Tomoki Imai

Tomoki Imai
今井智基
Personal information
Full name	Tomoki Imai
Date of birth	November 29, 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth	Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Western United
Number	6
Youth career
2009–2012	Chuo University
Senior career*
Years	Team
2013–2015	Omiya Ardija
2015–2018	Kashiwa Reysol
2018–2019	Matsumoto Yamaga
2020–	Western United
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 February 2020

Tomoki Imai (今井智基, Imai Tomoki, born November 29, 1990) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defender for Western United FC in the A-League.

Career

Born in the Chiba Prefecture, Imai made his debut for Omiya Ardija of the J1 League on March 20, 2013 against Júbilo Iwata in the J.League Cup in which he came on in the 56th minute for Daisuke Watabe as Omiya suffered a 2–0 defeat.^[1]

On 11 February 2020, Imai moved to Australia, signing for A-League side Western United FC.^[2] He signed a five-month contract.^[3]

Updated to 24 February 2019.^[4] ^[5]

Club	Season	League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		AFC		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Omiya Ardija	2013	23	1	2	1	5	0	-		30	2
	2014	30	1	3	0	6	0	-		39	1
	2015	5	0	-		-		-		5	0
Kashiwa Reysol	2015	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	6	0
	2016	1	0	0	0	1	0	-		2	0
	2017	1	0	1	0	5	0	-		7	0
	2018	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
Matsumoto Yamaga	2018	7	0	0	0	-		-		7	0
Total		70	2	7	0	19	0	3	0	99	2

^ "OMIYA ARDIJA VS. JÚBILO IWATA 0 - 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
^ "Western United sign Japanese defender Imai". FTBL. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
^ Lynch, Michael (2020-02-11). "Western United sign Japanese defender". The Age. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑", 10 February 2016, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411338 (p. 86 out of 289)
^ Tomoki Imai at Soccerway

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