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{{Short description|Japanese footballer (born 1981)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ryoichi Maeda<br/>前田 遼一
| image = Ryoichi Maeda - face.jpg
| upright = 0.9
| caption = Maeda in 2010
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|10|9|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kobe]], [[Hyogo Prefecture|Hyogo]], Japan
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| height = 1.83 m
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| currentclub = 
| clubnumber = 
| youthyears1 = 1997–1999
| youthclubs1 = [[Gyosei High School]]
| years1 = 2000–2014
| clubs1 = [[Júbilo Iwata]]
| caps1 = 363
| goals1 = 154
| years2 = 2015–2018
| clubs2 = [[FC Tokyo]]
| caps2 = 103
| goals2 = 17
| years3 = 2017–2018
| clubs3 = [[FC Tokyo U-23]]
| caps3 = 10
| goals3 = 3
| years4 = 2019–2020
| clubs4 = [[FC Gifu]]
| caps4 = 59
| goals4 = 6
| totalcaps = 525
| totalgoals = 177
| nationalyears1 = 2000–2001
| nationalteam1 = [[Japan national under-20 football team|Japan U-20]]
| nationalcaps1 = 12
| nationalgoals1 = 5
| nationalyears2 = 2003–2004
| nationalteam2 = [[Japan national under-23 football team|Japan U-23]]
| nationalcaps2 = 5
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2007–2013
| nationalteam3 = [[Japan national football team|Japan]]
| nationalcaps3 = 33
| nationalgoals3 = 10
| manageryears1 = 2021–2022
| managerclubs1 = [[Jubilo Iwata]] U-18 (Head coach)
| manageryears2 = 2023–
| managerclubs2 = [[Japan national football team|Japan]] (assistant coach)
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Team|[[Júbilo Iwata]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[J1 League]]|[[2002 J.League Division 1|2002]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[J1 League]]|[[2001 J.League Division 1|2001]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[J1 League]]|[[2003 J.League Division 1|2003]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[J.League Cup]]|[[2010 J.League Cup|2010]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[J.League Cup]]|[[2001 J.League Cup|2001]]}}
{{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 Asian Cup]]}}
{{Medal|G|[[2011 AFC Asian Cup|2011 Qatar]]|}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Asian Games]]}}
{{Medal|S|[[2002 Asian Games|2002 Busan]]|[[Football at the 2002 Asian Games – Men|Team]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[AFC U-19 Championship]]}}
{{Medal|S|[[2000 AFC Youth Championship|2000 Iran]]|}}
| club-update = end of 2020 season
| nationalteam-update = 
}}
{{Nihongo|'''Ryoichi Maeda'''|前田 遼一|Maeda Ryōichi|born 9 October 1981}} is a Japanese [[association football|football]] [[Coach (association football)|coach]] and former player who played as a [[forward (association football)|forward]].<ref>{{J.League player}}</ref> He was the [[J.League Top Scorer]] and [[J.League Best XI]] in [[2009 J.League Division 1|2009]] and [[2010 J.League Division 1|2010]].

He currently works as an assistant coach for the [[Japan national football team|Japan national team]].

==Club career==
Maeda was born in [[Kobe]], Japan but spent his childhood in the United States.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/soccer/news/2011/01/08/kiji/K20110108000011220.html | publisher=Sponichi Annex | date=8 January 2011 | script-title=ja:海外で頼れる男・前田　集団食中毒騒動にもひとり平然 | language=ja | access-date=2 August 2018 }}</ref> He was educated at and played for [[Gyosei Junior and Senior High School]] in Tokyo. While he was a high school student, he was chosen as one of the Designated Players for Development by [[J.League]] and [[Japan Football Association|JFA]]. Because of this status, Maeda was able to register as a [[Tokyo Verdy|Verdy Kawasaki]] player while he was still eligible to play for his high school club. However, he did not play any official match for Verdy.

After graduating from his high school in 2000, he joined [[Júbilo Iwata]]. His first appearance as a professional player came on 3 May 2000 in a league match against [[Kawasaki Frontale]]. His first professional goal came on 28 August 2001 in a [[2001 J.League Cup|J.League Cup]] game against [[JEF United Chiba|JEF United Ichihara]]. Although he could not play many matches behind [[Masashi Nakayama]] and [[Naohiro Takahara]] until 2002, he played as regular player from 2003. In the season 2009 was the [[J.League Top Scorer]] with twenty goals. In the 2010 season, Maeda became the top scorer again, netting 17 times.<ref>{{J.League player}}</ref> Júbilo also won the champions in [[2010 J.League Cup]]. At [[2010 J.League Cup Final]], he scored two goals and was selected MVP award in the tournament. However Júbilo was relegated to [[J2 League]] end of 2013 season. In 2014, although he scored 17 goals, Júbilo finished at the 4th place and missed promotion to J1.

