Kenichiro Meta

{{Infobox football biography

|name=Kenichiro Meta
米田兼一郎

|image=

|fullname=Kenichiro Meta

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1982|7|2}}

|birth_place=Kirishima, Kagoshima, Japan

|height={{Height|m=1.77}}

|position=Midfielder

|currentclub=

|youthyears1=1998–2000|youthclubs1=Kagoshima Josei High School

|years1=2001–2004|clubs1=Avispa Fukuoka|caps1=82|goals1=2

|years2=2005–2007|clubs2=Kyoto Sanga FC|caps2=62|goals2=0

|years3=2007|clubs3=Tochigi SC|caps3=16|goals3=2

|years4=2008–2010|clubs4=Tokushima Vortis|caps4=80|goals4=1

|years5=2011|clubs5=Sagan Tosu|caps5=5|goals5=0

|years6=2012–2013|clubs6=FC Kagoshima|caps6=19|goals6=0

|years7=2016–2018|clubs7=Tegevajaro Miyazaki|caps7=35|goals7=3

|totalcaps=299|totalgoals=8

}}

{{Nihongo|Kenichiro Meta|米田兼一郎|Meta Kenichirō|born July 2, 1982}} is a former Japanese football player.{{J.League player}}

Playing career

Meta was born in Kirishima on July 2, 1982. After graduating from high school, he joined J1 League club Avispa Fukuoka in 2001. However he could not play at all in the match and Avispa was relegated to J2 League end of 2001 season. He debuted in 2002 and became a regular player as defensive midfielder from 2003. In 2005, he moved to Kyoto Purple Sanga (later Kyoto Sanga FC). Sanga won the champions in 2005 season and was promoted to J1. Although he played as regular player, he lost his position in August and Sanga finished at bottom place in2006 season.[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SS/jpn/team/2006010001_000035_W0707_J.html J.League] In 2007 J2 League, he could not play at all in the match. In July 2007, he moved to Japan Football League (JFL) club Tochigi SC and played many matches. In 2008, he moved to J2 club Tokushima Vortis. He played as regular player until 2009. However he could not play at all in the match in 2010. In 2011, he moved to Sagan Tosu. Although Sagan won the 2nd place in 2011 season and was promoted to J1, he could not play many matches and left the club end of 2011 season. In 2012, he moved to Regional Leagues club FC Kagoshima based in his local. Although he played many matches in 2012, he could not play many matches in 2013 and left the club in May 2013. After 3 years blank, he joined Regional Leagues club Tegevajaro Miyazaki in 2016. Tegevajaro was promoted to JFL from 2018 season. He retired end of 2018 season.[https://www.tegevajaro.com/news/members/27025.html Tegevajaro Miyazaki]{{in lang|ja}}

Club statistics

[https://www.tegevajaro.com/news/members/27025.html Tegevajaro Miyazaki]{{in lang|ja}}

colspan=3 \| Club performance ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| Cup ! colspan=2 \| League Cup ! colspan=2 \| Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
Season ! Club ! League ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals
colspan=3 \|Japan ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| Emperor's Cup ! colspan=2 \| J.League Cup ! colspan=2 \| Total
2001	rowspan="4"\|Avispa Fukuoka	J1 League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	rowspan="3"\|J2 League	6	0	0	0	colspan="2"
\|6	0
2003	33	0	3	0	colspan="2"
\|36	0
2004	43	2	2	0	colspan="2"
\|45	2
colspan="3"\|Total\|\|82\|\|2\|\|5\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|87\|\|2
2005	rowspan="2"\|Kyoto Purple Sanga	J2 League	43	0	1	0	colspan="2"
\|44	0
2006	J1 League	19	0	0	0	5	2	24	2
2007	Kyoto Sanga FC	J2 League	0	0	0	0	colspan="2"
\|0	0
colspan="3"\|Total\|\|62\|\|0\|\|1\|\|0\|\|5\|\|2\|\|68\|\|2
2007	Tochigi SC	Football League	16	2	2	0	colspan="2"
\|18	2
colspan="3"\|Total\|\|16\|\|2\|\|2\|\|0\|\|colspan="2"
\|18	2
2008	rowspan="3"\|Tokushima Vortis	rowspan="3"\|J2 League	42	1	1	0	colspan="2"
\|43	1
2009	38	0	1	0	colspan="2"
\|39	0
2010	0	0	0	0	colspan="2"
\|0	0
colspan="3"\|Total\|\|80\|\|1\|\|2\|\|0\|\|colspan="2"
\|82	1
2011	Sagan Tosu	J2 League	5	0	1	0	colspan="2"
\|6	0
colspan="3"\|Total\|\|5\|\|0\|\|1\|\|0\|\|colspan="2"
\|6	0
2012	rowspan="2"\|FC Kagoshima	rowspan="2"\|Regional Leagues	17	0	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|17	0
2013	2	0	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|2	0
colspan="3"\|Total\|\|19\|\|0\|\|colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|19	0
2016	rowspan="3"\|Tegevajaro Miyazaki	rowspan="2"\|Regional Leagues	6	0	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|6	0
2017	18	3	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|18	3
2018	Football League	11	0	2	0	colspan="2"
\|13	0
colspan="3"\|Total\|\|35\|\|3\|\|2\|\|0\|\|colspan="2"
\|37	3
colspan=3\|Career total !299\|\|8\|\|13\|\|0\|\|5\|\|2\|\|317\|\|10