Masaya Matsumoto

Masaya Matsumoto
松本昌也
Personal information
Full name	Masaya Matsumoto
Date of birth	25 January 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Nakatsu, Ōita, Japan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Júbilo Iwata
Number	14
Youth career
	Wada SC
	FC Nakatsu 1981
2007–2012	JFA Academy Fukushima
Senior career*
Years	Team
2013–2016	Oita Trinita
2017–	Júbilo Iwata
International career
2011	Japan U-17
2012	Japan U-20
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 August 2022

Masaya Matsumoto (松本昌也, Matsumoto Masaya, born 25 January 1995) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays forward for Júbilo Iwata in the J1 League.

Career

Born in Ōita Prefecture, Matsumoto made his debut for Oita Trinita of the J. League Division 1 on 20 March 2013 in the J. League Cup against Albirex Niigata in which he started and played 64 minutes before being subbed off for Yasuhito Morishima as Oita won the match 1–1.^[2]

International

Matsumoto played in all five games for the Japan U17 team during the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup in which Japan U17 made it to the quarter-finals of the tournament before bowing out to Brazil U17s.^[3] He then played for the Japan U20s during the 2012 AFC U-19 Championship in which he played and started in all four matches that Japan played before bowing out in the quarter-finals to Iraq U20s 2–1 and also missing a chance to qualify for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in the process.

Career statistics

Club

Updated to 8 August 2022.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

Club	Season	League			Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Oita Trinita	2013	J1 League	9	1	0	0	4	0	13	1
	2014	J2 League	28	2	0	0	-		28	2
	2015	J2 League	32	1	3	0	-		35	1
	2016	J3 League	28	1	1	0	-		29	1
Júbilo Iwata	2017	J1 League	18	0	4	1	5	0	27	1
	2018		15	1	2	0	8	0	25	1
	2019		34	2	1	1	0	0	35	3
	2020	J2 League	36	2	-		-		36	2
	2021	J2 League	40	4	2	0	-		42	4
	2022	J1 League	21	0	2	0	3	1	26	1
Total			261	14	15	2	20	1	296	17

References

^ "Masaya Matsumoto" (in Japanese). Júbilo Iwata. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
^ "ALBIREX NIIGATA VS. OITA TRINITA 1 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
^ "Masaya Matsumoto". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 25 June 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 49 out of 289)
^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 106 out of 289)
^ 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. 251 out of 289)
^ Masaya Matsumoto at Soccerway