Masahiko Inoha

Masahiko Inoha

File:Masahiko Inoha 2007.jpg
Personal information
Full name	Masahiko Inoha
Date of birth	(1985-08-28) 28 August 1985
Place of birth	Miyazaki, Japan
Height
Position(s)	Centre-back / Full-back
Team information
Current team	unattached
Youth career
2001–2003	Kagoshima Jitsugyo High School
2004–2005	Hannan University
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2007	FC Tokyo	48	(1)
2008–2011	Kashima Antlers	89	(2)
2011-2012	HNK Hajduk Split	15	(1)
2012	Vissel Kobe	22	(0)
2013–2015	Júbilo Iwata	50	(2)
International career‡
2005	Japan U-20
2006–2007	Japan U-21
2011–	Japan	21	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 January 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 June 2014

Masahiko Inoha (伊野波 雅彦, Inoha Masahiko, born 28 August 1985) is a Japanese football player who plays for Júbilo Iwata. He plays as a defender or a holding midfielder.

Playing career

He was educated at and played for Kagoshima Jitsugyo High School and Hannan University. He was on trial with several J. League clubs before the graduation from his high school but failed to convince any club to sign him. He decided to continue his study and football at Hannan University. When he was at the university, he was a member of the Japan team that won the 23rd Universiade football competition hosted by İzmir, Turkey.

His good form in the Kansai university League was recoginised by Japan's youth team coach Kiyoshi Okuma who included him in the squad for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship finals.

He signed with F.C. Tokyo after a successful trial and he took a leave of absence from the university with which he is still enrolled as of April 2008. Manager Alexandre Gallo immediately established him as a starting member in his midfield.

He received a call-up twice in 2006 for the national squad. Then he was a late replacement for injured Ryuji Bando for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup finals but did not play in the competition.

He was transferred to reigning J. League champions Kashima in 2008. He was a key member of the Japan's Under 23 team, however he failed to join the U-23 squad to compete the Beijing Olympics football competition.

He was included in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup finals and made his full international debut on 17 January 2011 against Saudi Arabia. In a game against Qatar, in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, he scored a goal in minute 89' of the game. The game ended 3–2, a win for Japan.

In the summer transfer window of 2011 he moved to Croatian giant Hajduk Split. He scored his only goal for Hajduk in a 3–0 away from home victory over newly promoted side Lučko on 21 October 2011. He struggled to adapt to Croatian life, stating reasons such as difficulty to learn the new language and no other Asian players in the side as main factors. On 17 January 2012, he skipped training for the first time due to unpaid wages. The unpaid wages were due to the debt of Hajduk Split and many players were unpaid during his stay at the club. He was fined by the club for missing three training sessions before finally rescinding his contract and returning to Japan in late January 2012. He made 16 appearances in his single season for Hajduk Split. Upon leaving, Masahiko stated: "In my entire career, I have never been as sad as I was in the last two weeks."

Masahiko signed for Vissel Kobe as a free agent in early 2012. After Vissel Kobe's relegation from the top tier in Japan in 2012, Inoha then moved to Jubilo Iwata in January 2013 for an undisclosed fee. He made 25 appearances and scored a single goal in his first season for Iwata in the Japanese first division but unfortunately they finished in 17th place and were relegated. After three seasons spent in Shizuoka, he was released in November 2015.

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 January 2015

Club	Season	League		Cup1		League Cup2		Continental3		Other4		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
F.C. Tokyo	2006	28	1	2	0	5	0	-		-		35	1
	2007	20	0	0	0	4	0	-		-		24	0
	Total	48	1	2	0	9	0	-		-		59	1
Kashima Antlers	2008	23	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	-		28	0
	2009	30	1	4	0	2	0	6	0	1	0	43	1
	2010	26	0	5	0	2	0	5	0	-		38	0
	2011	10	1	-		-		3	0	-		13	1
	Total	89	2	11	0	5	0	16	0	1	0	122	2
Hajduk Split	2011–12	15	1	3	0	-		1	0	-		19	1
	Total	15	1	3	0	-		1	0	-		19	1
Vissel Kobe	2012	22	0	0	0	1	0	-		-		23	0
	Total	22	0	0	0	1	0	-		-		23	0
Jubilo Iwata	2013	25	1	0	0	4	0	-		-		29	1
	2014	25	1	1	0	-		-		-		26	1
	Total	50	2	1	0	4	0	-		-		55	2
Career Total		224	6	17	0	19	0	17	0	1	0	278	6

¹Includes Emperor's Cup and Croatian Cup.

²Includes J. League Cup.

³Includes AFC Champions League and UEFA Europa League.

⁴Includes Japanese Super Cup.

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2011	9	1
2012	7	0
2013	4	0
Total	20	1

National team career statistics

Appearances in major competitions

Team	Competition	Category	Appearances		Goals	Team Record
			Start	Sub
Japan	2011 AFC Asian Cup	Senior	1	1	1	Pending

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	21 January 2011	Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Qatar	3–2	3–2	2011 AFC Asian Cup

Awards and honours

Club

Kashima Antlers

• J. League Division 1 (2) : 2008, 2009
• Emperor's Cup (1) : 2010
• Japanese Super Cup (2) : 2009, 2010

Japan

• AFC Asian Cup (1) : 2011