In 2015, Maeda moved to J1 club [[FC Tokyo]]. He played as regular player until 2016. However his opportunity to play decreased from 2017 and he could hardly score goals in the match.

In 2019, Maeda moved to J2 club [[FC Gifu]].<ref>[https://www.fc-gifu.com/news_information/39619.html FC Gifu]{{in lang|ja}}</ref>

===Curse of Maeda===
Since the [[2007 J.League Division 1|2007 season]], for six straight seasons, each team Maeda scores his first goal of the league campaign against has eventually been relegated to [[J2 League]]. This has given rise to the so-called "curse of (Ryoichi) Maeda".<ref>[http://www.goal.com/en/slideshow/470/7 The curse of Ryoichi Maeda] Goal.com 26 September 2012 retrieved 4 December 2012</ref> It became a topic of wide public conversation in late 2012 as [[Gamba Osaka]], the team that he scored his first goal of that season against, was in the relegation zone despite having not ranked lower than third in the previous three seasons. Consistent with the "curse", Gamba Osaka was relegated to J2 following the last game of the season in which they lost against, funnily enough, Jubilo Iwata 2–1 with Maeda scoring a goal and an assist. The curse came to an end by the end of the 2013 season, as Maeda's first goal of the 2013 season came in a loss to Urawa, who will not be relegated.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}

==International career==
Maeda played for [[Japan national under-20 football team|Japan U20]] at the [[2001 FIFA World Youth Championship]] in Argentina. He also played for [[Japan national under-23 football team|Japan U23]] at the [[Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2004 Summer Olympics qualification]] but failed to be picked up to the squad for the finals in Greece.

After impressive performance at club, Maeda made his international debut for [[Japan national football team|Japan]] in a friendly against [[Cameroon national football team|Cameroon]] on 22 August 2007 at [[Oita Stadium]].<ref name=nationalteam>[http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/maeda_ryoichi.html Japan National Football Team Database]</ref> He scored his first international goal on 17 October 2007 in a friendly against [[Egypt national football team|Egypt]] at [[Nagai Stadium]] in [[Osaka]].<ref name=nationalteam/> In 2011, Maeda participated in his first major full international tournament at [[2011 AFC Asian Cup]] in Qatar and started all six games in Japan's Asian Cup winning campaign.{{fact|date=May 2019}} He was selected Japan for [[2013 FIFA Confederations Cup]]. He played 33 games and scored 10 goals for Japan until 2013.<ref name=nationalteam/>

==Career statistics==

===Club===
{{Updated|end of 2018 season}}<ref>[https://www.fc-gifu.com/news_information/39619.html FC Gifu]</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|[[Emperor's Cup]]
!colspan="2"|[[J.League Cup]]
!colspan="2"|[[Asian Football Confederation|Asia]]
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="16"|[[Júbilo Iwata]]
|[[2000 Júbilo Iwata season|2000]]
|rowspan="14"|[[J1 League]]
|1||0||3||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||4||0
|-
|[[2001 Júbilo Iwata season|2001]]
|9||2||2||1||5||1||colspan="2"|–||16||4
|-
|[[2002 Júbilo Iwata season|2002]]
|4||0||3||1||2||0||colspan="2"|–||9||1
|-
|[[2003 Júbilo Iwata season|2003]]
|28||7||5||1||9||5||colspan="2"|–||42||13
|-
|[[2004 Júbilo Iwata season|2004]]
|27||8||5||3||6||1||3||1||41||13
|-
|2005
|25||12||0||0||2||2||3||0||30||14
|-
|[[2006 Júbilo Iwata season|2006]]
|27||15||3||2||7||1||colspan="2"|–||37||18
|-
|[[2007 Júbilo Iwata season|2007]]
|22||12||2||1||0||0||colspan="2"|–||24||13
|-
|[[2008 Júbilo Iwata season|2008]]
|22||8||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||22||8
|-
|[[2009 Júbilo Iwata season|2009]]
|34||20||2||1||6||3||colspan="2"|–||42||24
|-
|[[2010 Júbilo Iwata season|2010]]
|33||17||1||0||10||3||colspan="2"|–||44||20
|-
|[[2011 Júbilo Iwata season|2011]]
|28||14||0||0||3||1||colspan="2"|–||31||15
|-
|[[2012 Júbilo Iwata season|2012]]
|33||13||1||1||4||2||colspan="2"|–||38||16
|-
|[[2013 Júbilo Iwata season|2013]]
|33||9||2||1||4||1||colspan="2"|–||39||11
|-
|[[2014 Júbilo Iwata season|2014]]
|[[J2 League]]
|37||17||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||37||17
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!363!!154!!29!!12!!58!!20!!6!!1!!456!!187
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[FC Tokyo]]
|[[2015 FC Tokyo season|2015]]
|rowspan="4"|J1 League
|30||9||2||1||6||0||colspan="2"|–||38||10
|-
|[[2016 FC Tokyo season|2016]]
|29||6||1||0||3||0||8||3||41||9
|-
|[[2017 FC Tokyo season|2017]]
|26||1||1||0||7||1||colspan="2"|–||34||2
|-
|[[2018 FC Tokyo season|2018]]
|18||1||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||19||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!103!!17!!4!!1!!17!!1!!8!!3||132!!22
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[FC Tokyo U-23]]
|[[2017 FC Tokyo U-23 season|2017]]
|rowspan="2"|[[J3 League]]
|2||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||2||0
|-
|[[2018 FC Tokyo U-23 season|2018]]
|8||3||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||8||3
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!10!!3!!colspan="2"|–!!colspan="2"|–!!colspan="2"|–!!10!!3
|-

