Takahiro Futagawa

Takahiro Futagawa (二川 孝広, Futagawa Takahiro, born 27 June 1980) is a Japanese football player.[1] He plays for FC Tiamo Hirakata.

Takahiro Futagawa
二川 孝広
Personal information
Full name Takahiro Futagawa
Date of birth (1980-06-27) 27 June 1980
Place of birth Kagoshima, Japan
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 FC Tiamo Hirakata
Number 10
Youth career
1996–1998 Gamba Osaka
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2016 Gamba Osaka 430 (47)
2016 →Gamba Osaka U-23 (loan) 10 (1)
2016–2018 Tokyo Verdy 22 (1)
2018 Tochigi SC 7 (0)
2019– FC Tiamo Hirakata
Total 469 (49)
National team
2006 Japan 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of 2018 season

Club career

Futagawa was born in Kagoshima Prefecture on 27 June 1980.[1] He joined J1 League club Gamba Osaka from youth team in 1999. He debuted in 1999 season and played many matches as offensive midfielder from 2000 season.[1] He played as central player for the club for a long time. In 2003, he was given number "10" shirt and Gamba was at the 3rd place in J1 League. In 2005, Gamba won the champions in J1 League first time in the club history. In 2008, Gamba won the champions in AFC Champions League for 2 years in a row as Japanese club (Urawa Reds won in 2007). Gamba also won the Emperor's Cup. In 2009, Gamba won the Emperor's Cup for 2 years in a row. This is the golden era in the club history and he was one of the central player under manager Akira Nishino (2002–2011).

However manager Nishino left Gamba end of 2011 season and the club performance deteriorated soon. In 2012, Gamba finished at the 17th place of 18 clubs and was relegated to J2 League. Futagawa remained in Gamba and Gamba won the champions in 2013 season. In 2014 season, Gamba returned to J1 and won all three major title in Japan, J1 League, J.League Cup and Emperor's Cup. However his opportunity to play decreased in 2014 and he could hardly play in the match from 2015.[1]

In June 2016, Futagawa moved to J2 club Tokyo Verdy.[2] He played many matches in 2016 season. However he could hardly play in the match from 2017. In March 2018, he moved to Tochigi SC.[3] In 2019, he moved to Regional Leagues club FC Tiamo Hirakata.

National team career

On 4 August 2006, he debuted for Japan national team against Ghana.[4]

Club stats
As of end of 2018 season[5]
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Asia Other1 Total
1999Gamba OsakaJ1 League502020--90
20002103120--261
20012623141--334
20022822070--372
20032952050--365
20043043070--404
20052902080--390
200633651209110468
200734741113-114911
20082911042173-466
2009214612010-305
201027330208110414
2011325102071-426
2012293400050-383
2013J2 League36420---384
2014J1 League1912160--272
20152000414010111
2016000000100010
Total 430474566875264159967
2016Gamba Osaka U-23J3 League101----101
Total 101----101
2016Tokyo VerdyJ2 League20120---221
20172010---30
20180000---00
Total 22130---251
2018Tochigi SCJ2 League7000---70
Total 7000---71
Career total 469494866875264164169

1 = Japanese Super Cup and Suruga Bank Championship appearances.

FIFA Club World Cup Career Statistics
SeasonTeamAppsGoals
2008Gamba Osaka20

International career statistics
Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
200610
Total10

Team honors

References
  1. Takahiro Futagawa at J.League (in Japanese)
  2. Gamba Osaka(in Japanese)
  3. Tochigi SC(in Japanese)
  4. Japan National Football Team Database
  5. Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 173 out of 289)
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