Ryutaro Megumi
{{short description|Japanese footballer}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2014}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ryutaro Megumi {{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M34mf-lgE8|title = 恵 龍太郎 Ryutaro Megumi 2015|website = YouTube| date=November 15, 2016 }}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|6|29}}
| height = {{height|m=1.71}}
| position = Forward
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 2012–2015
| youthclubs1 = Aoyama Gakuin University
| currentclub = Cerveza Tokyo
| years1 = 2016
| clubs1 = Tsukuba FC
| caps1 = 29
| goals1 = 10
| years2 = 2017–2019
| clubs2 = Tampines Rovers
| caps2 = 48
| goals2 = 21
| years3 = 2020–2022
| clubs3 = FELDA United
| caps3 = 10
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2022–
| clubs4 = Cerveza Tokyo
| caps4 =
| goals4 =
| nationalyears1 =
| nationalteam1 =
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| club-update = 9 April 2017
| nationalteam-update =
}}
{{Nihongo|Ryutaro Megumi|恵 龍太郎|Megumi Ryūtarō|extra=born June 29, 1993}} is a Japanese footballer who plays for Japanese club Cerveza FC Tokyo as a forward.. He was educated at and played for Aoyama Gakuin University. He moved to Tampines Rovers in 2017 after impressing scouts during a football trial.{{Cite web |url=http://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/news/croatian-korean-and-japanese-players-complete-tampines-foreign-slots |title=Croatian, Korean and Japanese players complete Tampines' foreign slots | FourFourTwo |access-date=January 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203001746/http://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/news/croatian-korean-and-japanese-players-complete-tampines-foreign-slots |archive-date=February 3, 2017 |url-status=dead }}
Club career
= Tsukuba FC =
Megumi was playing for Tsukuba FC in the Kantō Soccer League, where he scored a grand total of 10 goals in 29 games for the club. In December 2016, he announced that he would be leaving the club to further his footballing career elsewhere.{{cite web|title=Announcement of Megumi leaving club|url=http://www.tsukuba-fc.com/man/2017/01/17_1507/|access-date=December 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407145420/http://www.tsukuba-fc.com/man/2017/01/17_1507/|archive-date=April 7, 2017|url-status=dead}}
= Tampines Rovers =
In February 2017, Megumi signed a 10-month contract with S.League side Tampines Rovers FC for the 2017 S.League season. He scored on his league debut in a 1-2 loss to 2016 S.League champions Albirex Niigata Singapore. Following this, he was set up by fellow new signing Ivan Jakov Džoni.{{Cite news|url=https://sg.sports.yahoo.com/news/poor-refereeing-spoils-tampines-albirex-s-league-opener-at-national-stadium-030638289.html|title=Poor refereeing spoils Tampines-Albirex S.League opener at National Stadium|work=Yahoo Sports Singapore|access-date=2017-03-09|language=en-SG}}
He scored his first brace for the club in a 4-0 demolition of Geylang International while assisting another two goals.{{Cite news|url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/news/tampines-end-losing-run-emphatic-eastern-derby-win|title=Tampines end losing run with emphatic Eastern Derby win|date=2017-04-08|work=FourFourTwo|access-date=2017-04-09|language=en-SG}} In total, Megumi netted 14 goals in the league for his new club.{{Cite news|url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/features/foreign-players-uncertain-future-sleague-season-ends|title=Foreign players uncertain of future as S.League season ends|date=2017-11-07|work=FourFourTwo|access-date=2017-12-20|language=en-SG|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809122540/https://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/features/foreign-players-uncertain-future-sleague-season-ends|archive-date=August 9, 2018|url-status=dead}}
Megumi ended the season as the Stags' top-scorer and was also nominated for the S.League Player of the Year award. In December 2017, the club announced that he will be renewing his contract with the club.{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/TampinesRoversFC/photos/a.237654249652728.58841.219852148099605/1540381866046620/?type=3&theater|title=Tampines Rovers Football Club|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2017-12-20}}
= FELDA United =
In 2020, Megumi moved to Malaysia Super League club, FELDA United.
= Cerveza FC Tokyo =
In 2022, Megumi returned to Japan to join Cerveza FC Tokyo.
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|6 Nov 2020}}
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rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Singapore Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup & Others !colspan="2"|AFC Cup !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
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Division
!Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals | ||||||||||
rowspan="4"|Tampines Rovers
|2017 | S.League
|23 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 33 | 7 |
2018 | Singapore Premier League
|24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 4 |
2019 | Singapore Premier League
|24 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 10 |
colspan=2|Total
!71 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 99 | 21 | |
rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|Malaysia Cup !colspan="2"|AFC Cup !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
Division
!Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals | ||||||||||
rowspan="2"|FELDA United
|2020 | Malaysia Super League
|10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
colspan=2|Total
!10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
colspan=3 | Career total
!74 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 102 | 21 |
Honours
Tampines Rovers
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Tampines Rovers FC squad}}
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Category:Japanese men's footballers
Category:Singapore Premier League players
Category:Malaysia Super League players
Category:Tampines Rovers FC players
Category:FELDA United F.C. players
Category:Japanese expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Singapore
Category:Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Singapore
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Malaysia
Category:Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Association football people from Chiba (city)
Category:21st-century Japanese sportsmen
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