Anthony Aoki

Anthony Tadashi Aoki Nakama (born 8 June 2000) is a Peruvian footballer of Japanese descent, who plays as a midfielder for Peruvian Primera División side Ayacucho FC.

Anthony Aoki
Personal information
Full name Anthony Tadashi Aoki Nakama
Date of birth (2000-06-08) 8 June 2000
Place of birth Rioja, Peru
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Ayacucho
Youth career
Carper Club-Aelu
Deportivo AELU
2015– Sporting Cristal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Sporting Cristal 0 (0)
2019 → Unión Huaral (loan) 7 (0)
2020– → Ayacucho (loan) 0 (0)
National team
2014–2015 Peru U15
2016–2017 Peru U17
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:11, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

Career

Early and international career

Aoki started playing football at Carper Club-Aelu, where he already at the age of 4 played with boys up to 7 years old.[2] At that time, he played as a forward but later began playing in the midfielder. Aoki then joined Deportivo AELU where he captained with great success in all the minor categories of the club, until he was summoned to train in some micro-cycles of the Peruvian U13 team (in 2012), coached by JJ Oré. Two years later, he was also included in the Peruvian U15 national team squad. In 2015, he received an offer from Sporting Cristal, which he accepted.[3]

In February 2017, Aoki was called up for the Peruvian U17 national team to play in the 2017 South American U-17 Championship who would take place from February 23 to March 19.[4] Aoki was also the team captain. He played four games for the team in the South American Championship.

In July 2017, Aoki went on a two-week trial at Japanese club Yokohama F. Marinos due to an invitation that arose out of the interest of Manchester City agents. Yokohama is owned by City Football Group, the holding company of Manchester City.[5] Aoki was spotted by the City agents during the 2017 South American U-17 Championship with the U17 national team and told his representatives, that they would like him to belong to their company.

Club career

Already at the age of 17, Aoki was training with Sporting Cristal's first team and in 2017, he signed his first professional contract with Cristal. He played his first game for Cristal in January 2019 in a friendly game against Ecuadorian club C.S. Emelec.[6][7] Unfortunately shortly after, Aoki suffered an injury that took him away from the courts, preventing him from playing for Cristal. To gain some experience and game fitness, he was loaned out to Peruvian Segunda División club Unión Huaral in August 2019 for the remainder of the year.[8] He made seven appearances for the team before returning to Cristal in 2020.

At the end of February 2020, he was loaned out to Ayacucho FC.[9][10]

Personal life

Aoki is also holding a Japanese passport.[5] His role model is former FC Barcelona legend Xavi.

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gollark: Beeoids?
gollark: ++remind 39m27s actually daily
gollark: ++remind 23h daily or something maybe
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References
  1. Anthony Aoki at WorldFootball.net
  2. El capitán futuro asoma en Cristal, perushimpo.com, 22 November 2018
  3. Anthony Aoki, promesa del fútbol peruano, discovernikkei.org, 28 September 2017
  4. Sudamericano Sub-17: Anthony Aoki, el peruano de origen japonés que quiere viajar a India, lanueve.com.pe, 24 February 2017
  5. Yokohama Marinos: Tadashi Aoki entrenó en Japón tras ser observado por agentes del Manchester City, movistardeportes.pe, 15 August 2017
  6. Sporting Cristal fue goleado por 3-0 a manos de Emelec en la 'Explosión Azul', rpp.pe, 30 January 2019
  7. Tadashi Aoki:“Tengo muchas ganas de darle más alegrías a este club", elbocon.pe, 31 January 2019
  8. Unión Huaral se refuerza con Tadashi Aoki para afrontar la Liga 2, futbolperuano.com, 29 August 2019
  9. Anthony Aoki at Soccerway
  10. Anthony Aoki, volante central de Ayacucho FC, en el 2012 formó parte de..., facebook.com, 9 June 2020
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