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Tomoki Imai
今井智基
Personal information
Full name	Tomoki Imai
Date of birth	(1990-11-29) November 29, 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Western United
Number	6
Youth career
	Ichikawa KIFC
	Ichikawa Kanezuka SC
2006–2008	Omiya Ardija
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2012	Chuo University
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2015	Omiya Ardija	58	(2)
2015–2018	Kashiwa Reysol	5	(0)
2018–2019	Matsumoto Yamaga	25	(0)
2020–	Western United	108	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 April 2024

Tomoki Imai (今井智基, Imai Tomoki, born November 29, 1990) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defender for Western United FC in the A-League.

Career

Born in the Chiba Prefecture, Imai made his debut for Omiya Ardija of the J1 League on March 20, 2013, against Júbilo Iwata in the J.League Cup in which he came on in the 56th minute for Daisuke Watabe as Omiya suffered a 2–0 defeat.^[1]

On 11 February 2020, Imai moved to Australia, signing for A-League side Western United. Imai is only the second player in the clubs history to reach 100 games played. He was also a key part of Westerns Inaugural A-league championship in 2022.^[2]

Club statistics

Updated to 29 April 2023.^[3] ^[4]

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Omiya Ardija	2013	J1 League	23	1	2	1	5	0	-		30	2
	2014	J1 League	30	1	3	0	6	0	-		39	1
	2015	J2 League	5	0	-		-		-		5	0
	Total		58	2	5	1	11	0	0	0	74	2
Kashiwa Reysol	2015	J1 League	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	7	0
	2016		1	0	0	0	1	0	-		2	0
	2017		1	0	1	0	5	0	-		7	0
	2018		0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
	Total		5	0	4	0	8	0	3	0	20	0
Matsumoto Yamaga	2018	J2 League	7	0	-		-		-		7	0
	2019	J1 League	18	0	1	0	2	0	-		21	0
	Total		25	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	28	0
Western United	2019–20	A-League	12	0	-		-		-		12	0
	2020–21	A-League	26	1	-		-		-		26	1
	2021–22	A-League Men	27	0	0	0	-		-		27	0
	2022–23	A-League Men	19	0	2	0	-		-		21	0
	Total		84	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	86	0
Career total			172	3	12	0	21	0	3	0	208	3

References

^ "OMIYA ARDIJA VS. JÚBILO IWATA 0 – 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
^ "Western United sign Japanese defender Imai". FTBL. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑", 10 February 2016, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411338 (p. 86 out of 289)
^ Tomoki Imai at Soccerway

External links

Profile at Kashiwa Reysol
Profile at Omiya Ardija
Tomoki Imai at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)

v t e Western United FC – current squad
1 Heward-Belle 4 Donachie 5 Lavale 6 Imai 7 Najjarine 9 Ibusuki 10 Grimaldi 13 Russell 14 Najdovski 17 Garuccio (c) 19 Botic 20 Walatee 21 Pasquali 22 Vidmar 23 Bozinovski 24 Ruhs 29 Shamoon 30 Leonard 32 Thurgate 33 Sutton 34 York 37 Vickery 41 Kutleshi 43 Kaddour 44 Lauton 47 Coveny 70 Vonja 77 Danzaki Coach: Aloisi

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v t e Western United FC Player of the Season
Men's winners	2020: Diamanti 2021: Imai 2022: Garuccio 2023: Risdon 2024: Penha
Women's winners	2023: Beall 2024: Logarzo