Takafumi Akahoshi
Takafumi Akahoshi (赤星 貴文, Akahoshi Takafumi, born May 27, 1986) is a Japanese football player who as a midfielder.
 Akahoshi with Pogoń Szczecin in 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Takafumi Akahoshi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | May 27, 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Fuji, Shizuoka, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Fujieda Higashi High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2009 | Urawa Reds | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | → Mito HollyHock (loan) | 41 | (8) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | → Montedio Yamagata (loan) | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Liepājas Metalurgs | 15 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | Pogoń Szczecin | 103 | (15) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Ufa | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Pogoń Szczecin | 53 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Ratchaburi Mitr Phol | 29 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Suphanburi | 32 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Foolad | 12 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Arema | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:45, 27 November 2019 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career
Previously he played for Latvian side FK Liepājas Metalurgs. Akahoshi had a great season with Metalurgs. Soon after joining the team he became a vital figure in its first eleven and made several excellent appearances. He scored his first goal for Liepāja in a league match victory (4-2) over FK Ventspils on August 22, 2010. All in all he played 15 matches in the LMT Virsliga, scoring 6 times and becoming the fourth top scorer in Metalurgs' team. He also played 1 domestic cup match, when Metalurgs were beaten by FK Jelgava and 1 Champions League qualification match, when Metalurgs were once again beaten - this time by Sparta Praha from the Czech Republic. He was also included in the LMT Virsliga 2010 team of the season. The club finished the league in the third place and he got a bronze medal. After that season he was released by Metalurgs, as the club intended that he had to play in a bit higher level the next year. In January 2011 he joined Pogoń Szczecin.[1]
Ufa
In July 2014, Akahoshi signed a three-year contract with Russian Premier League side FC Ufa,[2] making his debut as a half-time substitute against Zenit St.Petersburg on 16 August 2014.[3] After only three appearances for Ufa, Akahoshi rejoined Pogoń Szczecin on loan till the end of the 2014-15 season in February 2015.[4] On 8 June 2015, Akahoshi left Ufa by mutual consent.[5]
Pogoń Szczecin Again
On termination of his deal with FC Ufa Akahoshi immediately rejoined Pogoń Szczecin.[6]
Arema FC
On August 24, 2019. Arema inaugurated Takafumi Akahoshi as the new player to replace the vacancy in their Asian foreign player slot.[7] He made his debut in a 1–1 home draw against PSIS Semarang on 31 August, appearing as a second-half substitute.[8]
Club statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2005 | Urawa Reds | J1 League | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2008 | Mito HollyHock | J2 League | 41 | 8 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 43 | 8 | ||
| 2009 | Urawa Reds | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | |
| 2009 | Montedio Yamagata | J1 League | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | 1 | |
| 2010 | Zweigen Kanazawa | Football League | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 15 | 1 | |
| 2010 | Liepājas Metalurgs | Latvian Higher League | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 6 |
| 2010–11 | Pogoń Szczecin | I liga | 13 | 3 | – | – | 13 | 3 | ||||
| 2011–12 | 28 | 3 | – | – | 28 | 3 | ||||||
| 2012–13 | Ekstraklasa | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 2 | |||
| 2013–14 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 7 | ||||
| 2014–15 | Ufa | Russian Premier League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||
| Country | Japan | 51 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 9 | |
| Latvia | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 6 | ||
| Poland | 103 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 15 | ||
| Russia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 171 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 192 | 30 | ||
Honours
References
- Bartosz Fabiniak i Takafumi Akahoshi w Pogoni 27.01.2011, 90minut.pl
- "Russian Championship. Takafumi Akahosi strengthened "Ufa"". http://www.eurosport.ru/ (in Russian). Eurosport. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2015. External link in
|website=(help) - Акахоси: не понял, почему «Зенит» и «Уфа» играли без зрителей. http://www.championat.com/ (in Russian). Championat.com. 17 August 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2015. External link in
|website=(help) - Футболист "Уфы" Акахоси отдан в аренду в польский клуб "Погонь". http://rsport.ru/ (in Russian). Rsport. 24 February 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015. External link in
|website=(help) - Такафуми Акахоши покидает Уфу. http://fcufa.pro/ (in Russian). FC Ufa. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015. External link in
|website=(help) - "Takafumi Akahoshi rejoins Pogoń Szczecin". http://www.asianfootballersineurope.com//. http://www.asianfootballersineurope.com/. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015. External link in
|website=, |publisher=(help) - "Resmi, Arema FC datangkan gelandang asal jepang, Takafumi Akahoshi" (in Indonesian). Indosport.com. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- "Jalani debut di Arema, Takafumi Akahoshi takjub dengan atmosfer stadion" (in Indonesian). bola.okezone.com. 1 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
External links
- Takafumi Akahoshi at Soccerway
- Takafumi Akahoshi at J.League (in Japanese)
- Takafumi Akahoshi on Instagram
- Takafumi Akahoshi at 90minut.pl (in Polish)