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Kakeru Funaki, Left-Back at Albirex Niigata

Kakeru

Funaki

LB Albirex Niigata #77

Left-Back – Defender

Kakeru Funaki

Albirex Niigata J1 League
  • #2173 centre-back aged 26–29
Date of birth / Age
13 Apr 1998 (28)
Citizenship
Japan
Foot
Left
Height · Weight
1.77 m / 65 kg
Main position
Left-Back
Contract until
2027

Benchmarks

centre-backs with 900+ minutes, last two seasons

World rank

#7300

centre-back in the world by TSH Score

In his age group

#2173

among centre-backs aged 26–29

In his league

3%

of J2 League centre-backs rank below him

Season 2026/27

Appearances
6
Starting eleven
7
Goals
0
Assists
0
Yellow cards
0
Second yellows
0
Red cards
0
Minutes
580
Starting eleven117%

7 of 6 appearances

Positions played

117 matches · since 2018
PositionAppsGA
Left-Back
80 2 1
Centre-Back
32 1 0
Right-Back
2 0 0
Attacking Midfield
1 0 0
Other · CM, LW
2 0 0

Career stats

Season
Competitions
Club
By competitionAppsGA
J1 League8731
J-League Cup322–
J2 League2800
J2/J3 100 Year Vision League190–
J3 League160–
Japan U1950–
Japan U2230–
AFC Champions League Elite20–
Japan U2020–
J.League Asia Challenge10–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 2 Nov 2026.

Clubs and transfers

  1. Jul 2025 · Transfer Cerezo Osaka Albirex Niigata
  2. Jan 2022 · Back from Loan Sagamihara Cerezo Osaka
  3. Feb 2021 · Loan Cerezo Osaka Sagamihara Loan
  4. Jan 2021 · Back from Loan Júbilo Iwata Cerezo Osaka
  5. Feb 2020 · Loan Cerezo Osaka Júbilo Iwata Loan
  6. Jan 2017 · Free Transfer Cerezo Osaka Cerezo Osaka Free

Clubs

  1. ClubAppsGoals
  2. Albirex Niigata 2025–2027 31 0
  3. Cerezo Osaka 2017–2025 115 5
  4. Sagamihara 2021 17 0
  5. Júbilo Iwata 2020 6 0
  6. Cerezo Osaka U23 2019 16 0

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  • Top speed34.2 km/h

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Right winger, 24, left foot

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Beats his man one against one, arrives late at the far post, presses the full-back hard.

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Loses duels in the air; final pass drops under fatigue.

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Right winger, 24, left foot

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Beats his man one against one, arrives late at the far post, presses the full-back hard.

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Loses duels in the air; final pass drops under fatigue.

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