Masahiko Inoha

Masahiko Inoha
Personal information
Full name	Masahiko Inoha
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Centre back, Fullback, Defensive Midfielder
Team information
Current team	HNK Hajduk Split
Number	19
Youth career
2001-2003	Kagoshima Jitsugyo High School
2004-2005	Hannan University
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006-2007	F.C. Tokyo
2008-2011	Kashima Antlers
2011-	HNK Hajduk Split
International career‡
2005	Japan U-20
2006-2007	Japan U-21
2011–	Japan
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 June 2011; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 June 2011

Masahiko Inoha (伊野波雅彦, Inoha Masahiko, born August 28, 1985) is a Japanese football player who plays for HNK Hajduk Split. He plays as a defender or a holding midfielder.

Playing career

He was educated at and played for Kagoshima Jitsugyo High School and Hannan University. He was on trial with several J. League clubs before the graduation from his high school but failed to convince any club to sign him. He decided to continue his study and football at Hannan University. When he was at the university, he was a member of the Japan team that won the 23rd Universiade football competition hosted by İzmir, Turkey.

His good form in the Kansai university League was recoginised by Japan's youth team coach Kiyoshi Okuma who included him in the squad for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship finals.

He signed with F.C. Tokyo after a successful trial and he took a leave of absence from the university with which he is still enrolled as of April 2008. Manager Alexandre Gallo immediately established him as a starting member in his midfield.

He received a call-up twice in 2006 for the national squad. Then he was a late replacement for injured Ryuji Bando for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup finals but did not play in the competition.

He was transferred to reigning J. League champions Kashima in 2008. He was a key member of the Japan's Under 23 team, however he failed to join the U-23 squad to compete the Beijing Olympics football competition.

He was included in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup finals and made his full international debut on 17th January, 2011 against Saudi Arabia. In a game against Qatar, in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, he scored a goal in minute 89' of the game. The game ended 3-2, a win for Japan.

In the summer transfer window of 2011 he moved to Croatian giants Hajduk Split.

Career statistics

As of January 21, 2011

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National team career statistics

Appearances in major competitions

Team	Competition	Category	Appearances		Goals	Team Record
Team	Competition	Category	Start	Sub	Goals	Team Record
Japan	2011 AFC Asian Cup	Senior	1	1	1	Pending

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	21 January 2011	Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Qatar	3–2	3–2	2011 AFC Asian Cup

Honors and awards

Team

Kashima Antlers

References

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