is a Japanese

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays for

Cerezo Osaka is a Japanese professional football club based in Osaka. The club currently plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. The club's name ''Cerezo'' (Spanish for cherry blossom) is also the flower of the city of Osaka. ...

as a

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Career

During his time in high school, he was converted from forward to a defending role. After four years attending the

Biwako Seikei Sport College is a private university in Otsu, Shiga, Japan, established in 2003. Notable alumni * Ai Aoki (synchronised swimmer) * Tetsuya Funatsu - football player * Kai Hirano - football player * Shota Imai - football player * Naoki Inoue (footballer) * ...

and becoming the side-captain, Matsuda signed for

FC Tokyo Football Club Tokyo, commonly known as , is a Japanese professional football club based in Chōfu, Tokyo. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. The team is one of only four in the J.League to be si ...

in 2014. In 2013, he was registered from the club as Special Designated Player. He decided to leave

after the 2015 season. In January 2016, Matsuda signed with his hometown-club,

Personal life

His father is Indonesian and his mother is Japanese. His twin brother

Riki Riki is a given name. It is a gender-neutral name in Japan (written: or ). Notable people with the name include: *Riki (footballer, born 1980), Spanish footballer Iván Sánchez-Rico Soto * Riki (footballer, born 1997), Spanish footballer Ricardo ...

is also a soccer player, and is a forward of

Ehime FC is a professional football club based in Matsuyama, the capital city of Ehime Prefecture of Japan. After winning the JFL championship in 2005, the club now plays in . History The club was founded in 1970 as Matsuyama Soccer Club and rename ...

J3 League or simply J3 is the third division of . It was established in 2013 as the third-tier professional association football league in Japan. The third-tier nationwide league is a relatively recent development in Japanese football with a first attempt ...

Club statistics

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Japanese Super Cup The , known as the for sponsorship reasons, is an annual one-match association football competition in Japan organised by J. League and the Japan Football Association (JFA). This competition serves as the season opener and is played between the r ...

appearances

References

External links

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Profile at Cerezo Osaka
1991 births Living people Biwako Seikei Sport College alumni Japanese footballers Japanese people of Indonesian descent Sportspeople of Indonesian descent J1 League players J2 League players FC Tokyo players Cerezo Osaka players Men's association football defenders Association football people from Osaka {{Japan-footy-defender-1990s-stub