Naoki Imaya
| Naoki Imaya | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| birthday | June 18, 1980 | |
| place of birth | Hyogo Prefecture , Japan | |
| position | midfield | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1999 | Eastern suburbs | 22 (5) |
| 2000 | Blacktown City FC | 27 (6) |
| 2000-2001 | Canberra Cosmos | 20 (3) |
| 2002-2003 | Blacktown City Demons | 49 (8) |
| 2003 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 8 (0) |
| 2004 | FC La Chaux-de-Fonds | |
| 2004-2005 | Blacktown City Demons | |
| 2005-2006 | New Zealand Knights | 10 (0) |
| 2006 | Brisbane City FC | |
| 2006-2007 | Marconi Stallions | |
| 2007 | VfB Lübeck | 12 (0) |
| Stations as a trainer | ||
| Years | station | |
| 2010– | Waseda United | |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Naoki Imaya ( Japanese 今 矢 直 城 , Imaya Naoki ; born June 18, 1980 in Hyōgo Prefecture ) is a Japanese-Australian football coach and former football player .
Career
Imaya was born in Hyogo Prefecture and grew up in Osaka before moving to Sydney , Australia with his family at the age of ten . In the adult division, he first played in the divisions of New South Wales for Eastern Suburbs and Blacktown City , before he played the 2000/01 season for Canberra Cosmos under coach Tom Sermanni in the national top division, the National Soccer League . After the dissolution of the club due to financial problems at the end of the season, he played again for Blacktown.
In 2003 Imaya became the first Asian in the Swiss Super League , but Neuchâtel Xamax only made eight league appearances in defensive midfield and one appearance in the 2003/04 UEFA Cup against AJ Auxerre in the first half of the 2003/04 season . He played the second half of the season at the Swiss second division club FC La Chaux-de-Fonds .
In April 2005 Imaya was obliged for the 2005/06 season by the New Zealand professional club New Zealand Knights , who competed in the newly formed Australian professional league A-League . A short time later he broke his leg as a player from Blacktown and fell out at the beginning of the season. The Knights ended the first season with just one win out of 21 games, beaten at the bottom of the table and Imaya returned to Australia, where he played on a regional level for Brisbane City and the Marconi Stallions , before moving to German regional division VfB Lübeck in mid-2007 . There he made twelve league appearances in the first half of the season before ending his active football career in late 2007.
After the end of his career, he opened a football school in Japan and has been the coach of Waseda United, a club that emerged from Waseda University and plays in the Kantō regional league , since 2010 (as of January 2016) .
Web links
- Naoki Imaya in the database of weltfussball.de
- Entry at ozfootball.net
- Personal website
- Interview on football-navi.com (Japanese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ sportalnow.com: Kakitani problem? History shows: Asians have a hard time (July 6, 2015)
- ↑ smh.com.au: Final hurdle looms for Joeys (April 15, 2005)
- ↑ smh.com.au: Soccer NSW imposes riot act as fans turn on United (May 4, 2005)
- ↑ 選手 ・ ス タ ッ フ . In: Waseda United. Retrieved February 6, 2016 (Japanese).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Imaya, Naoki |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 今 矢 直 城 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese-Australian soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 18, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hyogo Prefecture |