Akira Konno
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Akira Konno | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | September 12, 1974 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Ofunato, Iwate, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1990–1992 | Ofunato High School | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1993–1996 | Kokushikan University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–1999 | Júbilo Iwata | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000–2006 | Kawasaki Frontale | 158 | (24) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 163 | (24) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Akira Konno (今野 章, Konno Akira, born September 12, 1974) is a former Japanese football player.
Playing career
[edit]Konno was born in Ofunato on September 12, 1974. After graduating from Kokushikan University, he joined the J1 League club Júbilo Iwata in 1997. He played as right side back, as well as his original position, offensive midfielder, but he did not play often. In 2000, he moved to the newly promoted J1 League club, Kawasaki Frontale. He played many matches as offensive midfielder and the club won second place in the 2000 J.League Cup. However the club results were poor in league competition and it was relegated to the J2 League in 2001. He then played in many matches as a central player and the club won the championship in 2004 and was promoted to J1 in 2005. However he did not play as much after that and he retired at the end of the 2006 season.
Club statistics
[edit]Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Total | ||||||
1997 | Júbilo Iwata | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1998 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
1999 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
2000 | Kawasaki Frontale | J1 League | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 3 |
2001 | J2 League | 35 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 9 | |
2002 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 1 | - | 26 | 3 | |||
2003 | 41 | 7 | 4 | 1 | - | 45 | 8 | |||
2004 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | 25 | 2 | |||
2005 | J1 League | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 1 | |
2006 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 | ||
Total | 163 | 24 | 17 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 196 | 27 |
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Akira Konno at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- orions.ne.jp
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Kokushikan University alumni
- Association football people from Iwate Prefecture
- Japanese men's footballers
- J1 League players
- J2 League players
- Júbilo Iwata players
- Kawasaki Frontale players
- Men's association football midfielders
- 20th-century Japanese sportsmen
- Japanese football midfielder, 1970s birth stubs