!colspan="3"|Career total
!476!!174!!33!!13!!75!!21!!14!!4!!598!!212
|}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref>{{NFT player|20949|accessdate=}}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="7"|[[Japan national football team|Japan]]
|[[2007 Japan national football team|2007]]||2||1
|-
|[[2008 Japan national football team|2008]]||1||1
|-
|[[2009 Japan national football team|2009]]||2||0
|-
|[[2010 Japan national football team|2010]]||2||0
|-
|[[2011 Japan national football team|2011]]||9||4
|-
|[[2012 Japan national football team|2012]]||8||4
|-
|[[2013 Japan national football team|2013]]||9||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!33!!10
|}

:''Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Maeda goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Ryoichi Maeda<ref name=nationalteam/>
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| align="center"|1 || 17 October 2007 || [[Nagai Stadium]], [[Osaka]], Japan || {{fb|EGY}} || align="center"|3–0 || align="center"|4–1 || [[Afro-Asian Cup of Nations|2007 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations]]
|-
| align="center"|2 || 17 February 2008 || [[Chongqing Olympic Sports Center|Olympic Sports Center]], Chongqing, China || {{fb|PRK}} || align="center"|1–1 || align="center"|1–1 || [[East Asian Football Championship 2008]]
|-
| align="center"|3 || rowspan="2"|17 January 2011 || rowspan="2"|[[Ahmed bin Ali Stadium]], [[Al Rayyan]], Qatar || rowspan="2"|{{fb|KSA}} || align="center"|3–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|5–0 || rowspan="2"|[[2011 AFC Asian Cup]]
|-
| align="center"|4 || align="center"|4–0
|-
| align="center"|5 || 25 January 2011 || [[Al-Gharafa Stadium]], [[Doha]], Qatar || {{fb|KOR}} || align="center"|1–1 || align="center"|2–2 || 2011 AFC Asian Cup
|-
| align="center"|6 || 11 November 2011 || [[Pamir Stadium]], [[Dushanbe]], Tajikistan || {{fb|Tajikistan}} || align="center"|3–0 || align="center"|4–0 || [[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|7 || 24 February 2012 || [[Nagai Stadium]], [[Osaka]], Japan || {{fb|Iceland}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|3–1 || [[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|-
| align="center"|8 || 3 June 2012 || [[Saitama Stadium 2002]], [[Saitama, Saitama|Saitama]], Japan || {{fb|Oman}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|3–0 || 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| align="center"|9 || 8 June 2012 || Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan || {{fb|Jordan}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|6–0 || 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| align="center"|10 || 11 September 2012 || [[Saitama Stadium 2002]], [[Saitama, Saitama|Saitama]], Japan || {{fb|Iraq}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–0 || 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
|}

==Honours==
'''Júbilo Iwata'''
*[[J1 League]]: [[2002 J.League Division 1|2002]]
*[[J.League Cup]]: [[2010 J.League Cup|2010]]
*[[Japanese Super Cup]]: [[2003 Japanese Super Cup|2003]]

'''Japan'''
*[[AFC Asian Cup]]: [[2011 AFC Asian Cup|2011]]
*[[Afro-Asian Cup of Nations]]: [[2007 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations|2007]]

'''Individual'''
*[[Asian Young Footballer of the Year]]: 2000<ref>{{Cite news|title=Asian Player of the Year|publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]]|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/as-poy.html | access-date = 5 January 2013}}</ref>
*[[J.League Top Scorer]]: [[2009 J.League Division 1|2009]], [[2010 J.League Division 1|2010]]
*[[J.League Best XI]]: [[J.League Best XI#2009 Season|2009]], [[J.League Best XI#2010 Season|2010]]
*[[J.League Cup|J.League Cup MVP]]: [[2010 J.League Cup|2010]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*{{FIFA player|180937}}
* {{NFT}}
* [http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/maeda_ryoichi.html Japan National Football Team Database]
* {{J.League player}}
* {{Soccerway}}

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