Genta Miura

Genta Miura (三浦 弦太, Miura Genta, born 1 March 1995 in Toyohashi) is a Japanese footballer who is the captain of J1 League side Gamba Osaka. He is also a Japanese international and his regular playing position is centre back.[1][2]

Genta Miura
三浦 弦太
Personal information
Full name Genta Miura
Date of birth (1995-03-01) 1 March 1995
Place of birth Toyohashi, Japan
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Gamba Osaka
Number 5
Youth career
–2012 Osaka Toin Junior
and Senior High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Shimizu S-Pulse 45 (0)
2017– Gamba Osaka 178 (5)
International career‡
2017– Japan 10 (1)
Medal record
Representing  Japan
AFC Asian Cup
Silver medal – second place2019 United Arab Emirates
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 November 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 December 2019

Club career

Born in Toyohashi in Aichi, central Japan, Miura moved to Osaka to do his schooling. After graduating from Toin Senior High School he was signed by J1 side Shimizu S-Pulse in 2013.

Miura played in 16 league matches across his first 3 seasons in Shizuoka before establishing himself as a regular in 2016 following the club's relegation to Japan's second tier. He played 29 J2 matches to help S-Pulse to 2nd place in the final standings and promotion back to Japan's top flight.

His performances for Shimizu brought him to the attention of Gamba Osaka who signed him ahead of the 2017 season.[3] Miura played in all 34 league games as well as 11 in the cup in his first season in Osaka. Gamba changed head coaches ahead of the 2018 campaign with Brazilian Levir Culpi taking over from the long-serving Kenta Hasegawa and he named Miura as his captain, taking over the role from veteran Yasuhito Endō.

Miura once again played every league game in 2018 which would prove to be a disappointing year for Gamba who struggled badly in the first half of the year under Culpi's leadership but improved markedly towards the end of the campaign under new head-coach Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, eventually ending up in 9th place in the final standings.[1]

National Team career

Miura earned his first call up to Japan's national team, then managed by Vahid Halilhodžić, ahead of the 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship and debuted in the 2-1 win over China on December 12. He also played in the 4-1 defeat to South Korea 4 days later which saw Japan finish as runners-up in the tournament.

His next international involvement came in September 2018 under new national team coach Hajime Moriyasu. Miura played the full 90 minutes of a 3-0 home friendly win over Costa Rica and subsequently featured in the 4-3 victory over Uruguay in October and the 4-0 rout of Kyrgyzstan in November.[4]

Miura was named in Japan's squad for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates.[5][6] He played one game at the tournament, the 2-1 victory over Uzbekistan on 17 January 2019.[7]

Club statistics
As of match played 5 November 2022[8][1]
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J. League Cup Asia Other Total
2013Shimizu S-PulseJ1 League200010--30
2014701000--80
2015700030--100
2016J2 League29020---310
Total 45030400000520
2017Gamba OsakaJ1 League342202071-453
20183401160--411
20193111092--413
20202022020--242
202126010205010350
20223302041--391
2023000000--00
Total 1785912531211022510
Career total 22351212931211027710

Reserves performance
Club performance League Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Total
2014J.League U-22 SelectionJ38181
20153030
Career total 111111

National team statistics

Last Update: 18 December 2019[4]

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
201720
201830
201951
Total101

International goals
Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first.[9]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.10 December 2019Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan, South Korea China2–02–12019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship

References
  1. "Genta Miura Soccerway Player Statistics". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  2. "Genta Miura Gamba Osaka Player Profile". Gamba Osaka (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  3. "Gamba Osaka News – Genta Miura Signing". Gamba Osaka (in Japanese). 6 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  4. Japan National Football Team Database(in Japanese)
  5. "Japan announce squad for UAE 2019". AFC. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  6. "SAMURAI BLUE森保監督、「成長しながら王座奪還を目指す」" (in Japanese). JFA. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  7. "Japan 2-1 Uzbekistan". AFC. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  8. 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. 164 out of 289)
  9. "Miura, Genta". National Football Teams. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
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