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}}

| birth_place = Chiba, Japan

| 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

Division

!Apps

!Goals

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!Goals

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!Goals

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rowspan="4"|Tampines Rovers

|2017

S.League

|23

7200080337
2018Singapore Premier League

|24

4200050314
2019Singapore Premier League

|24

65200623510
colspan=2|Total

!71

1792001929921
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

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!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

rowspan="2"|FELDA United

|2020

Malaysia Super League

|10

0001000110
colspan=2|Total

!10

0001000110
colspan=3 | Career total

!74

17920019210221

Honours

Tampines Rovers

References