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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tomoki Imai | ||
| Date of birth | November 29, 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Western United | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Ichikawa KIFC | |||
| Ichikawa Kanezuka SC | |||
| 2006–2008 | Omiya Ardija | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2012 | Chuo University | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | Omiya Ardija | 58 | (2) |
| 2015–2018 | Kashiwa Reysol | 5 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 25 | (0) |
| 2020– | Western United | 108 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 April 2024 | |||
Career
editBorn 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.[1]
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.[2]
Club statistics
editUpdated to 29 April 2023.[3] [4]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Omiya Ardija | 2013 | J1 League | 23 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | - | 30 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | 39 | 1 | |||
| 2015 | J2 League | 5 | 0 | - | - | - | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 58 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 2 | ||
| Kashiwa Reysol | 2015 | J1 League | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Total | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Matsumoto Yamaga | 2018 | J2 League | 7 | 0 | - | - | - | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | J1 League | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 21 | 0 | ||
| Total | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Western United | 2019–20 | A-League | 12 | 0 | - | - | - | 12 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 26 | 1 | - | - | - | 26 | 1 | |||||
| 2021–22 | A-League Men | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 27 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 21 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 84 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 172 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 208 | 3 | ||
References
edit- ^ "OMIYA ARDIJA VS. JÚBILO IWATA 0 – 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ^ "Western United sign Japanese defender Imai". FTBL. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
- ^ 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. 86 out of 289)
- ^ Tomoki Imai at Soccerway
External links
edit- Profile at Kashiwa Reysol
- Profile at Omiya Ardija
- Tomoki Imai at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
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