Ryoichi Maeda

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Ryoichi Maeda
前田 遼一
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Personal information
Full name Ryoichi Maeda
Date of birth (1981-10-09) 9 October 1981 (age 39)
Place of birth Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 FC Gifu
Number 11
Youth career
1997–1999 Gyosei High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2014 Júbilo Iwata 363 (154)
2015–2018 FC Tokyo 103 (17)
2017–2018 → FC Tokyo U-23 (loan) 10 (3)
2019– FC Gifu
Total 476 (174)
National team
2000–2001 Japan U-20 12 (5)
2003–2004 Japan U-23 5 (0)
2007–2013 Japan 33 (10)
Honours
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of 2018 season

Ryoichi Maeda (前田 遼一, Maeda Ryōichi, born 9 October 1981) is a Japanese football player who plays for FC Gifu.[1] He played for Japan national team.

Club career[]

Maeda was born in Kobe, Japan but spent his childhood in the United States.[2] He was educated at and played for Gyosei Junior and Senior High School in Tokyo. While he was a high school student, he was chosen as one of the Designated Players for Development by J.League and JFA. Because of this status, Maeda was able to register as a Verdy Kawasaki player while he was still eligible to play for his high school club. However, he did not play any official match for Verdy.

After graduating from his high school in 2000, he joined Júbilo Iwata. His first appearance as a professional player came on 3 May 2000 in a league match against Kawasaki Frontale. His first professional goal came on 28 August 2001 in a J.League Cup game against JEF United Ichihara. Although he could not play many matches behind Masashi Nakayama and Naohiro Takahara until 2002, he played as regular player from 2003. In the season 2009 was the J.League Top Scorer with twenty goals. In the 2010 season, Maeda became the top scorer again, netting 17 times.[3] Júbilo also won the champions in 2010 J.League Cup. At 2010 J.League Cup Final, he scored 2 goals and was selected MVP award in the tournament. However Júbilo was relegated to J2 League end of 2013 season. In 2014, although he scored 17 goals, Júbilo finished at the 4th place and missed promotion to J1.

In 2015, Maeda moved to J1 club FC Tokyo. He played as regular player until 2016. However his opportunity to play decreased from 2017 and he could hardly score goals in the match.

In 2019, Maeda moved to J2 club FC Gifu.[4]

Curse of Maeda[]

Since the 2007 season, for 6 straight seasons, each team Maeda scores his first goal of the league campaign against has eventually been relegated to J2 League. This has given rise to the so-called "curse of (Ryoichi) Maeda".[5] It became a topic of wide public conversation in late 2012 as Gamba Osaka, the team that he scored his first goal of that season against, was in the relegation zone despite having not ranked lower than 3rd in the previous 3 seasons. Consistent with the "curse", Gamba Osaka was relegated to J2 following the last game of the season in which they lost against, funnily enough, Jubilo Iwata 2–1 with Maeda scoring a goal and an assist. The curse came to an end by the end of the 2013 season, as Maeda's first goal of the 2013 season came in a loss to Urawa, who will not be relegated.[citation needed]

National team career[]

Maeda played for Japan U-20 at the 2001 World Youth Championship in Argentina. He also played for Japan U-23 at the 2004 Summer Olympics qualification but failed to be picked up to the squad for the finals in Greece.

After impressive performance at club, Maeda made his international debut for Japan in a friendly against Cameroon on 22 August 2007 at Oita Stadium.[6] He scored his first international goal on 17 October 2007 in a friendly against Egypt at Nagai Stadium in Osaka.[6] In 2011, Maeda participated in his first major full international tournament at 2011 Asian Cup in Qatar and started all six games in Japan's Asian Cup winning campaign.[citation needed] He was selected Japan for 2013 Confederations Cup. He played 33 games and scored 10 goals for Japan until 2013.[6]

Club statistics[]

As of end of 2018 season[7]
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Asia Total
2000 Júbilo Iwata J1 League 1 0 3 0 0 0 - 4 0
2001 9 2 2 1 5 1 - 16 4
2002 4 0 3 1 2 0 - 9 1
2003 28 7 5 1 9 5 - 42 13
2004 27 8 5 3 6 1 3 1 41 13
2005 25 12 0 0 2 2 3 0 30 14
2006 27 15 3 2 7 1 - 37 18
2007 22 12 2 1 0 0 - 24 13
2008 22 8 0 0 0 0 - 22 8
2009 34 20 2 1 6 3 - 42 24
2010 33 17 1 0 10 3 - 44 20
2011 28 14 0 0 3 1 - 31 15
2012 33 13 1 1 4 2 - 38 16
2013 33 9 2 1 4 1 - 39 11
2014 J2 League 37 17 0 0 - - 37 17
Total 363 154 29 12 58 20 6 1 456 187
2015 FC Tokyo J1 League 30 9 2 1 6 0 - 38 10
2016 29 6 1 0 3 0 8 3 41 9
2017 26 1 1 0 7 1 - 34 2
2018 18 1 0 0 1 0 - 19 1
Total 103 17 4 1 17 1 8 3 132 22
2017 FC Tokyo U-23 J3 League 2 0 - - - 2 0
2018 8 3 - - - 8 3
Total 10 3 - - - 10 3
FC Gifu J2 League - -
Total - -
Career total 476 174 33 13 75 21 14 4 598 212

National team statistics[]

[8]

Japan national team
Year Apps Goals
2007 2 1
2008 1 1
2009 2 0
2010 2 0
2011 9 4
2012 8 4
2013 9 0
Total 33 10

Appearances in major competitions[]

Team Competition Category Appearances Goals Team Record
Start Sub
 Japan 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship U-20 3 0 0 Group stage
 Japan 2011 AFC Asian Cup Senior 6 0 3 Champion

Goals for senior national team[]

[6]

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 17 October 2007 Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan  Egypt 3–0 4–1 2007 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations
2. 17 February 2008 Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing, China PR  North Korea 1–1 1–1 East Asian Football Championship 2008
3. 17 January 2011 Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar  Saudi Arabia 0–3 0–5 2011 AFC Asian Cup
4. 17 January 2011 Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar  Saudi Arabia 0–4 0–5 2011 AFC Asian Cup
5. 25 January 2011 Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha, Qatar  South Korea 1–1 2–2 2011 AFC Asian Cup
6. 11 November 2011 Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan  Tajikistan 0–3 0–4 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
7. 24 February 2012 Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan  Iceland 1–0 3–1 International Friendly
8. 3 June 2012 Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan  Oman 2–0 3–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
9. 8 June 2012 Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan  Jordan 1–0 6–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
10. 11 September 2012 Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan  Iraq 1–0 1–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours[]

Japan[]

Club[]

Júbilo Iwata

Individual[]

References[]

  1. ^ Ryoichi Maeda at J.League (in Japanese) Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ 海外で頼れる男・前田　集団食中毒騒動にもひとり平然 (in Japanese). Sponichi Annex. 8 January 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  3. ^ Ryoichi Maeda at J.League (in Japanese) Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ FC Gifu(in Japanese)
  5. ^ The curse of Ryoichi Maeda Goal.com 26 September 2012 retrieved 4 December 2012
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Japan National Football Team Database
  7. ^ FC Gifu
  8. ^ Ryoichi Maeda at National-Football-Teams.com
  9. ^ "Asian Player of the Year". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 5 January 2013.

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