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Japanese footballer (born 1981)

Takahito Soma
相馬 崇人
Personal information
Full name Takahito Soma
Date of birth (1981-12-10) December 10, 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1997–1999 Verdy Kawasaki
2000–2002 Kokushikan University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2005 Tokyo Verdy 40 (2)
2006–2008 Urawa Reds 58 (4)
2009–2010 Marítimo 27 (2)
2010–2011 Energie Cottbus 21 (1)
2011–2016 Vissel Kobe 114 (6)
Total 260 (15)
Medal record
Tokyo Verdy
Winner Emperor's Cup 2004
Urawa Reds
Winner AFC Champions League 2007
Winner J1 League 2006
Runner-up J1 League 2007
Winner Emperor's Cup 2006
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Takahito Soma (相馬 崇人, Sōma Takahito, born December 10, 1981) is a former Japanese football player.

Playing career

Soma was born in Kawasaki on December 10, 1981. After playing for Verdy Kawasaki (later Tokyo Verdy) youth team, he went on to Kokushikan University. When he was a Kokushikan University student, he joined J1 League club Tokyo Verdy in 2003. In September 2004, he became a regular left side back instead regular player Atsuhiro Miura left Verdy for Japan national team. Verdy won the champions in 2004 Emperor's Cup. Although Soma also played as regular player in 2005, Verdy finished at the 17th place in 2005 season and was relegated to J2 League.

In 2006, Soma moved to J1 club Urawa Reds. He played many matches as substitute left side midfielder because Alessandro Santos played as regular player. In 2007, Although Santos left the club, Soma could not play many matches behind Tadaaki Hirakawa. In 2008, Soma became a regular player as left side midfielder. Reds won the champions in 2006 J1 League, 2006 Emperor's Cup and 2007 AFC Champions League in 3 seasons.

On January 12, 2009, after a three-year contract with the Urawa Reds had come to an end, Soma decided to forgo contract extension talks to pursue a career overseas in Europe. On January 29, 2009 Soma signed with Marítimo of the Primeira Liga, on a one-and-a-half-year contract. At the end of this contract, he left Portugal and signed with 2. Bundesliga club Energie Cottbus.

In July 2011, Soma returned to Japan and joined J1 League club Vissel Kobe. Although he could not play many matches for injury in 2011, he played as regular left side back in 2012. However Vissel finished at the 16th place in 2012 season and was relegated to J2 League. Although his opportunity to play decreased for injury in 2013, Vissel was returned to J1 in a year. After six seasons with Vissel, he announced his retirement.

Club statistics

Club performance 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 AFC Total
2000 Kokushikan University Football League 7 0 - - - 7 0
2001 5 0 - - - 5 0
2002 2 0 - - 2 0
Total 14 0 0 0 - - 14 0
2003 Tokyo Verdy J1 League 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0
2004 11 2 5 0 8 0 - 24 2
2005 28 0 0 0 5 0 - 33 0
Total 40 2 5 0 13 0 - 58 2
2006 Urawa Reds J1 League 18 1 5 0 7 1 - 30 2
2007 13 0 1 0 2 0 6* 0 22 0
2008 27 3 1 0 6 0 3 1 37 4
Total 58 4 7 0 15 1 9 1 89 6
Portugal League Taça de Portugal Taça da Liga Europe Total
2008/09 Marítimo Primeira Liga 10 0 - - - 10 0
2009/10 17 2 0 0 2 0 - 19 2
Total 27 2 0 0 2 0 - 29 2
Germany League DFB-Pokal DFB Ligapokal Europe Total
2010–11 Energie Cottbus 2. Bundesliga 21 1 2 0 - - 23 1
Total 21 1 2 0 - - 23 1
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup AFC Total
2011 Vissel Kobe J1 League 8 1 2 0 0 0 – 10 1
2012 32 2 1 0 5 0 – 38 2
2013 J2 League 18 1 2 0 – – 20 1
2014 J1 League 16 0 0 0 4 0 – 20 0
2015 23 0 2 0 6 0 – 31 0
2016 17 2 0 0 5 1 – 22 3
Total 114 6 7 0 20 1 – 141 7
Career total 274 15 21 0 50 2 9 1 354 18

(*) Includes 3 matches at FIFA Club World Cup

Awards and honours

Club

Tokyo Verdy

Urawa Reds

References

  1. Takahito Soma at J.League (archive) (in Japanese) Edit this at Wikidata
  2. "Stats Centre: Takahito Soma Facts". Guardian.co.uk. Archived from the original on June 13, 2012. Retrieved August 28, 2009.
  3. "Takahito Soma kommt" (in German). FC Energie Cottbus. June 21, 2010. Archived from the original on July 26, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
  4. "DF相馬崇人選手 今シーズン限りで現役引退のお知らせ".
  5. Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑", February 10, 2016, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411338 (p. 98 out of 289)

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