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Naoya Kikuchi

{{short description|Japanese footballer}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Naoya Kikuchi
菊地 直哉

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| fullname = Naoya Kikuchi

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|11|24}}

| birth_place = Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan

| death_date =

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| height = 1.81 m

| position = Defender

| currentclub = Sagan Tosu (assistant manager)

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| youthyears1 = 1997–1999

| youthclubs1 = Shimizu S-Pulse

| youthyears2 = 2000–2002

| youthclubs2 = Shimizu Shogyo High School

| years1 = 2003–2007

| clubs1 = Júbilo Iwata

| caps1 = 79

| goals1 = 5

| years2 = 2005

| clubs2 = → Albirex Niigata (loan)

| caps2 = 15

| goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2008–2009

| clubs3 = Carl Zeiss Jena

| caps3 = 20

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2009–2010

| clubs4 = Oita Trinita

| caps4 = 45

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2011–2013

| clubs5 = Albirex Niigata

| caps5 = 45

| goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2013–2016

| clubs6 = Sagan Tosu

| caps6 = 71

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2016–2018

| clubs7 = Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo

| caps7 = 33

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2019

| clubs8 = Avispa Fukuoka

| caps8 = 10

| goals8 = 0

| totalcaps =

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| nationalyears1 = 2001

| nationalteam1 = Japan U-17

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2003

| nationalteam2 = Japan U-20

| nationalcaps2 = 5

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2004

| nationalteam3 = Japan U-23

| nationalcaps3 = 1

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| nationalyears4 = 2010

| nationalteam4 = Japan

| nationalcaps4 = 1

| nationalgoals4 = 0

| manageryears1 =

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| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Team|Júbilo Iwata}}

{{Medal|RU|J1 League|2003}}

{{Medal|W|Emperor's Cup|2003}}

{{Medal|RU|Emperor's Cup|2004}}

{{Medal|Country|{{Fb|JPN}}}}

{{Medal|Competition|AFC U-19 Championship}}

{{Medal|S|2002 Qatar|}}

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{{Nihongo|Naoya Kikuchi|菊地 直哉|Kikuchi Naoya|born November 24, 1984}} is a Japanese football coach and former professional player. he is the currently assistant manager of J2 League club Sagan Tosu.{{J.League player}}

Though naturally a central midfielder, Kikuchi also operated as a central defender and a left-back.

Club career

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.{{cite web | url =http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11670/2233263/Gunners-eye-Japan-starlet| title =Gunners eye Japan starlet| accessdate = December 26, 2012 | publisher = Sky Sports | first = Philip | last = Seery}}{{cite web| url = http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/news/839080/feyenoord-target-japanese-teen| title = Feyenoord target Japanese teen| accessdate = December 16, 2012| publisher = The World Game| date = February 13, 2008| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131203081349/http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/news/839080/feyenoord-target-japanese-teen| archive-date = 2013-12-03| url-status = dead}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.nikkansports.com/soccer/p-sc-tp0-20070919-258201.html |script-title=ja:元磐田の菊地氏がドイツで練習参加 |publisher=Nikkan Sport |date=September 19, 2007 |language=Japanese |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929103246/http://www.nikkansports.com/soccer/p-sc-tp0-20070919-258201.html |archivedate=September 29, 2007 }} He was suspended on indictment and released some days later. On June 29, 2007, he was sacked by the club after the scandal.{{cite web | url = http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/sports/20070630TDY25007.htm | title = Jubilo scrap Kikuchi's deal | publisher = yomiuri.co.jp}}{{Dead link|date=August 2012}} The Japan Football Association imposed one-year suspension on him.{{cite web | url = http://www.jfa.or.jp/archive/jfa/organisation/report/2007/riji_kyogi/pdf070705/070705_2.pdf | script-title=ja: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 | publisher = Japan Football Association | date = June 5, 2007 | language = Japanese | accessdate = August 10, 2012}} 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.{{cite web |title=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」 |url=https://www.soccer-king.jp/news/japan/jl/20191230/1014350.html?cx_player=teamnews |website=SOCCERKING | date=30 December 2019 |publisher=From One |accessdate=15 January 2020 |language=Japanese}}

International career

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.

Career statistics

=Club=

{{Updated|end of 2018 season}}Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, [https://www.amazon.co.jp/2017-J1-J3%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E5%90%8D%E9%91%91-NSK-MOOK/dp/4905411424/ref=pd_sim_14_1/356-9491148-0114816?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=BA8BN4Y0F97GNWKQM78H "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)"], 8 February 2017, Japan, {{ISBN|978-4905411420}} (p. 130 out of 289)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
colspan=3 | Club performance

! colspan=2 | League

! colspan=2 | Cup

! colspan=2 | League Cup

! colspan=2 | Continental

! colspan=2 | Total

SeasonClubLeague

! Apps

Goals

! 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 | AFC

! colspan=2 | Total

2003rowspan="3"|Júbilo Iwatarowspan="6"|J1 League703020colspan="2"|–120
2004181505020301
rowspan="2"|200590colspan="2"|–1140141
Albirex Niigata15120colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–171
2006rowspan="2"|Júbilo Iwata3233080colspan="2"|–433
2007131colspan="2"|–40colspan="2"|–171
colspan=3 | Germany

! colspan=2 | League

! colspan=2 | DFB-Pokal

! colspan=2 | Other

! colspan=2 | Europe

! colspan=2 | Total

2007–08rowspan="2"|Carl Zeiss Jena2. Bundesliga3010colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–40
2008–093. Liga17010colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–180
colspan=3 | Japan

! colspan=2 | League

! colspan=2 | Emperor's Cup

! colspan=2 | J.League Cup

! colspan=2 | AFC

! colspan=2 | Total

2009rowspan="2"|Oita TrinitaJ1 League10020colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–120
2010J2 League35010colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–360
2011rowspan="3"|Albirex Niigatarowspan="7"|J1 League2302031colspan="2"|–281
20121811040colspan="2"|–231
rowspan="2"|201340colspan="2"|–30colspan="2"|–70
rowspan="4"|Sagan Tosu15050colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–200
20142103030colspan="2"|–270
20153103010colspan="2"|–350
rowspan="2"|201640colspan="2"|–40colspan="2"|–80
rowspan=3|Consadole SapporoJ2 League17010colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–180
2017rowspan=2|J1 League1601040colspan="2"|–210
2018001000colspan="2"|–10
colspan=3 | Career total

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=International=

:Source:[http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/kikuchi_naoya.html Japan National Football Team Database]

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|colspan="3"|Japan national team

YearAppsGoals
201010
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References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{FIFA player|182913}}
  • {{NFT}}
  • [http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/kikuchi_naoya.html Japan National Football Team Database]
  • {{Soccerway}}
  • {{J.League player}}
  • [http://www.consadole-sapporo.jp/team/20170125043/ Profile at Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo]

{{Japan men's football squad 2004 Summer Olympics}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kikuchi, Naoya}}

Category:1984 births

Category:Living people

Category:Men's association football defenders

Category:Japanese men's footballers

Category:Japan men's youth international footballers

Category:21st-century Japanese sportsmen

Category:Japan men's international footballers

Category:J1 League players

Category:J2 League players

Category:2. Bundesliga players

Category:3. Liga players

Category:Júbilo Iwata players

Category:Albirex Niigata players

Category:FC Carl Zeiss Jena players

Category:Oita Trinita players

Category:Sagan Tosu players

Category:Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo players

Category:Avispa Fukuoka players

Category:Olympic footballers for Japan

Category:Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Category:Japanese expatriate men's footballers

Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Germany

Category:Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Germany

Category:Association football people from Shizuoka (city)