Takafumi Akahoshi

Takafumi Akahoshi
赤星貴文
	Akahoshi with Pogoń Szczecin in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Takafumi Akahoshi
Date of birth	27 May 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Fuji, Shizuoka, Japan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
2002–2004	Fujieda Higashi High School
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2009	Urawa Red Diamonds
2008	→ Mito HollyHock (loan)
2009	→ Montedio Yamagata (loan)
2010	Zweigen Kanazawa
2010	Liepājas Metalurgs
2011–2014	Pogoń Szczecin
2014–2015	Ufa
2015–2016	Pogoń Szczecin
2015–2016	Pogoń Szczecin II
2016–2017	Ratchaburi Mitr Phol
2017–2018	Suphanburi
2018–2019	Foolad
2019–2020	Arema
2021–2023	Gakunan F Mosuperio
Medal record
Urawa Reds
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Takafumi Akahoshi (赤星貴文, Akahoshi Takafumi, born 27 May 1986) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

In 2010, Akahoshi joined Latvian side Liepājas Metalurgs. Soon after joining the team, he became a vital figure in its starting eleven and made several excellent appearances. He scored his first goal for Liepāja in a 4–2 league victory against FK Ventspils on 22 August 2010. He made 15 appearances in the LMT Virsliga, scored six times and became the fourth top scorer in Metalurgs' team. He also played one domestic cup match, when Metalurgs were beaten by FK Jelgava and one Champions League qualification match, when Metalurgs were once again beaten - this time by Sparta Praha from the Czech Republic. He was also included in the 2010 LMT Virsliga team of the season. The club finished the league in the third place. After that season he was released by Metalurgs, as the club intended that he had to play in a bit higher level the next year. In January 2011, he joined Pogoń Szczecin.^[1]

Ufa

In July 2014, Akahoshi signed a three-year contract with Russian Premier League side FC Ufa,^[2] making his debut as a half-time substitute against Zenit St.Petersburg on 16 August 2014.^[3] After only three appearances for Ufa, Akahoshi rejoined Pogoń Szczecin on loan until the end of the 2014–15 season in February 2015.^[4] On 8 June 2015, Akahoshi left Ufa by mutual consent.^[5]

Pogoń Szczecin Again

On termination of his deal with FC Ufa Akahoshi immediately rejoined Pogoń Szczecin.^[6]

Arema FC

On August 24, 2019. Arema inaugurated Takafumi Akahoshi as the new player to replace the vacancy in their Asian foreign player slot.^[7] He made his debut in a 1–1 home draw against PSIS Semarang on 31 August, appearing as a second-half substitute.^[8]

Club statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2005	Urawa Red Diamonds	J1 League	2	0	3	0	1	0	–		6	0
2006		J1 League	0	0	0	0	4	0	−		4	0
2007		J1 League	0	0	0	0	0	0	−		0	0
2009		J1 League	0	0	0	0	3	0	−		3	0
2008	Mito HollyHock (loan)	J2 League	41	8	2	0	–		–		43	8
2009	Montedio Yamagata (loan)	J1 League	8	0	1	1	0	0	–		9	1
2010	Zweigen Kanazawa	Football League	15	1	0	0	0	0	–		15	1
2010	Liepājas Metalurgs	Latvian Higher League	15	6	1	0	0	0	3	0	19	6
2010–11	Pogoń Szczecin	I liga	13	3	0	0	–		–		13	3
2011–12		I liga	28	3	1	0	–		–		29	3
2012–13		Ekstraklasa	27	2	1	0	–		–		27	2
2013–14		Ekstraklasa	35	7	1	0	–		–		35	7
2014–15	Ufa	Russian Premier League	2	0	1	0	–		–		3	0
Country	Japan		51	8	6	1	8	0	0	0	65	9
	Latvia		15	6	1	0	0	0	3	0	19	6
	Poland		103	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	106	15
	Russia		2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Total			171	29	11	1	8	0	3	0	193	30

Honours

Urawa Red Diamonds

J1 League: 2006
Emperor's Cup: 2005, 2006

References

^ Bartosz Fabiniak i Takafumi Akahoshi w Pogoni 27.01.2011, 90minut.pl
^ "Russian Championship. Takafumi Akahosi strengthened "Ufa"". www.eurosport.ru/ (in Russian). Eurosport. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
^ Акахоси: не понял, почему «Зенит» и «Уфа» играли без зрителей. www.championat.com/ (in Russian). Championat.com. 17 August 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
^ Футболист "Уфы" Акахоси отдан в аренду в польский клуб "Погонь". rsport.ru/ (in Russian). Rsport. 24 February 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
^ Такафуми Акахоши покидает Уфу. fcufa.pro/ (in Russian). FC Ufa. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
^ "Takafumi Akahoshi rejoins Pogoń Szczecin". www.asianfootballersineurope.com//. www.asianfootballersineurope.com/. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
^ "Resmi, Arema FC datangkan gelandang asal jepang, Takafumi Akahoshi" (in Indonesian). Indosport.com. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
^ "Jalani debut di Arema, Takafumi Akahoshi takjub dengan atmosfer stadion" (in Indonesian). bola.okezone.com. 1 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.

External links

Takafumi Akahoshi at Soccerway
Takafumi Akahoshi at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
Takafumi Akahoshi on Instagram
Takafumi Akahoshi at 90minut.pl (in Polish)

[1] Bartosz Fabiniak i Takafumi Akahoshi w Pogoni 27.01.2011, 90minut.pl

[2] "Russian Championship. Takafumi Akahosi strengthened "Ufa"". www.eurosport.ru/ (in Russian). Eurosport. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2015.

[3] Акахоси: не понял, почему «Зенит» и «Уфа» играли без зрителей. www.championat.com/ (in Russian). Championat.com. 17 August 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2015.

[4] Футболист "Уфы" Акахоси отдан в аренду в польский клуб "Погонь". rsport.ru/ (in Russian). Rsport. 24 February 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.

[5] Такафуми Акахоши покидает Уфу. fcufa.pro/ (in Russian). FC Ufa. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.

[6] "Takafumi Akahoshi rejoins Pogoń Szczecin". www.asianfootballersineurope.com//. www.asianfootballersineurope.com/. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

[7] "Resmi, Arema FC datangkan gelandang asal jepang, Takafumi Akahoshi" (in Indonesian). Indosport.com. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.

[8] "Jalani debut di Arema, Takafumi Akahoshi takjub dengan atmosfer stadion" (in Indonesian). bola.okezone.com. 1 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.

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