Tomoki Imai

Tomoki Imai
今井智基
Personal information
Full name Tomoki Imai
Date of birth (1990-11-29) November 29, 1990 (age 34)
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

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.

Career

Born 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

Updated 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

  1. ^ "OMIYA ARDIJA VS. JÚBILO IWATA 0 – 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Western United sign Japanese defender Imai". FTBL. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
  3. ^ 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)
  4. ^ Tomoki Imai at Soccerway


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