Tomoki Imai
{{short description|Japanese footballer (born 1990)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Tomoki Imai
今井智基
| image =
| fullname = Tomoki Imai
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|11|29}}
| birth_place = Tokyo, Japan
| height = {{height|m=1.78}}
| currentclub = Western United
| clubnumber = 6
| position = Defender
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Ichikawa KIFC
| youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = Ichikawa Kanezuka SC
| youthyears3 = 2006–2008 | youthclubs3 = Omiya Ardija
| collegeyears1 = 2009–2012 | college1 = Chuo University
| years1 = 2013–2015 | clubs1 = Omiya Ardija | caps1 = 58 | goals1 = 2
| years2 = 2015–2018 | clubs2 = Kashiwa Reysol | caps2 = 5 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2018–2019 | clubs3 = Matsumoto Yamaga | caps3 = 25 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2020– | clubs4 = Western United | caps4 = 129 | goals4 = 1
| club-update = 14 May 2025
}}
{{Nihongo|Tomoki Imai|今井 智基|Imai Tomoki|born November 29, 1990}} is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defender for Western United FC in the A-League.
Career
Born in the Chiba Prefecture, Imai made his debut for Omiya Ardija of the J1 League on March 20, 2013, against Júbilo Iwata in the J.League Cup in which he came on in the 56th minute for Daisuke Watabe as Omiya suffered a 2–0 defeat.{{cite web|title=OMIYA ARDIJA VS. JÚBILO IWATA 0 – 2|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/03/20/japan/j-league-cup/omiya-ardija/jubilo-iwata/1444614/|work=Soccerway|accessdate=11 April 2013}}
On 11 February 2020, Imai moved to Australia, signing for A-League side Western United. Imai is only the second player in the clubs history to reach 100 games played. He was also a key part of Westerns Inaugural A-league championship in 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ftbl.com.au/news/western-united-sign-japanese-defender-imai-537820|title=Western United sign Japanese defender Imai|website=FTBL|access-date=2020-02-11}}
Club statistics
{{soccerway|tomoki-imai/286944}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="4"|Omiya Ardija
|2013 |rowspan="2"|J1 League |23 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | colspan="2" | ||||
| |30 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2014
|30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | colspan="2" | ||||
| |39 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2015
|5 | 0 | colspan="2" | ||||||||
| |colspan="2" | ||||||||||
| |colspan="2" | ||||||||||
| |5 | 0 | |||||||||
| colspan=2|Total
!58||2||5||1||11||0||0||0||74||2 | ||||||||||
| rowspan="5"|Kashiwa Reysol
|2015 |rowspan="4"|J1 League |3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2016
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" | ||||
| |2 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2017
|1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | colspan="2" | ||||
| |7 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2018
|0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| colspan=2|Total
!5||0||4||0||8||0||3||0||20||0 | ||||||||||
| rowspan="3"|Matsumoto Yamaga
|2018 |J2 League |7 | 0 | colspan="2" | ||||||||
| |colspan="2" | ||||||||||
| |colspan="2" | ||||||||||
| |7 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2019
|J1 League |18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2" | ||||
| |21 | 0 | |||||||||
| colspan=2|Total
!25||0||1||0||2||0||0||0||28||0 | ||||||||||
| rowspan="5"|Western United
|rowspan="2"|A-League |12 | 0 | colspan="2" | ||||||||
| |colspan="2" | ||||||||||
| |colspan="2" | ||||||||||
| |12 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2020–21
|26 | 1 | colspan="2" | ||||||||
| |colspan="2" | ||||||||||
| |colspan="2" | ||||||||||
| |26 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2021–22
|rowspan="2"|A-League Men |27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | ||||||
| |colspan="2" | ||||||||||
| |27 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2022–23
|19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2" | ||||||
| |colspan="2" | ||||||||||
| |21 | 0 | |||||||||
| colspan=2|Total
!84||0||2||0||0||0||0||0||86||0 | ||||||||||
| colspan=3|Career total
!172||3||12||0||21||0||3||0||208||3 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.reysol.co.jp/team/players/2017/27.php Profile at Kashiwa Reysol]
- [http://www.ardija.co.jp/topteam/2013/27.html Profile at Omiya Ardija]
- {{J.League player|9011}}
{{Western United FC squad}}
{{Western United FC Player of the Year}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Imai, Tomoki}}
Category:Chuo University alumni
Category:Association football people from Chiba Prefecture
Category:Japanese men's footballers
Category:RB Omiya Ardija players
Category:Kashiwa Reysol players
Category:Matsumoto Yamaga FC players
Category:Western United FC players
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:21st-century Japanese sportsmen
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