Tatsunori Arai
新居 辰基
Personal information
Full name Tatsunori Arai
Date of birth (1983-12-22) December 22, 1983
Place of birth Tobetsu, Hokkaido, Japan
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1999–2001 Consadole Sapporo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Consadole Sapporo 67 (8)
2004 Shizuoka FC
2005–2006 Sagan Tosu 75 (40)
2007–2009 JEF United Chiba 72 (10)
2010 Shonan Bellmare 17 (0)
2011 Sagan Tosu 12 (1)
Total 243 (59)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tatsunori Arai (新居 辰基, Arai Tatsunori, born December 22, 1983) is a Japanese former football player.

Early life

Arai was born in Tobetsu, Hokkaido on December 22, 1983. He played youth football for Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo.

Playing career

He joined the J1 League club Consadole Sapporo from his youth team in 2002. He debuted in April and played several matches as forward in 2002. However Consadole finished in last place in the 2002 season and was relegated to the J2 League. He played many matches as substitute forward in 2003.[1][2]

In October 2004, he joined the Regional Leagues club Shizuoka FC.

In 2005, he moved to the J2 club Sagan Tosu. He became a regular forward and became a top scorer in 2005 and 2006.

In 2007, he moved to the J1 club JEF United Chiba. He played often over three seasons. However did not score many goals and JEF United was relegated to the J2 league at the end of the 2009 season.

In 2010, he moved to the newly promoted J1 club, Shonan Bellmare. He made his debut for Shonan against Montedio Yamagata on the 6th of March 2010.[3]

In 2011, he moved to the J2 club Sagan Tosu for the first time in five years. He retired at the end of the 2011 season.

Personal life

He was arrested, along with teammate Koji Nakao, for driving under the influence and was dismissed with Nakao in August.[4]

Club statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
2002Consadole SapporoJ1 League52103092
2003J2 League35300-353
200427300-273
2004Shizuoka FCRegional Leagues
2005Sagan TosuJ2 League391721-4118
2006362310-3723
2007JEF United ChibaJ1 League2551050315
20082331052295
20092423141314
2010Shonan BellmareJ1 League1701130211
2011Sagan TosuJ2 League12111-132
Career total 2435911420327466

References

  1. J.League
  2. J.League
  3. "Shonan Bellmare vs Montedio Yamagata - 6 March 2010". int.soccerway.com.
  4. consadeconsa.com(in Japanese)


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