Arata Izumi

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Arata Izumi
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Personal information
Date of birth (1982-07-31) 31 July 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
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Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Mumbai FC on loan from Atletico de Kolkata
Number 21
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005 Albirex Niigata Singapore 22 (3)
2006 Mitsubishi Mizushima 24 (4)
2006–2007 East Bengal 14 (1)
2007–2009 Mahindra United 84 (20)
2009–2015 Pune 129 (25)
2015– Atlético Kolkata 11 (5)
2016– Mumbai 6 (1)
International career‡
2013– India 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:00, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08:18, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

Arata Izumi (和泉 新 Izumi Arata?, born 31 July 1982) is a Japanese-born Indian footballer who plays for Mumbai on loan from Atletico de Kolkata as a midfielder in the I-league.

Career

Albirex Niigata Singapore

In 2005 Izumi started his professional football career with Albirex Niigata Singapore of the S.League.[1] Albirex Niigata Singapore was an affiliate of Albirex Niigata of the J.League.[2] Arata grew a reputation for his speed while in the S.League.[1] He scored his first professional goal of his career against Tampines Rovers in the S.League on 18 September 2005.[1][3] He then scored his second goal of the season on 30 September 2005 against Woodlands Wellington.[3] Arata ended the season with 22 caps in S.League with 3 goals and 2 caps in the Singapore Cup scoring 1 goal.[4]

Mitsubishi Mizushima

In 2006 after a successful season with Albirex Niigata Singapore in which the team finished 5th in the S.League,[3] Arata moved back to Japan and signed for Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima of the Japan Football League. While with the team Arata also worked for Mitsubishi Motors as a toso (a person of paints cars).[5] He worked 10 hours a day from 5 in the morning to 6 in the evening with the car company and then he spent 2 hours practicing with the football team. Despite scoring 7 goals and gaining 7 assists in 24 games during the 2006 season Izumi could not stop the club finishing in 17th place, 2nd the last that season.[4]

East Bengal

In November 2006 Izumi signed for East Bengal of the National Football League.[6] At first he struggled to get accustomed to the Indian climate but eventually he found his way. He ended his maiden season with the club with 1 goal and 10 assists in 14 games.[4]

Mahindra United

In 2007 Izumi signed for Mahindra United of the I-League, which replaced the old National Football League.[7] He began the 2007–08 I-League campaign with an injury that kept him out of football for six months.[7] He managed to come back that season, scoring 1 goal and getting 2 assists in 8 games.[4] The next season Izumi scored 1 goal and gained 5 assists in 16 I-League games.[4] That season Arata and Mahindra won the Durand Cup.[7]

Pune

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Arata Izumi in 2009

In 2009 Izumi signed for newly promoted I-League side Pune.[8] Izumi has called his move to Pune as the turning point of his career.[8] In 2010 he finished the season with a career high 10 goals and 10 assists in 26 games.[4] He also scored an extra 6 goals in cup matches.[4] He was the top goalscorer among all midfielders and was also nominated as the best midfielder in the I-League by goal.com.[8] Izumi also won the Pune FC Man of Steel award from the club that season.[8] Arata continued his good form for the club in 2010–11 scoring 6 goals and getting 9 assists in 24 games.[9] On 22 October 2011 Izumi made his 50th appearance for the club in I-League in the opening match of the 2011–12 season against Shillong Lajong.[10] On 24 August 2012 Izumi extended his contract by 2 years with Pune FC.[11]

Atlético de Kolkata

In 2015 Izumi signed for Atlético Kolkata of the 2015 Indian Super League season. He produced a match winning performance against Kerala Blasters in Kochi, coming off the bench and scoring twice on 84th and 90+3 minutes with his team winning the match 3-2.[12]

International

On 24 August 2012, Izumi gained Indian citizenship, thus making him eligible to play for India at the international level.[11] Then on 29 January 2013 it was confirmed that Izumi had been called up to Wim Koevermans side for the friendly against Palestine.[13] Izumi then made his international debut in that match when he came on in the 64th minute for Lenny Rodrigues as India went on to lose the match 4–2.[14]

Since then Izumi has also been called up to India's 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification squad and their 2013 SAFF Championship squad.[15]

Personal

Arata was born to Narendra Khambholja, a Gujarati father and Akiko Izumi, a Japanese mother.[16] On 24 August 2012 it was officially announced by his club, Pune FC, that he has received Indian citizenship from the Government of India.[11] Izumi also holds an Indian name, Neelkanth Khambholja.[16]

Career statistics

Club

As of 6 December 2015[17][18]
Club Season League League Cup Domestic Cup AFC Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Albirex Niigata Singapore 2005 S.League 22 3 2 1 0 0 — — 24 4
Total 22 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 24 4
Mitsubishi Mizushima 2006 Japan Football League 24 4 8 2 0 0 — — 32 6
Total 24 4 8 2 0 0 0 0 32 6
East Bengal 2006–07 National Football League 14 1 1 0 0 0 — — 15 1
Total 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 1
Mahindra United 2007–08 I-League 8 1 4 0 2 0 — — 14 1
2008–09 I-League 16 1 4 0 1 0 — — 21 1
Total 24 2 8 0 3 0 0 0 35 2
Pune 2009–10 I-League 26 10 0 0 3 1 — — 29 11
2010–11 I-League 24 6 2 0 2 0 — — 28 6
2011–12 I-League 21 3 0 0 3 0 — — 24 3
2012–13 I-League 22 5 0 0 2 1 — — 24 6
2013–14 I-League 17 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 21 1
2014–15 I-League 19 0 4 1 4 1 — — 27 2
Total 129 25 9 1 14 3 3 0 155 29
Atlético de Kolkata 2015 Indian Super League 9 5 — — — — — — 9 5
Total 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5
Career total 222 40 28 4 13 2 7 1 270 47

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ http://www.albirex.com.sg/ Niigata webpage
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 http://arataizumi.com/news/stats.html Arata Izumi Stats
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/kerala-blasters-vs-atl%C3%A9tico-de-kolkata/2037325/report
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  17. ↑ Arata Izumi at Soccerway
  18. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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