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Naoya Kikuchi Personal information Full name Naoya Kikuchi Date of birth November 24, 1984 Place of birth Shimizu, Shizuoka, Japan Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) Playing position Defensive midfielder / Defender Club information Current club Albirex Niigata Number 36 Youth career 1997-1999 Shimizu S-Pulse Junior Youth 2000-2002 Shimizu Commercial High School Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2003-2007 Júbilo Iwata 79 (5) 2005 → Albirex Niigata (loan) 15 (1) 2008-2009 Carl Zeiss Jena 20 (0) 2009-2010 Oita Trinita 45 (0) 2011- Albirex Niigata National team‡ 2001-2002 Japan U-17 2002-2004 Japan U-20 2004 Japan U-23 2010 Japan 1 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 January 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 January 2011Naoya Kikuchi (菊地 直哉 Kikuchi Naoya, born November 24, 1984 in Shimizu, Shizuoka) is a professional Japanese footballer currently playing for Albirex Niigata.[1]
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Career
Kikuchi played for the Shimizu S-Pulse junior youth team and Shimizu Commercial High School, which has a strong soccer tradition with players such as Shinji Ono among its alumni. After graduating the school, he joined Júbilo Iwata and briefly loaned to Albirex Niigata. In 2002, he was invited to have a try-out at Arsenal F.C. and later went on to have another trial with a Dutch team, Feyenoord.
On 13 June 2007, Kikuchi was arrested in Hamamatsu city for the charge of an statutory rape on a 15-year-old high school student.[2] He was suspend an indictment and released some days later. On 29 June 2007 he was sacked by the club after the scandal.[3] The Japan Football Association imposed one year suspension on him.[4] After performing voluntary community service for some months, he moved to Germany and joined FC Carl Zeiss Jena.
In 2009 summer, Kikuchi left FC Carl Zeiss Jena and joined another German club FC Schalke 04 on trial[5] and signed on 27 July 2009 for Oita Trinita.[6]
Club team career statistics
Last update: 28 January 2011
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Japan League Emperor's Cup League Cup Asia Total 2003 Júbilo Iwata J. League Division 1 7 0 3 0 2 0 - 12 0 2004 18 1 5 0 5 0 2 0 30 1 2005 9 0 - 1 1 4 0 14 1 Albirex Niigata 15 1 2 0 - - 17 1 2006 Júbilo Iwata 32 3 3 0 8 0 - 43 3 2007 13 1 - 4 0 - 17 1 Germany League DFB-Pokal Premiere Ligapokal Europe Total 2007-08 Carl Zeiss Jena 2. Fußball-Bundesliga 3 0 1 0 - - 4 0 2008-09 3rd Liga 17 0 1 0 - - 18 0 Japan League Emperor's Cup League Cup Asia Total 2009 Oita Trinita J. League Division 1 10 0 2 0 - - 12 0 2010 J. League Division 2 35 0 1 0 - - 36 0 2011 Albirex Niigata J. League Division 1 - Career total 159 6 18 0 20 1 6 0 203 7 International career statistics
Japan national team Year Apps Goals 2010 1 0 Total 1 0 National team
He was part of the 2004 Olympic football team for Japan that exited the tournament in the first round, having finished last in group B behind the teams from Paraguay, Italy, and Ghana. He also had an impressive World U-17 Championship tournament in 2001. He capped for Japan U-20 team at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.
He made his full international debut for Japan on January 6, 2010 in a 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualifier against Yemen.
References
- ^ "Stats Centre: Naoya Kikuchi Facts". Guardian.co.uk. http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?Lang=0&CTID=63&CPID=147&pStr=Player&PLID=180397&TEID=3705. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
- ^ 元磐田の菊地氏がドイツで練習参加, Nikkan Sport, September 19, 2007
- ^ (English) Jubilo scrap Kikuchi's deal
- ^ ジュビロ磐田 菊地 直哉 選手による違反行為に関する本協会裁定委員会の処分案, Japan Football Association, June 5, 2007
- ^ Schalke testet Kikuchi
- ^ Kikuchi in die Heimat
External links
- Profile at Oita Trinita (Japanese)
- FIFA Statistics
- transfermarkt
Japan squad – 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship 
Japan squad – 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship Japan squad – 2004 Summer Olympics Albirex Niigata – current squad 1 Kurokawa · 3 Chiba · 4 D. Suzuki · 5 Ishikawa · 6 Mikado · 7 Anderson · 8 Kogure · 9 Cho Young-Cheol · 10 Michael · 11 Bruno · 13 Kato · 14 Fujita · 15 Homma · 17 Uchida · 18 Kawamata · 19 Hasebe · 20 Masuda · 21 Higashiguchi · 22 Watanabe · 23 Tanaka · 24 G. Sakai · 25 Murakami · 28 Rafael · 29 N. Sakai · 32 Kobayashi · 34 Iwasaki · 36 Kikuchi · Manager: Kurosaki
Categories:- 1984 births
- Living people
- Japanese footballers
- Olympic footballers of Japan
- Japan international footballers
- Júbilo Iwata players
- Albirex Niigata players
- Oita Trinita players
- J. League players
- Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- FC Carl Zeiss Jena players
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Japanese expatriate footballers
- People from Shizuoka (city)
- Japanese expatriates in Germany
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