Naoya_Kikuchi
Naoya Kikuchi
Japanese footballer
Naoya Kikuchi (菊地 直哉, Kikuchi Naoya, born November 24, 1984) is a Japanese former professional footballer he is the current assistant manager of Sagan Tosu.[1]
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Naoya Kikuchi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1984-11-24) November 24, 1984 (age 39) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–1999 | Shimizu S-Pulse | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Albirex Niigata | 45 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2016 | Sagan Tosu | 71 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | 33 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Avispa Fukuoka | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Japan U-17 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Japan U-20 | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Japan U-23 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Japan | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Though naturally a central midfielder, Kikuchi also operated as a central defender and a left-back.
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 and later went on to have another trial with Dutch team Feyenoord.[2][3]
On June 13, 2007, Kikuchi was arrested in Hamamatsu city for the charge of a statutory rape on a 15-year-old high school student.[4] He was suspended on indictment and released some days later. On June 29, 2007, he was sacked by the club after the scandal.[5] The Japan Football Association imposed one-year suspension on him.[6] After performing voluntary community service for some months, he moved to Germany and joined FC Carl Zeiss Jena.
In summer 2009, Kikuchi left FC Carl Zeiss Jena. After trialling with another German club, FC Schalke 04, he signed for Oita Trinita on July 27, 2009. In the winter of 2010, Kikuchi transferred from Oita to Albirex Niigata. Kikuchi retired at the end of the 2019 season.[7]
Kikuchi 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 2001 U-17 World Championship. He capped for Japan U-20 national team at the 2003 World Youth Championship.
He made his full international debut for Japan on January 6, 2010, in a 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification against Yemen.[8]
Club
- As of end of 2018 season[9]
| 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 |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | AFC | Total | |||||||
| 2003 | Júbilo Iwata | J1 League | 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 | Other | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 2007–08 | Carl Zeiss Jena | 2. Bundesliga | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | 3. Liga | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 0 | |||
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | AFC | Total | |||||||
| 2009 | Oita Trinita | J1 League | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | J2 League | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 36 | 0 | |||
| 2011 | Albirex Niigata | J1 League | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | 28 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 23 | 1 | |||
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Sagan Tosu | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 20 | 0 | ||||
| 2014 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 27 | 0 | |||
| 2015 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 35 | 0 | |||
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Consadole Sapporo | J2 League | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 0 | |||
| 2017 | J1 League | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 21 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 303 | 7 | 35 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 386 | 9 | ||
International
- Source:[8]
- Naoya Kikuchi at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Seery, Philip. "Gunners eye Japan starlet". Sky Sports. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
- "Feyenoord target Japanese teen". The World Game. February 13, 2008. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
- 元磐田の菊地氏がドイツで練習参加 (in Japanese). Nikkan Sport. September 19, 2007. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007.
- "Jubilo scrap Kikuchi's deal". yomiuri.co.jp.[dead link]
- 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 (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. June 5, 2007. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
- "福岡の35歳DF菊地直哉、現役引退を決断「幸せな17年間になりました」". SOCCERKING (in Japanese). From One. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 130 out of 289)
- Naoya Kikuchi – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Naoya Kikuchi at National-Football-Teams.com
- Japan National Football Team Database
- Naoya Kikuchi at Soccerway
- Naoya Kikuchi at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Profile at Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo