Akito Takagi

Akito Takagi (髙木 彰人, Takagi Akito) is a Japanese football player. He currently plays for SC Sagamihara in the J3 League. His playing position is either attacking midfielder or forward.^[1][2]

Akito Takagi
髙木 彰人

Personal information
Full name	Akito Takagi
Date of birth	(1997-08-04) 4 August 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth	Sakai, Osaka, Japan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	SC Sagamihara
Number	14
Youth career
	SS Create
2010–2015	Gamba Osaka
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2020	Gamba Osaka	13	(2)
2016–2020	Gamba Osaka U-23	73	(17)
2019	→ Montedio Yamagata (loan)	11	(1)
2020	→ Matsumoto Yamaga (loan)	12	(0)
2021–2024	Thespakusatsu Gunma	64	(5)
2024-	SC Sagamihara	13	(1)
International career
2014	Japan U-18
2016	Japan U-19
2017	Japan U-20	3	(0)
2018	Japan U-23	4	(0)
Medal record Gamba Osaka Winner J1 League 2014 Winner J.League Cup 2014 Runner-up J.League Cup 2016 Winner Emperor's Cup 2014
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 August 2024 @ 15:36(AEST)

Club career

Born and raised in Osaka, Takagi came through the youth ranks at Gamba Osaka and joined the senior squad for the first time in 2014 at the age of 17. He made his debut on 16 April 2014 in a 2-0 J.League Cup victory away to Sagan Tosu. He started the game and was replaced by Akihiro Sato after 71 minutes.^[3]

He didn't play at all in 2015 or 2016 before finding himself in Gamba's starting line up towards the back end of the 2017 season where he played a total of 7 league matches and 2 AFC Champions League games without getting his name on the scoresheet.

Gamba changed head coaches ahead of the 2018 season with Brazilian Levir Culpi replacing the long serving Kenta Hasegawa and this saw a big reduction in Takagi's top team playing time as neither Culpi nor mid-season replacement Tsuneyasu Miyamoto could find space for Takagi in their starting line-ups and he was restricted to a mere 1 J.League Cup substitute appearance against Urawa Red Diamonds.^[1][2]

In 2016, Gamba's Under-23 side joined J3 League along with the reserve teams of FC Tokyo and Cerezo Osaka. Takagi featured for them often in their inaugural campaign, netting once in 23 appearances as they finished 9th in the overall standings. The team was run more as a youth team in 2017 and owing to this as well as his involvement with Gamba's first team, he only played once throughout the year. However in 2018, it was back to being a reserve team again and Takagi put in a stronger showing, playing all 32 games and bagging 5 goals as his team finished 6th in the final league table.^[1][2]

National team career

In May 2017, Takagi was elected Japan U-20 national team for 2017 U-20 World Cup. At this tournament, he played 2 matches.^[4]

Club statistics

Last update: 2 December 2018^[1]

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		League Cup		Asia		Super Cup		Total
2014	Gamba Osaka	J1	0	0	0	0	1	0	-		-		1	0
2015			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017			7	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	-		9	0
2018			0	0	0	0	1	0	-		-		1	0
2019			0	0	0	0	0	0	-		-		0	0
Career total			7	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	11	0

Reserves performance

Club performance			League		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Total
2016	Gamba Osaka U-23	J3	23	1	23	1
2017			1	0	1	0
2018			32	5	32	5
2019			0	0	0	0
Career total			56	6	56	6

Honors

Gamba Osaka

• J. League Cup - 2014