Naoki Ishihara (石原 直樹, Ishihara Naoki, born 14 August 1984) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a forward.[1] He started his career at Shonan Bellmare, before later playing for Omiya Ardija, Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Urawa Red Diamonds and Vegalta Sendai before announcing his retirement in March 2022.[2] He made over 500 appearances at senior club level in Japan.
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Full name | Naoki Ishihara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1984-08-14) August 14, 1984 (age 38) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Takasaki, Gunma, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000–2002 | Takasaki City University of Economics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2008 | Shonan Bellmare | 143 | (41) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2011 | Omiya Ardija | 90 | (20) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 94 | (27) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | → Vegalta Sendai (loan) | 31 | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Vegalta Sendai | 54 | (8) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | Shonan Bellmare | 45 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 467 | (112) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:02, 17 October 2022 (UTC) |
Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other1 | Total | ||||||||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Asia | Other | Total | ||||||||
2003 | Shonan Bellmare | J2 League | 17 | 2 | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | 21 | 4 | |||
2004 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | |||||
2005 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 9 | 0 | |||||
2006 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 31 | 10 | |||||
2007 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 47 | 14 | |||||
2008 | 41 | 18 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 42 | 18 | |||||
2009 | Omiya Ardija | J1 League | 32 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 38 | 8 | ||
2010 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | – | – | 42 | 10 | ||||
2011 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 4 | ||||
2012 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 32 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 38 | 9 | |
2013 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 13 | ||
2014 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 14 | ||
2015 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
2016 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
2017 | Vegalta Sendai | 31 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | – | – | 38 | 11 | |||
2018 | 34 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 42 | 9 | ||||
2019 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 25 | 2 | ||||
2020 | Shonan Bellmare | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 6 | |||
Career total | 444 | 112 | 31 | 8 | 37 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 536 | 132 |
1Includes Japanese Super Cup, FIFA Club World Cup and J.League Championship.
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