Takafumi Akahoshi

Takafumi Akahoshi (赤星 貴文, Akahoshi Takafumi, born May 27, 1986) is a Japanese football player who as a midfielder.

Takafumi Akahoshi
赤星 貴文
Akahoshi with Pogoń Szczecin in 2016
Personal information
Full name Takafumi Akahoshi
Date of birth (1986-05-27) May 27, 1986
Place of birth Fuji, Shizuoka, Japan
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2002–2004 Fujieda Higashi High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2009 Urawa Reds 2 (0)
2008 → Mito HollyHock (loan) 41 (8)
2009 → Montedio Yamagata (loan) 8 (0)
2010 Zweigen Kanazawa 15 (1)
2010 Liepājas Metalurgs 15 (6)
2011–2014 Pogoń Szczecin 103 (15)
2014–2015 Ufa 2 (0)
2015–2016 Pogoń Szczecin 53 (5)
2017 Ratchaburi Mitr Phol 29 (3)
2018–2019 Suphanburi 32 (2)
2019 Foolad 12 (1)
2019 Arema 13 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:45, 27 November 2019 (UTC)

Career

Previously he played for Latvian side FK Liepājas Metalurgs. Akahoshi had a great season with Metalurgs. Soon after joining the team he became a vital figure in its first eleven and made several excellent appearances. He scored his first goal for Liepāja in a league match victory (4-2) over FK Ventspils on August 22, 2010. All in all he played 15 matches in the LMT Virsliga, scoring 6 times and becoming the fourth top scorer in Metalurgs' team. He also played 1 domestic cup match, when Metalurgs were beaten by FK Jelgava and 1 Champions League qualification match, when Metalurgs were once again beaten - this time by Sparta Praha from the Czech Republic. He was also included in the LMT Virsliga 2010 team of the season. The club finished the league in the third place and he got a bronze medal. After that season he was released by Metalurgs, as the club intended that he had to play in a bit higher level the next year. In January 2011 he joined Pogoń Szczecin.[1]

Ufa

In July 2014, Akahoshi signed a three-year contract with Russian Premier League side FC Ufa,[2] making his debut as a half-time substitute against Zenit St.Petersburg on 16 August 2014.[3] After only three appearances for Ufa, Akahoshi rejoined Pogoń Szczecin on loan till the end of the 2014-15 season in February 2015.[4] On 8 June 2015, Akahoshi left Ufa by mutual consent.[5]

Pogoń Szczecin Again

On termination of his deal with FC Ufa Akahoshi immediately rejoined Pogoń Szczecin.[6]

Arema FC

On August 24, 2019. Arema inaugurated Takafumi Akahoshi as the new player to replace the vacancy in their Asian foreign player slot.[7] He made his debut in a 1–1 home draw against PSIS Semarang on 31 August, appearing as a second-half substitute.[8]

Club statistics
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
2005Urawa RedsJ1 League203010–60
2006000040–40
2007000000–00
2008Mito HollyHockJ2 League41820––438
2009Urawa RedsJ1 League000030–30
2009Montedio YamagataJ1 League801100–91
2010Zweigen KanazawaFootball League1510000–151
2010Liepājas MetalurgsLatvian Higher League156100030196
2010–11Pogoń SzczecinI liga133––133
2011–12283––283
2012–13Ekstraklasa27210––272
2013–1435710––357
2014–15UfaRussian Premier League2010––30
CountryJapan 518618000659
Latvia 156100030196
Poland 1031520000010515
Russia 2010000030
Total 17129101800019230

Honours

Club

Urawa Red Diamonds

References
  1. Bartosz Fabiniak i Takafumi Akahoshi w Pogoni 27.01.2011, 90minut.pl
  2. "Russian Championship. Takafumi Akahosi strengthened "Ufa"". http://www.eurosport.ru/ (in Russian). Eurosport. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  3. Акахоси: не понял, почему «Зенит» и «Уфа» играли без зрителей. http://www.championat.com/ (in Russian). Championat.com. 17 August 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  4. Футболист "Уфы" Акахоси отдан в аренду в польский клуб "Погонь". http://rsport.ru/ (in Russian). Rsport. 24 February 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  5. Такафуми Акахоши покидает Уфу. http://fcufa.pro/ (in Russian). FC Ufa. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  6. "Takafumi Akahoshi rejoins Pogoń Szczecin". http://www.asianfootballersineurope.com//. http://www.asianfootballersineurope.com/. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015. External link in |website=, |publisher= (help)
  7. "Resmi, Arema FC datangkan gelandang asal jepang, Takafumi Akahoshi" (in Indonesian). Indosport.com. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  8. "Jalani debut di Arema, Takafumi Akahoshi takjub dengan atmosfer stadion" (in Indonesian). bola.okezone.com. 1 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
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