Takahiro Futagawa

Takahiro Futagawa
	Futagawa playing for Gamba Osaka
Personal information
Full name	Takahiro Futagawa
Date of birth	June 27, 1980 (age 45)
Place of birth	Kagoshima, Japan
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	FC Tiamo Hirakata
Youth career
1996–1998	Gamba Osaka
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2016	Gamba Osaka
2016	→Gamba Osaka U-23 (loan)
2016–2018	Tokyo Verdy
2018	Tochigi SC
2019–	FC Tiamo Hirakata
International career
2006	Japan
Medal record
Gamba Osaka
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of end of the 2020 season

Takahiro Futagawa (二川孝広, Futagawa Takahiro; born June 27, 1980) is a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography

Futagawa was born in Kagoshima Prefecture on June 27, 1980.^[1] He joined J1 League club Gamba Osaka from their youth team in 1999. He debuted in 1999 season and played many matches as offensive midfielder from 2000 season. He played as central player for the club for a long time. In 2003, he was given number "10" shirt and Gamba was at the 3rd place in J1 League. In 2005, Gamba won the champions in J1 League first time in the club history. In 2008, Gamba won the champions in AFC Champions League for 2 years in a row as Japanese club (Urawa Reds won in 2007). Gamba also won the 2008 Emperor's Cup. In 2009, Gamba won the Emperor's Cup for 2 years in a row. This is the golden era in the club history and he was one of the central player under manager Akira Nishino (2002–2011). However manager Nishino left Gamba end of 2011 season and the club performance deteriorated soon. In 2012, Gamba finished at the 17th place of 18 clubs and was relegated to J2 League. Futagawa remained in Gamba and Gamba won the champions in 2013 season. In 2014 season, Gamba returned to J1 and won all three major title in Japan, J1 League, J.League Cup and Emperor's Cup. However his opportunity to play decreased in 2014 and he could hardly play in the match from 2015.

In June 2016, Futagawa moved to J2 club Tokyo Verdy. He played many matches in 2016 season. However he could hardly play in the match from 2017. In March 2018, he moved to Tochigi SC. In 2019, he moved to Regional Leagues club FC Tiamo Hirakata. The club was promoted to Japan Football League from 2021.

On 4 August 2006, Futagawa debuted for Japan national team against Ghana.

Statistics

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Club statistics			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Asia		Total
1999	Gamba Osaka	J1 League	5	0	2	0	2	0	-		9	0
2000			21	0	3	1	2	0	-		26	1
2001			26	2	3	1	4	1	-		33	4
2002			28	2	2	0	7	0	-		37	2
2003			29	5	2	0	5	0	-		36	5
2004			30	4	3	0	7	0	-		40	4
2005			29	0	2	0	8	0	-		39	0
2006			33	6	5	1	2	0	5	1	45	8
2007			34	7	4	1	11	3	-		49	12
2008			29	1	1	0	4	2	12	3	46	6
2009			21	4	6	1	2	0	1	0	30	5
2010			27	3	3	0	2	0	7	1	39	4
2011			32	5	1	0	2	0	7	1	42	6
2012			29	3	4	0	0	0	5	0	38	3
2013		J2 League	36	4	2	0	-		-		38	4
2014		J1 League	19	1	2	1	6	0	-		27	2
2015			2	0	0	0	4	1	4	0	10	1
2016			0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
2016	Gamba Osaka U-23	J3 League	10	1	-		-		-		10	1
2016	Tokyo Verdy	J2 League	20	1	2	0	-		-		22	1
2017			2	0	1	0	-		-		3	0
2018			0	0	0	0	-		-		0	0
2018	Tochigi SC	J2 League	7	0	0	0	-		-		7	0
Country	Japan		469	49	48	6	68	7	42	6	627	68
Total			469	49	48	6	68	7	42	6	627	68