Taiki Watanabe

Taiki Watanabe
渡邊泰基

Personal information
Full name	Taiki Watanabe
Date of birth	(1999-04-22) 22 April 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	Niigata, Japan
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	Yokohama F. Marinos
Number	39
Youth career
2009–2014	Albirex Niigata
2015–2017	Maebashi Ikuei High School
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2023	Albirex Niigata	64	(2)
2018–2020	→ Zweigen Kanazawa (loan)	64	(2)
2024–	Yokohama F. Marinos	4	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:26, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

Taiki Watanabe (渡邊泰基, Watanabe Taiki, born 22 April 1999) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a left-back for J1 League club Yokohama F. Marinos.

Club career

After attending Maebashi Ikuei High School, Taiki Watanabe joined back with Albirex Niigata for the 2018 season, debuting in a J. League Cup match against FC Tokyo.^[1]

Watanabe spent two years at Niigata before moving on loan to Zweigen Kanazawa mid-way through the 2020 season.^[2] After making 27 appearances for Zweigen Kanazawa in the second half of the season, his loan was extended for the whole of the 2021 season.

Watanabe scored his first professional goal in a 2-3 league defeat to Mito HollyHock in May 2021.^[3]

Watanabe returned to Albirex Niigata for the 2022 season, although he only played a handful of games in the season they were promoted to the J1 League. He made his J1 League debut in March 2023, in a 2–2 draw with Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo and went on to make 27 appearances across all competitions in the 2023 season.

In December 2023, it was announced that Watanabe would be joining Yokohama F. Marinos.^[4]

Club statistics

As of 3 December 2023.^[5][6]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		Total
Albirex Niigata	2018	J2 League	21	0	1	0	5	0	27	0
	2019	J2 League	16	0	1	0	–		17	0
	2022	J2 League	6	0	1	0	–		7	0
	2023	J1 League	21	2	2	0	4	0	27	2
	Total		64	2	5	0	9	0	78	2
Zweigen Kanazawa (loan)	2020	J2 League	27	0	0	0	–		27	0
	2021	J2 League	37	2	0	0	–		37	2
	Total		64	2	0	0	0	0	64	2
Yokohama F. Marinos	2024	J1 League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career total			128	4	5	0	9	0	142	4

References

1. ""栄冠"から2か月…新潟DF渡邊泰基、デビュー戦で2歳下の久保建英に刺激「負けたくなかった」". ゲキサカ. Archived from the original on 26 June 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
2. "渡邊 泰基 選手 ツエーゲン金沢に期限付き移籍のお知らせ". アルビレックス新潟 公式サイト｜ALBIREX NIIGATA OFFICIAL WEBSITE (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 14 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
3. "Soccer D.B. : 2021 J2 League 21/05/05 Zweigen Kanazawa - Mito Hollyhock Results,Players,Highlight". Soccer D.B. Archived from the original on 14 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
4. "渡邊 泰基 選手 横浜F・マリノスに完全移籍のお知らせ". アルビレックス新潟 公式サイト｜ALBIREX NIIGATA OFFICIAL WEBSITE (in Japanese). 27 December 2023. Archived from the original on 28 December 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
5. Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)" Archived 19 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine, 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 160 out of 289)
6. "Soccer D.B. : 2023 Taiki Watanabe Result by Season". Soccer D.B. Archived from the original on 14 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.

External links

• Taiki Watanabe at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
• Profile at J. League
• Profile at Albirex Niigata