Shuto Inaba

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Shuto Inaba
稲葉 修土
Personal information
Full name Shuto Inaba
Date of birth (1993-06-29) June 29, 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Osaka, Japan
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
FC Machida Zelvia
Number 19
Youth career
Risho Shonan High School
2012–2015 Fukuoka University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Albirex Niigata FC (Singapore) 45 (2)
2018–2020 Kataller Toyama 54 (0)
2021-2022 Blaublitz Akita 73 (0)
2023- FC Machida Zelvia 23 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 December 2023

Shuto Inaba (稲葉 修土, Inaba Shūto, born June 29, 1990 in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese football player. He is a midfielder currently playing for FC Machida Zelvia.

Personal life[edit]

He graduated with first-class honours in Sports Science from Fukuoka University.[1]

Career[edit]

Singapore[edit]

He signed for Albirex Niigata FC (Singapore) from the S.League in 2016 after graduation from Fukuoka University. He was signed after Albirex Niigata Singapore chairman Daisuke Korenaga had watched a few of Inaba's games in his university tournaments and called him two weeks after to offer a contract.[1] Inaba had a good season for the team as Albirex became the first team in Singapore to win all 4 trophies on offer in Singapore.[2]

He extended his contract for 2017, becoming only one of six players from last season to remain at the club.[2] Inaba was handed the captaincy of the team for the 2017 S.League season.[3] During the September international break, he was selected to participate in a week-long training stint with his parent club. He traveled to Niigata prefecture with defensive stalwart Yasutaka Yanagi and the duo trained with the first team, playing in a training match against Iwaki FC, a non-J League team.[1] He made 24 appearances in the league and scored two goals as the team retained the S.League title. He also led the team to repeat last season's feat, as the team won all 4 trophies on offer again.[4]

Japan[edit]

His stellar performances in the S.League saw Inaba secure a move back to Japan for the 2018 season, signing for J3 League side Kataller Toyama.[5]

Club career statistics[edit]

As of 25 November 2022.[6]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Singapore League Cup League Cup Total
2016 Albirex Niigata FC (S) S.League 21 0 5 0 5 1 31 1
2017 24 2 5 0 5 0 34 2
Japan League Cup League Cup Total
2013 Fukuoka University - 2 0 2 0
2014 2 0 2 0
2015 1 0 1 0
2018 Kataller Toyama J3 League 9 0 2 0 11 0
2019 18 0 2 0 20 0
2020 27 0 0 0 27 0
2021 Blaublitz Akita J2 League 41 0 0 0 41 0
2022 32 0 0 0 32 0
Career total 172 2 19 0 10 1 201 3

Honours[edit]

Club[edit]

Albirex Niigata (S)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c ""I wanted to be a footballer, not a salesman": Albirex's 'De Rossi' chases childhood dream". FourFourTwo. 2017-10-03. Archived from the original on 2017-10-14. Retrieved 2017-12-26.
  2. ^ a b "Albirex target another clean sweep". The New Paper. 2017-02-16. Retrieved 2017-12-26.
  3. ^ "Inaba hopes for a J.League call-up". The New Paper. 2017-02-25. Retrieved 2017-12-26.
  4. ^ "Albirex skipper Inaba seals move back to Japan". FourFourTwo. 2017-12-26. Retrieved 2017-12-26.
  5. ^ "Inaba move back to Japan".
  6. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 261 out of 289)

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