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{{short description|Japanese footballer}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Naoya Kikuchi<br/>菊地 直哉
| image = 
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| fullname = Naoya Kikuchi
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|11|24}}
| birth_place = [[Shizuoka (city)|Shizuoka]], [[Shizuoka Prefecture|Shizuoka]], Japan
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| height = 1.81 m
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| currentclub = [[Sagan Tosu]] (assistant manager)
| clubnumber = 
| youthyears1 = 1997–1999
| youthclubs1 = [[Shimizu S-Pulse]]
| youthyears2 = 2000–2002
| youthclubs2 = [[Shimizu Commercial High School|Shimizu Shogyo High School]]
| years1 = 2003–2007
| clubs1 = [[Júbilo Iwata]]
| caps1 = 79
| goals1 = 5
| years2 = 2005
| clubs2 = → [[Albirex Niigata]] (loan)
| caps2 = 15
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2008–2009
| clubs3 = [[FC Carl Zeiss Jena|Carl Zeiss Jena]]
| caps3 = 20
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2009–2010
| clubs4 = [[Oita Trinita]]
| caps4 = 45
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2011–2013
| clubs5 = [[Albirex Niigata]]
| caps5 = 45
| goals5 = 1
| years6 = 2013–2016
| clubs6 = [[Sagan Tosu]]
| caps6 = 71
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2016–2018
| clubs7 = [[Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo]]
| caps7 = 33
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2019
| clubs8 = [[Avispa Fukuoka]]
| caps8 = 10
| goals8 = 0
| totalcaps = 
| totalgoals = 
| nationalyears1 = 2001
| nationalteam1 = [[Japan national under-17 football team|Japan U-17]]
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2003
| nationalteam2 = [[Japan national under-20 football team|Japan U-20]]
| nationalcaps2 = 5
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2004
| nationalteam3 = [[Japan national under-23 football team|Japan U-23]]
| nationalcaps3 = 1
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| nationalyears4 = 2010
| nationalteam4 = [[Japan national football team|Japan]]
| nationalcaps4 = 1
| nationalgoals4 = 0
| manageryears1 = 
| managerclubs1 = 
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Team|[[Júbilo Iwata]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[J1 League]]|[[2003 J.League Division 1|2003]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[Emperor's Cup]]|[[2003 Emperor's Cup|2003]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[Emperor's Cup]]|[[2004 Emperor's Cup|2004]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{Fb|JPN}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[AFC U-19 Championship]]}}
{{Medal|S|[[2002 AFC Youth Championship|2002 Qatar]]|}}
}}
{{Nihongo|'''Naoya Kikuchi'''|菊地 直哉|Kikuchi Naoya|born November 24, 1984}} is a Japanese football coach and former professional player. he is the currently assistant manager of [[J2 League]] club [[Sagan Tosu]].<ref>{{J.League player}}</ref>

Though naturally a [[Midfielder|central midfielder]], Kikuchi also operated as a [[Defender (association football)|central defender]] and a left-back.

== Club career ==
Kikuchi played for the [[Shimizu S-Pulse]] junior youth team and [[Shimizu Commercial High School]], which has a strong soccer tradition with players such as [[Shinji Ono]] among its alumni. After graduating the school, he joined [[Júbilo Iwata]] and briefly loaned to [[Albirex Niigata]]. In 2002, he was invited to have a try-out at [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] and later went on to have another trial with Dutch team [[Feyenoord]].<ref>{{cite web | url =http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11670/2233263/Gunners-eye-Japan-starlet| title =Gunners eye Japan starlet| accessdate = December 26, 2012 | publisher = [[Sky Sports]] | first = Philip | last = Seery}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/news/839080/feyenoord-target-japanese-teen| title = Feyenoord target Japanese teen| accessdate = December 16, 2012| publisher = [[The World Game]]| date = February 13, 2008| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131203081349/http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/news/839080/feyenoord-target-japanese-teen| archive-date = 2013-12-03| url-status = dead}}</ref>

On June 13, 2007, Kikuchi was [[arrest]]ed in [[Hamamatsu]] city for the charge of a [[statutory rape]] on a 15-year-old high school student.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nikkansports.com/soccer/p-sc-tp0-20070919-258201.html |script-title=ja:元磐田の菊地氏がドイツで練習参加 |publisher=Nikkan Sport |date=September 19, 2007 |language=Japanese |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929103246/http://www.nikkansports.com/soccer/p-sc-tp0-20070919-258201.html |archivedate=September 29, 2007 }}</ref> He was suspended on indictment and released some days later. On June 29, 2007, he was sacked by the club after the scandal.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/sports/20070630TDY25007.htm | title = Jubilo scrap Kikuchi's deal | publisher = yomiuri.co.jp}}{{Dead link|date=August 2012}}</ref> The [[Japan Football Association]] imposed one-year suspension on him.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.jfa.or.jp/archive/jfa/organisation/report/2007/riji_kyogi/pdf070705/070705_2.pdf | script-title=ja:ジュビロ磐田 菊地 直哉 選手による違反行為に関する本協会裁定委員会の処分案 | publisher = Japan Football Association | date = June 5, 2007 | language = Japanese | accessdate = August 10, 2012}}</ref> After performing voluntary community service for some months, he moved to Germany and joined [[FC Carl Zeiss Jena]].

