Toru Araiba

Toru Araiba

Toru Araiba (right) defending.
Personal information
Full name	Toru Araiba
Date of birth	(1979-07-12) July 12, 1979
Place of birth	Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Left fullback
Club information
Current team	Cerezo Osaka
Number	7
Youth career
1992-1994	Katano FC
1995-1997	Gamba Osaka Youth
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1997-2003	Gamba Osaka	140	(13)
2004-2012	Kashima Antlers	262	(9)
2013-	Cerezo Osaka	12	(0)
National team
1995	Japan U17	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 March 2014. † Appearances (Goals).

Toru Araiba (新井場 徹, Araiba Tōru, born 12 July 1979 in Hirakata, Osaka) is a Japanese football defender. He currently plays for Cerezo Osaka.^[1][2] He is naturally right footed but can use both feet. He mainly plays as a left full back.

Playing career

Araiba was a product of the youth system of Gamba Osaka. He was a member of the Japan team for the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship finals. He made 2 first team appearances for Gamba in 1997 while he still belonged to their youth team. He signed a professional contract in 1998 and started to play regularly for the club's first team. He received a call-up for the national team by Philippe Troussier in 2001 but has not played a game for Japan. He moved to Kashima Antlers in 2004.

Team honors

• J. League Division 1 - 2007, 2008, 2009
• Japanese Super Cup - 2009

Career statistics

Last update: 31 March 2014

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