Akito Takagi (髙木 彰人, Takagi Akito) is a Japanese football player. He currently plays for SC Sagamihara in the J3 League. His playing position is either attacking midfielder or forward.[1][2]

Akito Takagi
髙木 彰人
Personal information
Full name Akito Takagi
Date of birth (1997-08-04) 4 August 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Sakai, Osaka, Japan
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
SC Sagamihara
Number 14
Youth career
SS Create
2010–2015 Gamba Osaka
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2020 Gamba Osaka 13 (2)
2016–2020 Gamba Osaka U-23 73 (17)
2019Montedio Yamagata (loan) 11 (1)
2020Matsumoto Yamaga (loan) 12 (0)
2021–2024 Thespakusatsu Gunma 64 (5)
2024- SC Sagamihara 13 (1)
International career
2014 Japan U-18
2016 Japan U-19
2017 Japan U-20 3 (0)
2018 Japan U-23 4 (0)
Medal record
Gamba Osaka
Winner J1 League 2014
Winner J.League Cup 2014
Runner-up J.League Cup 2016
Winner Emperor's Cup 2014
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 August 2024 @ 15:36(AEST)

Club career

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Born and raised in Osaka, Takagi came through the youth ranks at Gamba Osaka and joined the senior squad for the first time in 2014 at the age of 17. He made his debut on 16 April 2014 in a 2-0 J.League Cup victory away to Sagan Tosu. He started the game and was replaced by Akihiro Sato after 71 minutes.[3]

He didn't play at all in 2015 or 2016 before finding himself in Gamba's starting line up towards the back end of the 2017 season where he played a total of 7 league matches and 2 AFC Champions League games without getting his name on the scoresheet.

Gamba changed head coaches ahead of the 2018 season with Brazilian Levir Culpi replacing the long serving Kenta Hasegawa and this saw a big reduction in Takagi's top team playing time as neither Culpi nor mid-season replacement Tsuneyasu Miyamoto could find space for Takagi in their starting line-ups and he was restricted to a mere 1 J.League Cup substitute appearance against Urawa Red Diamonds.[1][2]

In 2016, Gamba's Under-23 side joined J3 League along with the reserve teams of FC Tokyo and Cerezo Osaka. Takagi featured for them often in their inaugural campaign, netting once in 23 appearances as they finished 9th in the overall standings. The team was run more as a youth team in 2017 and owing to this as well as his involvement with Gamba's first team, he only played once throughout the year. However in 2018, it was back to being a reserve team again and Takagi put in a stronger showing, playing all 32 games and bagging 5 goals as his team finished 6th in the final league table.[1][2]

National team career

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In May 2017, Takagi was elected Japan U-20 national team for 2017 U-20 World Cup. At this tournament, he played 2 matches.[4]

Club statistics

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Last update: 2 December 2018[1]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup League Cup Asia Super Cup Total
2014 Gamba Osaka J1 0 0 0 0 1 0 - - 1 0
2015 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2016 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2017 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 9 0
2018 0 0 0 0 1 0 - - 1 0
2019 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
Career total 7 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 11 0

Reserves performance

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Club performance League Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Total
2016 Gamba Osaka U-23 J3 23 1 23 1
2017 1 0 1 0
2018 32 5 32 5
2019 0 0 0 0
Career total 56 6 56 6

Honors

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Gamba Osaka

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Akito Takagi Soccerway Player Statistics". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Akito Takagi Gamba Osaka Player Profile". Gamba Osaka. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Sagan Tosu vs Gamba Osaka 16 April 2014". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  4. ^ FIFA.com
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