Toru Araiba

Toru Araiba

Toru Araiba (right)
Personal information
Full name Toru Araiba
Date of birth (1979-07-12) July 12, 1979
Place of birth Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 12 in)
Playing position Defender
Youth career
1995–1997 Gamba Osaka
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2003 Gamba Osaka 140 (13)
2004–2012 Kashima Antlers 262 (9)
2013–2014 Cerezo Osaka 21 (0)
Total 423 (22)
National team
1995 Japan U-17 3 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Toru Araiba (新井場 徹 Araiba Tōru, born July 12, 1979) is a former Japanese football player. He last played for Cerezo Osaka.[1][2] He is naturally right footed but can use both feet. He mainly plays as a left full back.

Playing career

Araiba was a product of the youth system of Gamba Osaka. He was a member of the Japan U-17 national team for the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship finals. He made 2 first team appearances for Gamba in 1997 while he still belonged to their youth team. He signed a professional contract in 1998 and started to play regularly for the club's first team. He received a call-up for the national team by Philippe Troussier in 2001 but has not played a game for Japan. He moved to Kashima Antlers in 2004.

Club statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup League Cup Asia Total
1997Gamba OsakaJ1 League200000-20
19983000030-330
1999000000-00
20002471041-298
20012933140-364
20023012081-402
20032522141-314
2004Kashima Antlers2813070-381
20052812040-341
200630240110-452
20073015090-441
2008302202070412
2009290202040370
2010331202061442
2011231203070361
201231030100-440
2013Cerezo Osaka1101040-160
20141002010-130
Career total 4232239278326156628

Team honors

References

  1. "Kashima Antlers Official Web site". Kashima Antlers. Archived from the original on 2008-01-04. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
  2. "Stats Centre: Toru Araiba Facts". Guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
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