Akira Itō

Akira Itō
Personnel
birthday	September 19, 1972
place of birth	Saitama Prefecture ,  Japan
size	176 cm
position	midfield player
Juniors
Years	station
1988-1990	Bunan High School
1991-1994	Kokushikan University
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1995-2001	Kawasaki Frontale	161 (35)
2002-2003	Omiya Ardija	81 (11)
2004	Sagan Tosu	41 0(4)
2005-2006	Tokushima Vortis	82 (10)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
2017	Omiya Ardija
2019–	Ventforet Kofu
1 Only league games are given.

Akira Itō ( Japanese 伊藤 彰 , Itō Akira ; born September 19, 1972 in Saitama Prefecture ) is a former Japanese football player and coach.

Career

Itō learned to play football in the school team of Bunan High School and the university team of Kokushikan University . He signed his first contract in 1995 with Fujitsu (today: Kawasaki Frontale). The club played in the second highest league in the country, the Japan Football League . In 1999 he was with the club master of the J2 League and rose to the J1 League . In 2000 he reached the final of the J.League Cup . At the end of the 2000 season, the club was relegated to the J2 League. For the club he completed 161 games. In 2002 he moved to league rivals Omiya Ardija . For the club he completed 81 games. In 2004 he moved to league rivals Sagan Tosu . For the club he completed 41 games. In 2005 he moved to league rivals Tokushima Vortis . For the club he completed 82 games. At the end of 2006 he ended his career as a football player.

successes

Kawasaki Frontale

• J.League Cup

Finalist: 2000

Web links

• Akira Itō in the soccerway.com database
• Akira Itō in the database of transfermarkt.de
• Akira Itō in the J.League Data Site database (Japanese)