Masaru Akiba

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
Place of birth Kaminoyama, Yamagata, Japan
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing 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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Akiba was born in Kaminoyama on February 19, 1984. He joined J2 League club Montedio Yamagata from youth team in 2002. He played many matches as defensive midfielder from first season and became a regular player in 2006. Montedio won the 2nd place in 2008 season and was promoted to J1 League first time in the club history. However the club results were sluggish in J1 and was relegated to J2 end of 2011 season. Montedio won the 6th place in 2014 season and was promoted to J1 again. Montedio also won the 2nd place in 2014 Emperor's Cup. However he moved to newly was promoted to J2 League club, Zweigen Kanazawa in 2015 without playing in J1. At Zweigen, he played as regular player. In 2016, he moved to J2 club FC Gifu. However he could hardly play in the match. In July 2016, he re-joined Zweigen Kanazawa. He played many matches in 2016. However he could hardly play in the match in 2017 and retired end of 2017 season.[2]

Club statistics

[3][4][5]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
2002Montedio YamagataJ2 League7000-70
200317010-180
200431120-331
200511110-121
200630220-322
200743320-453
200832500-325
2009J1 League3122061393
20102512052323
20113111010331
2012J2 League41820-438
201334320-363
201427100-271
Total3602817012338931
2015Zweigen KanazawaJ2 League42210-432
Total42210-432
2016FC GifuJ2 League1000–10
Total1000–10
2016Zweigen KanazawaJ2 League17000-170
20174000-40
Total21000-210
Career total 4243218012345435
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References
  1. Masaru Akiba at J.League (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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