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Junki Koike
Japanese football player (born 1987) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Junki Koike (小池 純輝, Koike Junki; born May 11, 1987) is a Japanese football player who plays as a midfielder for Criacao Shinjuku.
Koike has over 400 J2 League appearances. He has served as vice-chairman of the Japan Professional Footballers' Association.[1]
His all time favourite player is Kazuyoshi Miura - who he assisted to help Miura claim the record for oldest goalscorer in the J League.
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Career
On 9 January 2012, Koike was announced at Tokyo Verdy on a permanent transfer.[2]
On 12 January 2014, Koike was announced at Yokohama FC on a permanent transfer.[3]
On 30 December 2015, Koike was announced at JEF United Chiba on a permanent transfer.[4]
On 29 December 2016, Koike was announced at Ehime FC on a one year loan deal.[5]
On 19 December 2017, Koike was announced at Ehime FC on a permanent transfer.[6]
On 27 December 2018, Koike was announced at Tokyo Verdy on a permanent transfer.[7] On 7 November 2020, Koike played his 400th J2 League match against Tokushima Vortis.[8] At the beginning of the 2021 season, he was appointed as one of five vice captains.[9] On 25 December 2021, he renewed his contract with the club for the 2022 season.[10] On 7 December 2023, the club announced it would not be renewing Koike's contract for the 2024 season.[11]
On 5 January 2024, Koike was announced at Criacao Shinjuku on a permanent transfer.[12]
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Charity work
In 2015, he and his Tokyo Verdy teammate Ryota Kajikawa set up "F-connect", which supports children in orphanages.[13]
Personal life
Koike's favourite football player is Kazuyoshi Miura. The two ended up playing together when Koike joined Yokohama FC.[14] He later ended up assisting Miura against Júbilo Iwata to give Miura the record of oldest goalscorer in J League history.[15]
Club statistics
Updated to 19 July 2022.[16][17]
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