Isao Homma

Isao Homma (本間 勲, Homma Isao, born 19 April 1981) is a former Japanese football player.

Isao Homma
本間 勲
Homma with Albirex Niigata in 2010
Personal information
Full name Isao Homma
Date of birth (1981-04-19) 19 April 1981
Place of birth Tainai, Niigata, Japan
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1997–1999 Narashino High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2014 Albirex Niigata 312 (13)
2014–2016 Tochigi SC 76 (2)
2017 Albirex Niigata 5 (0)
Total 393 (15)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Homma was born in Tainai on 19 April 1981. He began to play youth team football at the age of 8, with Nakajo Junior Soccer Club. In 1997, he entered Narashino High School in Chiba Prefecture and chose to play for the school. His school team won the prefectural tournament in 1998.[1]

Homma began his professional career with Albirex Niigata in 2000. He made his professional debut on 5 May 2000, in a J2 League match against Mito HollyHock.[2] Three days later, he scored his first professional goal in a 2–1 away victory over Shonan Bellmare. Homma finished his rookie campaign with 31 total appearances and three goals. However, he spent the next few years trying to break into the first team, spending most of his time as a substitute.

In the 2009 season, he was one of the most important players of Jun Suzuki's team. As the team usually deployed a 4–3–3 formation, he usually played as a central/defensive midfielder.[3] He succeeded in retaining his place in the team, making 42 total appearances in the 2009 season.

At the start of the 2010 season Homma was selected as the new captain of Albirex Niigata.[4] However, his opportunity to play decreased behind Léo Silva and Yuki Kobayashi in 2013 and he did not play at all in 2014.

In August 2014, he moved to the J2 club Tochigi SC. He played as a regular player as defensive midfielder. However the club finished in last place in 2015 and was relegated to the J3 League in 2016. In 2016, although he played as a regular player and the club won second place, the club lost in the promotion playoffs and was not promoted to J2. In 2017, he moved to Albirex Niigata. He retired at the end of the 2017 season.

Club statistics

[5][6]

ClubseasonLeagueEmperor's CupJ.League CupTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Albirex Niigata20002931010313
20011112000131
20026011–71
200315000–150
20041201020150
20052802030330
20061410010151
20073021040352
20082512050321
20093204060420
20103233060413
20113421031383
20123301020360
20131102140171
201400100010
Tochigi SC201413000–130
201534210–352
2016290––290
Albirex Niigata2017501060120
Career total3931524243146018

Honors

References
  1. "Archived copy" 高校サッカー（千葉） (in Japanese). High School soccer datasite. Archived from the original on 11 February 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Isao Homma at J.League (in Japanese)
  3. 開幕直前！36クラブ別戦力分析レポート：新潟 (in Japanese). J's goal. 2 March 2009. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  4. 新潟：新体制発表記者会見での質疑応答 (in Japanese). J's goal. 21 January 2010. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  5. Isao Homma at J.League (in Japanese)
  6. Albirex Niigata(in Japanese)


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