In summer 2009, Kikuchi left FC Carl Zeiss Jena. After trialling with another German club, [[FC Schalke 04]], he signed for [[Oita Trinita]] on July 27, 2009. In the winter of 2010, Kikuchi transferred from Oita to [[Albirex Niigata]]. Kikuchi retired at the end of the 2019 season.<ref>{{cite web |title=福岡の35歳DF菊地直哉、現役引退を決断「幸せな17年間になりました」 |url=https://www.soccer-king.jp/news/japan/jl/20191230/1014350.html?cx_player=teamnews |website=SOCCERKING | date=30 December 2019 |publisher=From One |accessdate=15 January 2020 |language=Japanese}}</ref>

==International career==
Kikuchi was part of the [[Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2004 Olympic football]] team for [[Japan national under-23 football team|Japan]] that exited the tournament in the first round, having finished last in group B behind the teams from [[Paraguay national under-23 football team|Paraguay]], [[Italy national under-21 football team|Italy]], and [[Ghana national under-23 football team|Ghana]]. He also had an impressive [[2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship|2001 U-17 World Championship]]. He capped for [[Japan national under-20 football team|Japan U-20 national team]] at the [[2003 FIFA World Youth Championship|2003 World Youth Championship]].

He made his full international debut for [[Japan national football team|Japan]] on January 6, 2010, in a [[2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification]] against [[Yemen national football team|Yemen]].<ref name="JNFTD"/>

==Career statistics==

===Club===
{{Updated|end of 2018 season}}<ref>Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, [https://www.amazon.co.jp/2017-J1-J3%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E5%90%8D%E9%91%91-NSK-MOOK/dp/4905411424/ref=pd_sim_14_1/356-9491148-0114816?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=BA8BN4Y0F97GNWKQM78H "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)"], 8 February 2017, Japan, {{ISBN|978-4905411420}} (p. 130 out of 289)</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan=3 | Club performance
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | Cup
! colspan=2 | League Cup
! colspan=2 | Continental
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
! Season !! Club !! League
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
|-
! colspan=3 | Japan
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | [[Emperor's Cup]]
! colspan=2 | [[J.League Cup]]
! colspan=2 | [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
|[[2003 J.League Division 1|2003]]||rowspan="3"|[[Júbilo Iwata]]||rowspan="6"|[[J1 League]]||7||0||3||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||12||0
|-
|[[2004 J.League Division 1|2004]]||18||1||5||0||5||0||2||0||30||1
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[2005 J.League Division 1|2005]]||9||0||colspan="2"|–||1||1||4||0||14||1
|-
|[[Albirex Niigata]]||15||1||2||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||17||1
|-
|[[2006 J.League Division 1|2006]]||rowspan="2"|[[Júbilo Iwata]]||32||3||3||0||8||0||colspan="2"|–||43||3
|-
|[[2007 J.League Division 1|2007]]||13||1||colspan="2"|–||4||0||colspan="2"|–||17||1
|-
! colspan=3 | Germany
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | [[DFB-Pokal]]
! colspan=2 | Other
! colspan=2 | [[UEFA|Europe]]
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
|[[2007–08 2. Fußball-Bundesliga|2007–08]]||rowspan="2"|[[FC Carl Zeiss Jena|Carl Zeiss Jena]]||[[2. Fußball-Bundesliga|2. Bundesliga]]||3||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||4||0
|-
|[[2008–09 3. Fußball-Liga|2008–09]]||[[3. Fußball-Liga|3. Liga]]||17||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||18||0
|-
! colspan=3 | Japan
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | [[Emperor's Cup]]
! colspan=2 | [[J.League Cup]]
! colspan=2 | [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
|[[2009 J.League Division 1|2009]]||rowspan="2"|[[Oita Trinita]]||[[J1 League]]||10||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||12||0
|-
|[[2010 J.League Division 2|2010]]||[[J2 League]]||35||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||36||0
|-
|[[2011 J.League Division 1|2011]]||rowspan="3"|[[Albirex Niigata]]||rowspan="7"|[[J1 League]]||23||0||2||0||3||1||colspan="2"|–||28||1
|-
|[[2012 J.League Division 1|2012]]||18||1||1||0||4||0||colspan="2"|–||23||1
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[2013 J.League Division 1|2013]]||4||0||colspan="2"|–||3||0||colspan="2"|–||7||0
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Sagan Tosu]]||15||0||5||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||20||0
|-
|[[2014 J.League Division 1|2014]]||21||0||3||0||3||0||colspan="2"|–||27||0
|-
|[[2015 J1 League|2015]]||31||0||3||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||35||0
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[2016 in Japanese football|2016]]||4||0||colspan="2"|–||4||0||colspan="2"|–||8||0
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo|Consadole Sapporo]]||[[J2 League]]||17||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||18||0
|-
|[[2017 J1 League|2017]]||rowspan=2|[[J1 League]]||16||0||1||0||4||0||colspan="2"|–||21||0
|-
|[[2018 J1 League|2018]]||0||0||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||1||0
|-
! colspan=3 | Career total
!303||7||35||0||42||2||6||0||386||9
|}

===International===
:Source:<ref name="JNFTD">[http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/kikuchi_naoya.html Japan National Football Team Database]</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|colspan="3"|[[Japan national football team|Japan national team]]
|-
!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|[[2010 Japan national football team|2010]]||1||0
|-
!Total||1||0
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{FIFA player|182913}}
* {{NFT}}
* [http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/kikuchi_naoya.html Japan National Football Team Database]
* {{Soccerway}}
* {{J.League player}}
*[http://www.consadole-sapporo.jp/team/20170125043/ Profile at Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo]

{{Japan men's football squad 2004 Summer Olympics}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kikuchi, Naoya}}
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