Takahiro Futagawa

Takahiro Futagawa
二川 孝広
Futagawa with Gamba Osaka in 2010
Personal information
Full name Takahiro Futagawa[1]
Date of birth (1980-06-27) 27 June 1980 (age 44)[1]
Place of birth Kagoshima, Japan
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 FC Tiamo Hirakata (manager)
Youth career
1996–1998 Gamba Osaka
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2016 Gamba Osaka 430 (47)
2016 →Gamba Osaka U-23 (loan) 10 (1)
2016–2018 Tokyo Verdy 22 (1)
2018 Tochigi SC 7 (0)
2019–2022 FC Tiamo Hirakata 27 (5)
Total 491 (54)
International career‡
2006 Japan 1 (0)
Managerial career
2023– Tiamo Hirakata
Medal record
Gamba Osaka
Winner AFC Champions League 2008
Winner J1 League 2005
Winner J1 League 2014
Runner-up J1 League 2010
Runner-up J1 League 2015
Winner J.League Cup 2007
Winner J.League Cup 2014
Runner-up J.League Cup 2005
Runner-up J.League Cup 2015
Runner-up J.League Cup 2016
Winner Emperor's Cup 2008
Winner Emperor's Cup 2009
Winner Emperor's Cup 2014
Winner Emperor's Cup 2015
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2006
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2012
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of end of the 2022 season
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 October 2006

Takahiro Futagawa (二川 孝広, Futagawa Takahiro, born 27 June 1980) is a Japanese former football player and currently manager of former team Tiamo Hirakata.[2]

Club career

Futagawa was born in Kagoshima Prefecture on 27 June 1980.[2] He joined J1 League club Gamba Osaka from youth team in 1999. He debuted in 1999 season and played many matches as offensive midfielder from 2000 season.[2] He played as central player for the club for a long time. In 2003, he was given number "10" shirt and Gamba was at the 3rd place in J1 League. In 2005, Gamba won the champions in J1 League first time in the club history. In 2008, Gamba won the champions in AFC Champions League for 2 years in a row as Japanese club (Urawa Reds won in 2007). Gamba also won the Emperor's Cup. In 2009, Gamba won the Emperor's Cup for 2 years in a row. This is the golden era in the club history and he was one of the central player under manager Akira Nishino (2002–2011).

However manager Nishino left Gamba end of 2011 season and the club performance deteriorated soon. In 2012, Gamba finished at the 17th place of 18 clubs and was relegated to J2 League. Futagawa remained in Gamba and Gamba won the champions in 2013 season. In 2014 season, Gamba returned to J1 and won all three major title in Japan, J1 League, J.League Cup and Emperor's Cup. However his opportunity to play decreased in 2014 and he could hardly play in the match from 2015.[2]

In June 2016, Futagawa moved to J2 club Tokyo Verdy.[3] He played many matches in 2016 season. However he could hardly play in the match from 2017. In March 2018, he moved to Tochigi SC.[4] In 2019, he moved to Regional Leagues club FC Tiamo Hirakata.

In 2022, Futagawa retirement from football after 23 years as professional career have been end.

International career

On 4 August 2006, he debuted for Japan national team against Ghana.[5]

Managerial career

On 20 November 2022, Futagawa appointment manager of JFL club, Tiamo Hirakata for upcoming 2023 season after retirement from football player in 2022 season.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of end of 2022 season[7]
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Asia Other1 Total
1999 Gamba Osaka J1 League 5 0 2 0 2 0 - - 9 0
2000 21 0 3 1 2 0 - - 26 1
2001 26 2 3 1 4 1 - - 33 4
2002 28 2 2 0 7 0 - - 37 2
2003 29 5 2 0 5 0 - - 36 5
2004 30 4 3 0 7 0 - - 40 4
2005 29 0 2 0 8 0 - - 39 0
2006 33 6 5 1 2 0 9 1 1 0 46 8
2007 34 7 4 1 11 3 - 1 1 49 11
2008 29 1 1 0 4 2 17 3 - 46 6
2009 21 4 6 1 2 0 1 0 - 30 5
2010 27 3 3 0 2 0 8 1 1 0 41 4
2011 32 5 1 0 2 0 7 1 - 42 6
2012 29 3 4 0 0 0 5 0 - 38 3
2013 J2 League 36 4 2 0 - - - 38 4
2014 J1 League 19 1 2 1 6 0 - - 27 2
2015 2 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 1 0 11 1
2016 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 430 47 45 6 68 7 52 6 4 1 599 67
2016 Gamba Osaka U-23 J3 League 10 1 - - - - 10 1
Total 10 1 - - - - 10 1
2016 Tokyo Verdy J2 League 20 1 2 0 - - - 22 1
2017 2 0 1 0 - - - 3 0
2018 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0
Total 22 1 3 0 - - - 25 1
2018 Tochigi SC J2 League 7 0 0 0 - - - 7 0
Total 7 0 0 0 - - - 7 1
2019 Tiamo Hirakata Japanese Regional Leagues 6 3 0 0 - - - 6 3
2020 6 1 1 0 - - - 7 1
2021 Japan Football League 7 0 0 0 - - - 7 0
2022 8 1 0 0 - - - 8 1
Total 27 5 1 0 - - - 28 5
Career total 486 76 49 6 68 7 52 6 4 1 659 96

1 = Japanese Super Cup and Suruga Bank Championship appearances.

FIFA Club World Cup career statistics

Season Team Apps Goals
2008 Gamba Osaka 2 0

International

Japan national team
Year Apps Goals
2006 1 0
Total 1 0

Managerial statistics

As of 26 March 2023.
Managerial record by club and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Tiamo Hirakata 20 November 2022 present 2 2 0 0 100.00
Total 2 2 0 0 100.00

Honours

References

  1. ^ a b c "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 Presented By TOYOTA — List Of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 5 December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2008.
  2. ^ a b c d Takahiro Futagawa at J.League (archive) (in Japanese) Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ Gamba Osaka(in Japanese)
  4. ^ Tochigi SC(in Japanese)
  5. ^ Japan National Football Team Database
  6. ^ "二川 孝広氏　FCティアモ枚方　監督就任のお知らせ". FC Tiamo Hirakata (in Japanese). 20 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  7. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 173 out of 289)