Toru Araiba

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新井場徹

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|caption=Araiba (right)

|fullname=Toru Araiba

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1979|7|12}}

|birth_place=Hirakata, Osaka, Japan

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|height={{Height|m=1.82}}

|position=Defender

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|youthyears1=1995–1997|youthclubs1=Gamba Osaka

|years1=1997–2003|clubs1=Gamba Osaka|caps1=140|goals1=13

|years2=2004–2012|clubs2=Kashima Antlers|caps2=262|goals2=9

|years3=2013–2014|clubs3=Cerezo Osaka|caps3=21|goals3=0

|totalcaps=423|totalgoals=22

|nationalyears1=1995|nationalteam1=Japan U-17|nationalcaps1=3|nationalgoals1=0

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{{Nihongo|Toru Araiba|新井場徹|Araiba Tōru|born July 12, 1979}} is a former Japanese football player.

Club career

Araiba was a product of the youth system of Gamba Osaka. He made two first team appearances for Gamba in 1997 while he still belonged to their youth team. He signed a professional contract in 1998 and started to play regularly for the club's first team. He played mainly as left midfielder. He moved to Kashima Antlers in 2004. He played as left side-back as Naoki Soma successor. The club won the league champions for 3 years in a row (2007-2009). The club also won 2007, 2010 Emperor's Cup, 2011 and 2012 J.League Cup. He moved to his local Osaka league and signed with Cerezo Osaka in 2013. He retired at the end of the 2014 season.

National team career

In August 1995, Araiba was selected Japan U-17 national team for 1995 U-17 World Championship. He played all 3 matches.

Club statistics

colspan=3 \| Club performance ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| Cup ! colspan=2 \| League Cup ! colspan=2 \| Continental ! colspan=2 \| Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Season	Club	League ! 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 \| Asia ! colspan=2 \| Total
1997	rowspan="7"\|Gamba Osaka	rowspan="7"\|J1 League	2	0	0	0	0	0	colspan="2"
\|2	0
1998	30	0	0	0	3	0	colspan="2"
\|33	0
1999	0	0	0	0	0	0	colspan="2"
\|0	0
2000	24	7	1	0	4	1	colspan="2"
\|29	8
2001	29	3	3	1	4	0	colspan="2"
\|36	4
2002	30	1	2	0	8	1	colspan="2"
\|40	2
2003	25	2	2	1	4	1	colspan="2"
\|31	4
2004	rowspan="9"\|Kashima Antlers	rowspan="9"\|J1 League	28	1	3	0	7	0	colspan="2"
\|38	1
2005	28	1	2	0	4	0	colspan="2"
\|34	1
2006	30	2	4	0	11	0	colspan="2"
\|45	2
2007	30	1	5	0	9	0	colspan="2"
\|44	1
2008	30	2	2	0	2	0	7	0	41	2
2009	29	0	2	0	2	0	4	0	37	0
2010	33	1	2	0	2	0	6	1	44	2
2011	23	1	2	0	3	0	7	0	36	1
2012	31	0	3	0	10	0	colspan="2"
\|44	0
2013	rowspan="2"\|Cerezo Osaka	rowspan="2"\|J1 League	11	0	1	0	4	0	colspan="2"
\|16	0
2014	10	0	2	0	1	0	colspan="2"
\|13	0
colspan=3 \| Career total !423\|\|22\|\|39\|\|2\|\|78\|\|3\|\|26\|\|1\|\|566\|\|28

Team honors

J1 League - 2007, 2008, 2009
Japanese Super Cup - 2009, 2010
Emperor's Cup - 2007, 2010
J.League Cup - 2011, 2012

References

External links

{{FIFA player|195553}}
{{J.League player|2537}}

Category:1979 births

Category:Living people

Category:Association football people from Osaka Prefecture

Category:Japanese men's footballers

Category:Japan men's youth international footballers

Category:21st-century Japanese sportsmen

Category:J1 League players

Category:Gamba Osaka players

Category:Sportspeople from Hirakata

Category:Kashima Antlers players

Category:Cerezo Osaka players

Category:Men's association football defenders

Category:20th-century Japanese sportsmen