is a Japanese

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player. He plays for

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club

Geylang International FC Geylang International Football Club is a professional football club based in Bedok, Singapore, which plays in the Singapore Premier League, the top division of football in Singapore. The club was founded in 1973 with the purpose of building a s ...

Career

He is a

central defender In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

, who played for

Shonan Bellmare is a Japanese professional football club based in Hiratsuka, in the west of Kanagawa Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. Their home stadium is Hiratsuka ...

for five years, and had loan spells with

FC Kariya are a Japanese football club based in Kariya, Aichi. They're aiming to gain professional status. Since the 2022 season, after being relegated from the Japan Football League, they are playing in the Tōkai Adult Soccer League History The club ...

and

Fujieda MYFC are a Japanese J2 League football club based in Fujieda, Shizuoka. It is funded by online subscribers and is the first of its kind in Japan. The club spent two seasons in the Japan Football League before having their application accepted in 201 ...

. He first came to Singapore to play in the 2013 S.League season with

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, appearing in 32 matches and scoring 1 goal in all competitions. It was announced in December 2013 that he, along with teammate -

Yuki Ichikawa is a Japanese former footballer player who last played as a centre-back, right-back or defensive-midfielder for Singapore Premier League club Geylang International FC. Career He played two seasons for Singapore side Albirex Niigata FC (Singa ...

, have signed for

Geylang International Geylang International Football Club is a professional football club based in Bedok, Singapore, which plays in the Singapore Premier League, the top division of football in Singapore. The club was founded in 1973 with the purpose of building a s ...

for the upcoming season. He signed for 9 times

champions

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for the

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season.

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* * 1990 births Living people Association football people from Ibaraki Prefecture Japanese men's footballers J2 League players Japan Football League players Singapore Premier League players Shonan Bellmare players FC Kariya players Fujieda MYFC players Albirex Niigata Singapore FC players Geylang International FC players Japanese expatriate men's footballers Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Singapore Expatriate men's footballers in Singapore Men's association football central defenders {{Japan-footy-defender-1990s-stub