Takafumi Akahoshi

Takafumi Akahoshi
赤星貴文
	Akahoshi with Pogoń Szczecin in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth	27 May 1986 (age 39)
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

On 24 August 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]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Urawa Red Diamonds	2005	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
	Total		2	0	3	0	8	0	0	0	13	0
Mito HollyHock (loan)	2008	J2 League	41	8	2	0	–		–		43	8
Montedio Yamagata (loan)	2009	J1 League	8	0	1	1	0	0	–		9	1
Zweigen Kanazawa	2010	Japan Football League	15	1	0	0	0	0	–		15	1
Liepājas Metalurgs	2010	Latvian Higher League	15	6	1	0	0	0	3	0	19	6
Pogoń Szczecin	2010–11	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
	Total		103	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	106	15
Ufa	2014–15	Russian Premier League	2	0	1	0	–		–		3	0
Career 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 January 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. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. 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 January 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. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. 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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