Masaru Akiba (秋葉 勝, Akiba Masaru, born February 19, 1984) is a former Japanese football player.[1]

Masaru Akiba
秋葉 勝
Personal information
Full name Masaru Akiba
Date of birth (1984-02-19) February 19, 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Kaminoyama, Yamagata, Japan
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1999–2001 Montedio Yamagata
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2014 Montedio Yamagata 360 (28)
2015 Zweigen Kanazawa 42 (2)
2016 FC Gifu 1 (0)
2016–2017 Zweigen Kanazawa 21 (0)
Total 424 (30)
Medal record
Montedio Yamagata
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2014
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

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Akiba was born in Kaminoyama on February 19, 1984. He joined the J2 League club Montedio Yamagata from his youth team in 2002. He played many matches as defensive midfielder during the first season and became a regular player in 2006. Montedio won second place in the 2008 season and was promoted to the J1 League for the first time in club history. However the club's results were sluggish in J1 and it was relegated to J2 at the end of the 2011 season. Montedio won sixth place in the 2014 season and was promoted to J1 again. Montedio also won second place in the 2014 Emperor's Cup. However he moved to the newly promoted J2 League club Zweigen Kanazawa in 2015 without playing in the J1 league. At Zweigen, he played as a regular player. In 2016, he moved to the J2 club FC Gifu. However he did not play in any games. In July 2016, he re-joined Zweigen Kanazawa. He played often in 2016. However he did not play much in 2017 and retired at the end of the 2017 season.[2]

Club statistics

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Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
2002 Montedio Yamagata J2 League 7 0 0 0 - 7 0
2003 17 0 1 0 - 18 0
2004 31 1 2 0 - 33 1
2005 11 1 1 0 - 12 1
2006 30 2 2 0 - 32 2
2007 43 3 2 0 - 45 3
2008 32 5 0 0 - 32 5
2009 J1 League 31 2 2 0 6 1 39 3
2010 25 1 2 0 5 2 32 3
2011 31 1 1 0 1 0 33 1
2012 J2 League 41 8 2 0 - 43 8
2013 34 3 2 0 - 36 3
2014 27 1 0 0 - 27 1
Total 360 28 17 0 12 3 389 31
2015 Zweigen Kanazawa J2 League 42 2 1 0 - 43 2
Total 42 2 1 0 - 43 2
2016 FC Gifu J2 League 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 1 0 0 0 1 0
2016 Zweigen Kanazawa J2 League 17 0 0 0 - 17 0
2017 4 0 0 0 - 4 0
Total 21 0 0 0 - 21 0
Career total 424 32 18 0 12 3 454 35

References

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  1. ^ Masaru Akiba at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)  
  2. ^ Zweigen Kanazawa(in Japanese)
  3. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 235 out of 289)
  4. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑", 10 February 2016, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411338 (p. 235 out of 289)
  5. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 2015 (NSK MOOK)", 14 February 2015, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411246 (p. 240 out of 298)
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