Japan goalkeeper
Definition
A positional role in football (soccer) held by the player responsible for preventing the ball from entering the Japan national team's goal.
Currently refers primarily to Zion Suzuki, a professional goalkeeper born in the United States who serves as the first-choice keeper for the Japan national team and Serie A club Parma.
Examples
Watching the Japan goalkeeper dive across the pitch is like seeing a high-speed game of Tetris where the blocks are actually professional strikers.
If being the Japan goalkeeper was any more stressful, the job description would just be 'professional heart-attack survivor in a jersey'.
Zion Suzuki has transitioned from New Jersey to Serie A so smoothly that one wonders if he just accidentally took a very long detour on his way to a sandwich shop.