kashima Antlers.<ref>{{cite web |title=知念 慶選手 完全移籍加入のお知らせ {{!}} 鹿島アントラーズ オフィシャルサイト |url=https://www.antlers.co.jp/news/release/90497 |website=鹿島アントラーズ オフィシャルサイト {{!}} KASHIMA ANTLERS |language=ja |date=26 November 2022 |access-date=10 January 2023 |archive-date=26 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126073103/https://www.antlers.co.jp/news/release/90497 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 18 February 2023, Chinen made his debut for Kashima in a 2–0 victory over Kyoto Sanga and scored his first goal for the club in the 34th minute.
==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|match played 28 April 2026}}.<ref>Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, [https://www.amazon.co.jp/J1-J3%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E5%90%8D%E9%91%91%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E7%89%88-2018-NSK-MOOK/dp/4905411521 "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)"], 7 February 2018, Japan, {{ISBN|978-4905411529}} (p. 11 out of 289)</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Soccer D.B. : 2022 Kei Chinen Result by Season |url=https://soccer-db.net/player/index.php?pl=39777&la=e |website=Soccer D.B. |access-date=10 January 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- ! rowspan=2 | Club ! rowspan=2 | Season ! colspan=3 | League ! colspan=2 | National Cup ! colspan=2 | League Cup ! colspan=2 | Continental ! colspan=2 | Other ! colspan=2 | Total |- ! Division ! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals |- ! colspan=3 | Japan ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | Emperor's Cup ! colspan=2 | J.League Cup ! colspan=2 | AFC ! colspan=2 | Other ! colspan=2 | Total |- |rowspan="6"|Kawasaki Frontale |2017 |rowspan="5"|J1 League |4||1||3||0||2||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||9||2 |- |2018 |27||4||4||3||2||1||5||2||1{{efn|name=JSC|Appearance in the Japanese Super Cup}}||0||39||10 |- |2019 |21||5||3||0||1||1||4||1||1{{efn|name=JSC}}||0||30||7 |- |2021 |22||4||3||0||1||0||4||4||colspan="2"|—||30||8 |- |2022 |27||7||1||1||0||0||6||3||1{{efn|name=JSC}}||0||35||11 |- !colspan="2"|Total !101||21||14||4||6||3||19||10||3||0||143||38 |- |Oita Trinita (loan) |2020 |J1 League |29||3||colspan="2"|—||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||30||3 |- |rowspan="5"|Kashima Antlers |2023 |rowspan="3"|J1 League |21||5||0||0||4||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||25||5 |- |2024 |33||3||3||0||1||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||37||4 |- |2025 |29||4||3||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||32||5 |- |2026 |J1 100 Year Vision League |11||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||11||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !94||12||6||1||5||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||105||14 |- !colspan=3|Career total !224||36||20||5||12||4||19||10||3||0||278||55 |}
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==Honours== ===Club=== '''Kawasaki Frontale''' *J1 League: 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021 *Japanese Super Cup: 2019
'''Kashima Antlers''' *J1 League: 2025<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.jleague.jp/standings/2025/|title= 明治安田J1リーグの順位表|access-date= 6 December 2025|website= J. League|language=ja}}</ref>
===Individual=== *J.League Best XI: 2024<ref>{{cite web |url= https://web.gekisaka.jp/news/jleague/detail/?420514-420514-fl|title= 2024年のJリーグベストイレブンが決定!! 連覇神戸から最多3人、広島・G大阪・鹿島は2人ずつ|access-date= 10 December 2024|website= Gekisaka|language=ja}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{J.League player}} * {{Twitter}} * {{Instagram}}
{{Kashima Antlers squad}} {{2024 J.League Team of the Year}}
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