Akihiro Ienaga

Akihiro Ienaga
Personal information
Full name	Akihiro Ienaga
Date of birth	13 June 1986
Place of birth	Nagaokakyō, Kyoto, Japan
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder / Winger
Club information
Current team	Kawasaki Frontale
Number	41
Youth career
1993–2008	Nagaokakyō S.S.[1]
1999–2003	Gamba Osaka
Senior career*
National team‡
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 December 2017; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 August 2011

Akihiro Ienaga (家長昭博, Ienaga Akihiro, born 13 June 1986 in Nagaokakyō, Kyoto, Japan) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Kawasaki Frontale in the J1 League.

Club career

Ienaga began his career as a trainee with Gamba Osaka, one of the leading clubs in Japan's J1 League. He broke into the senior squad in 2004 and helped the club to their first J-League title the following year. Ienaga joined J-League rivals Oita Trinita on a season-long loan in 2007. In December 2008, Ienaga joined English club, Plymouth Argyle, on trial.^[2] Plymouth attempted to sign the player in January 2009 but he was denied a work permit so they were forced to withdraw from talks.^[3] In December 2010, he signed with Spanish Primera Division club RCD Mallorca in a five-year deal.^[4] And scored his first goal for the club in home game against Sevilla on 9 April 2011.^[5]

National team career

In June 2005, Ienaga was elected Japan U-20 national team for 2005 World Youth Championship. At this tournament, he played all 4 matches as left midfielder.

Ienaga made his international debut as a substitute in Japan's 2–0 win against Peru in March 2007.

Club statistics

Statistics accurate as of 10 March 2018^[6]^[7]^[8]

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Champions League		Other¹		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Gamba Osaka	2004	8	1	2	0	3	0	-		-		13	1
	2005	24	0	3	0	5	1	-		-		32	1
	2006	28	2	4	2	2	0	6	1	3	0	43	5
	2007	27	2	3	0	7	1	-		-		37	3
	Total	87	5	12	2	17	2	6	1	3	0	125	10
Oita Trinita	2008	4	0	1	0	0	0	-		-		5	0
	2009	26	1	1	0	6	2	-		3	0	36	3
	Total	30	1	2	0	6	2	-		3	0	41	3
Cerezo Osaka	2010	31	4	3	0	6	0	-		-		40	4
Cerezo Osaka	Total	31	4	3	0	6	0	-		-		40	4
RCD Mallorca	2010–11	14	2	-		-		-		-		14	2
	2011–12	4	0	1	-	-		-		-		5	0
	2013–14	7	0	1	-	-		-		-		8	0
	Total	25	2	2	-	-		-		-		27	2
Ulsan Hyundai	2012	12	1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	18	1
Ulsan Hyundai	Total	12	1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	18	1
Gamba Osaka	2012	12	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	16	6
	2013	17	1	0	0	-		-		-		17	1
	Total	29	6	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	33	7
Omiya Ardija	2014	33	6	5	0	1	0	-		-		39	6
	2015	33	11	0	0	-		-		-		33	11
	2016	26	11	3	1	2	1	-		-		31	13
	Total	92	28	8	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	103	30
Kawasaki Frontale	2017	21	2	3	1	5	2	6	0	-		35	5
	2017	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	7	1
	Total	24	3	3	1	5	2	9	0	1	0	42	6
Career total		330	50	34	5	38	7	20	1	7	0	429	63

¹Includes other competitive competitions, including the Japanese Super Cup, A3 Champions Cup, Suruga Bank Championship and Pan-Pacific Championship.

National team statistics

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Japan U-20
	2005	4	0
	Total	4	0
Japan U-23
	2006	1	0
	2007	9	1
	Total	10	1
Japan
	2007	1	0
	2008	0	0
	2009	0	0
	2010	0	0
	2011	2	0
	Total	3	0

National team goals

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first.

Under-23

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	28 March 2007	National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	Syria	1–0	3–0	2008 Summer Olympics qualification

Appearances in major competitions

Team	Competition	Category	Appearances		Goals	Team Result
Team	Competition	Category	Start	Sub	Goals	Team Result
Japan U-20	2005 FIFA World Youth Championship	U-20	4	0	0	Round of 16
Japan U-23	2008 Summer Olympics qualification	U-22	6	3	1	Qualified

Awards and honours

Japan

Kirin Cup: 1

2011

Club

Gamba Osaka

J1 League: 1

2005

J.League Cup: 1

2007

Japanese Super Cup: 1