Ryoichi Maeda

is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Ryoichi Maeda

Maeda playing for Júbilo Iwata
Personal information
Full name	Ryoichi Maeda
Date of birth	(1981-10-09) October 9, 1981
Place of birth	Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
1997–1999	Gyosei High School
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2014	Júbilo Iwata	363	(154)
2015–2018	FC Tokyo	103	(17)
2017–2018	→FC Tokyo U-23 (loan)	10	(3)
2019–2020	FC Gifu	59	(6)
Total		535	(180)
National team
2001	Japan U-20	3	(0)
2007–2013	Japan	33	(10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Biography

Maeda was born in Kobe on October 9, 1981. After graduating from Gyosei High School, he joined J1 League club Júbilo Iwata in 2000. Although he could not play many matches behind Masashi Nakayama and Naohiro Takahara until 2002, he played as regular player from 2003. In the season 2009, he became a top scorer with 20 goals. In the 2010 season, Maeda became the top scorer again, with 17 times. Júbilo also won the champions in 2010 J.League Cup. At 2010 J.League Cup final, he scored 2 goals and was selected "MVP award" in the tournament. However Júbilo was relegated to J2 League end of the 2013 season. In 2014, although he scored 17 goals, Júbilo finished at the 4th place and missed promotion to J1.

In 2015, Maeda moved to J1 club FC Tokyo. He played as regular player until 2016. However his opportunity to play decreased from 2017 and he could hardly score goals in the match. In 2019, Maeda moved to J2 club FC Gifu. The club was relegated to J3 League end of the 2019 season. He retired end of the 2020 season.

Maeda played for the Japan U-20 at the 2001 World Youth Championship. On August 22, 2007, he debuted for the Japan national team against Cameroon. In 2011, he was selected the Japan for 2011 Asian Cup. He played all 6 matches and scored 3 goals, and Japan won the champions. He also became a regular player from the 2011 Asian Cup. He also played at 2013 Confederations Cup. He played 33 games and scored 10 goals for Japan until 2013.

Statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		Asia		Total
2000	Júbilo Iwata	J1 League	1	0	3	0	0	0	-		4	0
2001			9	2	2	1	5	1	-		16	4
2002			4	0	3	1	2	0	-		9	1
2003			28	7	5	1	9	5	-		42	13
2004			27	8	5	3	6	1	3	1	41	13
2005			25	12	0	0	2	2	3	0	30	14
2006			27	15	3	2	7	1	-		37	18
2007			22	12	2	1	0	0	-		24	13
2008			22	8	0	0	0	0	-		22	8
2009			34	20	2	1	6	3	-		42	24
2010			33	17	1	0	10	3	-		44	20
2011			28	14	0	0	3	1	-		31	15
2012			33	13	1	1	4	2	-		38	16
2013			33	9	2	1	4	1	-		39	11
2014		J2 League	37	17	0	0	-		-		37	17
2015	FC Tokyo	J1 League	30	9	2	1	6	0	-		38	10
2016			29	6	1	0	3	0	8	3	41	9
2017			26	1	1	0	7	1	-		34	2
2018			18	1	0	0	1	0	-		19	1
2017	FC Tokyo U-23	J3 League	2	0	-		-		-		2	0
2018			8	3	-		-		-		8	3
2019	FC Gifu	J2 League	34	5	0	0	-		-		34	5
2020		J3 League	25	1	-		-		-		25	1
Country	Japan		535	180	33	13	75	21	14	4	657	218
Total			535	180	33	13	75	21	14	4	657	218

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2007	2	1
2008	1	1
2009	2	0
2010	2	0
2011	9	4
2012	8	4
2013	9	0
Total	33	10