Masaru Akiba

Masaru Akiba
秋葉あきば勝まさる
Personal information
Full name	Masaru Akiba
Date of birth	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
2002–2014	Montedio Yamagata
2015	Zweigen Kanazawa
2016	FC Gifu
2016–2017	Zweigen Kanazawa
Total
Medal record
Montedio Yamagata
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Masaru Akiba (秋葉あきば勝まさる, Akiba Masaru, born February 19, 1984) is a former Japanese football player.^[1]

Playing career

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

^[3]^[4]^[5]

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	Zweigen Kanazawa	J2 League	4	0	0	0	-		4	0
Total			21	0	0	0	-		21	0
Career total			424	32	18	0	12	3	454	35

References

^ Masaru Akiba at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
^ Zweigen Kanazawa(in Japanese)
^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポにっぽんすぽーツ企画出版社つきかくしゅっぱんしゃ, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手せんしゅ名鑑めいかん (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 235 out of 289)
^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポにっぽんすぽーツ企画出版社つきかくしゅっぱんしゃ, "2016J1&J2&J3選手せんしゅ名鑑めいかん", 10 February 2016, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411338 (p. 235 out of 289)
^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポにっぽんすぽーツ企画出版社つきかくしゅっぱんしゃ, "J1&J2&J3選手せんしゅ名鑑めいかん 2015 (NSK MOOK)", 14 February 2015, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411246 (p. 240 out of 298)

External links

Masaru Akiba at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)

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[1] Masaru Akiba at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)

[2] Zweigen Kanazawa(in Japanese)

[3] Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポにっぽんすぽーツ企画出版社つきかくしゅっぱんしゃ, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手せんしゅ名鑑めいかん (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 235 out of 289)

[4] Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポにっぽんすぽーツ企画出版社つきかくしゅっぱんしゃ, "2016J1&J2&J3選手せんしゅ名鑑めいかん", 10 February 2016, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411338 (p. 235 out of 289)

[5] Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポにっぽんすぽーツ企画出版社つきかくしゅっぱんしゃ, "J1&J2&J3選手せんしゅ名鑑めいかん 2015 (NSK MOOK)", 14 February 2015, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411246 (p. 240 out of 298)

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