Riku_Matsuda_(footballer,_born_1991)
Riku Matsuda (footballer, born 1991)
Japanese footballer
Riku Matsuda (松田 陸, Matsuda, Riku, born July 24, 1991) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a right back for Gamba Osaka.
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| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Riku Matsuda | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1991-07-24) July 24, 1991 (age 32) | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Osaka, Japan | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right back | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Gamba Osaka | |||||||||||||
| Number | 46 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | Rissho Shonan High School | |||||||||||||
| 2010–2013 | Biwako Seikei Sport College | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | FC Tokyo | 16 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2016–2023 | Cerezo Osaka | 258 | (8) | |||||||||||
| 2023 | → Ventforet Kofu (loan) | 12 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2024– | Gamba Osaka | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 August 2023 | ||||||||||||||
During his time in high school, he was converted from forward to a defending role.[1]
After four years attending the Biwako Seikei Sport College and becoming the side-captain,[2] Matsuda signed for FC Tokyo in 2014.[3] In 2013, he was registered from the club as Special Designated Player.[4]
He decided to leave FC Tokyo after the 2015 season.[5] In January 2016, Matsuda signed with his hometown-club, Cerezo Osaka.[6]
On August 16 2023, Matsuda signs on loan with J2 League club, Ventforet Kofu of Yamanashi, until the end of 2023 season.[7]
His father is Indonesian and his mother is Japanese. His twin brother Riki is also a soccer player, and is a forward of Ehime FC in J3 League.
Updated to 18 July 2022.[8]
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other1 | Total | ||||||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J. League Cup | AFC | Other | Total | ||||||||
| 2014 | FC Tokyo | J1 League | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 1 | ||
| 2015 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 0 | ||||
| 2016 | Cerezo Osaka | J2 League | 42 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 44 | 2 | |||
| 2017 | J1 League | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 36 | 2 | |||
| 2018 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 39 | 1 | ||||
| 2020 | 31 | 1 | – | 2 | 0 | – | – | 33 | 1 | |||||
| 2021 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 47 | 1 | |||
| 2022 | 22 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 238 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 286 | 8 | ||
1includes Japanese Super Cup appearances
- "松田 陸 選手 セレッソ大阪より期限付き移籍加入のお知らせ". www.ventforet.jp (in Japanese). Ventforet Kofu. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- 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. 24 out of 289)
- Riku Matsuda at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Profile at Cerezo Osaka
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