Riku Matsuda (footballer, born 1999)

Riku Matsuda (松田 陸, Matsuda Riku, born 3 May 1999) is a Japanese footballer who plays for JEF United Chiba. His regular playing position is right full-back.[1][2][3]

Riku Matsuda
松田 陸
Personal information
Full name Riku Matsuda
Date of birth (1999-05-03) May 3, 1999
Place of birth Fujioka, Gunma, Japan
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
JEF United Chiba
Number 36
Youth career
Milestri SC
Maebashi FC
Maebashi Ikuei High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Gamba Osaka 2 (0)
2018–2020 Gamba Osaka U-23 78 (1)
2021–2023 Zweigen Kanazawa 81 (2)
2023– JEF United Chiba 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 August 2022

Career

After graduating from Maebashi Ikuei High School, with whom he won the All Japan High School Soccer Tournament, Matsuda signed for Gamba Osaka ahead of the 2018 J1 League season.[4] He debuted for Gamba's Under-23 side in week 2 of the 2018 J3 League, coming on as a 58th-minute substitute for Yuto Mori in a 4-1 defeat away to Kagoshima United.[5]

Matsuda played a total of 24 games, including 23 starts, in his first season of senior football to help Gamba U-23 finish 6th in the final standings. He didn't feature in any of Gamba's top team's matches but was named on the substitutes bench twice, once in the J.League and once in the J.League Cup.[2]

Career statistics

Last update: 2 December 2018[2]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup League Cup Asia Total
2018Gamba OsakaJ1000000--00
2019000000--00
Career total 000000--00

Reserves performance

Last Updated: 2 December 2018

Club performance League Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Total
2018Gamba Osaka U-23J3240240
20190000
Career total 240240

References

  1. "Riku Matsuda Gamba Osaka Player Profile". Gamba Osaka (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  2. "Riku Matsuda Soccerway Player Statistics". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  3. "Riku Matsuda J.League Player Profile". J.League English Website. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  4. "Gamba Osaka News - Riku Matsuda Signing". Gamba Osaka (in Japanese). 28 November 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  5. "Schedule & Results Kagoshima United vs Gamba Osaka U-23". J.League English Website. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
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