Arata Izumi

Arata Izumi
Personal information
Full name	Arata Izumi
Date of birth	July 31, 1982 (age 30)
Place of birth	Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club	Pune
Number	8
Youth career
	Shimonoseki Chuo Technical High School
Senior career*
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

In this Japanese name, the family name is Izumi.

Arata Izumi (和泉新, Izumi Arata^?, born July 31, 1982) is an Indian-Japanese professional athlete. He is best known as an Association football or soccer player.^[1]

Career [change]

After graduating from high school in Japan, he joined Albirex Niigata FC (Singapore) of Singapore's S.League.^[2]

He played in Japan Football League for one season; and then he began playing in India.

In India, he plays attacking midfielder.^[1]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Soccerway.com, A. Izumi; retrieved 2012-7-6.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Mandrekar, Kabir. "Japanese mother, Gujarati father, Pune wife, Indian football," The Indian Express, December, 26 2010; retrieved 2012-7-6.

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Persondata
Name	Izumi, Arata
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	1982-07-31
Place of birth	Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
Date of death
Place of death