Ren Shibamoto (芝本 蓮, Shibamoto Ren, born 22 July 1999) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as Central Midfielder. He currently plays for Tiamo Hirakata.[1][2][3]

Ren Shibamoto
芝本 蓮
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-07-22) 22 July 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Minoh, Osaka, Japan
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Tiamo Hirakata
Youth career
TSK Kurio
Osaka Central FC
0000–2019 Gamba Osaka
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Gamba Osaka U-23 105 (6)
2019–2022 Gamba Osaka 1 (0)
2021SC Sagamihara (loan) 6 (0)
2022Fujieda MYFC (loan) 9 (0)
2023– Tiamo Hirakata 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 January 2023, 8:20 (UTC)

Club career

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Born in Osaka Prefecture, Shibamoto joined local side Gamba Osaka as a youth. He was included in the club's under-23 side for the 2017 season, and made his debut on April 15, 2017, coming on as a half time substitute for Takahiro Ko in a 2-0 defeat to Nagano Parceiro.[4][5] In total he played 29 games and scored 1 goal in 2017 as his side finished 16th out of 17 teams in the final standings.

His performances in J3 didn't go unnoticed and at the age of 18 he was given a senior Gamba Osaka contract ahead of the 2018 season.[6] He was handed the number 32 jersey ahead of his debut season, however, owing to his tender years his top team action was limited to 5 outings as an unused substitute, 3 in J1 League and 2 in the J.League Cup.

Gamba operated a new policy for their J3 side in 2018, utilising it as reserve team as opposed to a youth team as it had been run the previous season. This limited Shibamoto's game time and he started just 13 times out of a total of 22 appearances and contributed 2 goals as Gamba U-23 finished 6th in the final standings.[2]

After loan at J3 club, SC Sagamihara and Fujieda MYFC for two seasons respectively,[7][8] he left from the club in 2022 after a once play at Gamba Osaka in top tier.

On 26 January 2023, Shibamoto announcement official transfer to JFL club, Tiamo Hirakata ahead of the 2023 season.[9]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of the start of 2023 season.[10][11]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Gamba Osaka U-23 2017 J3 League 28 1 28 1
2018 22 2 22 2
2019 32 3 32 3
2020 23 0 23 0
Total 105 6 0 0 0 0 105 6
Gamba Osaka 2019 J1 League 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 1 0
2020 1 0 0 0 1[a] 0 2 0
2021 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
SC Sagamihara (loan) 2021 J2 League 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Fujieda MYFC (loan) 2022 J3 League 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Total 15 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
Tiamo Hirakata 2023 Japan Football League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 121 6 0 0 2 0 123 6
Notes
  1. ^ a b Appearances in the J. League Cup

References

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  1. ^ "ユース". Gamba Osaka (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Ren Shibamoto Soccerway Player Statistics". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Ren Shibamoto Gamba Osaka Player Profile". Gamba Osaka (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  4. ^ "ガンバ大阪U-23 0-2 AC長野パルセイロ". Football Lab Japan (in Japanese). 15 April 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  5. ^ "2017明治安田生命J3リーグ   第5節". AC Nagano Parceiro (in Japanese). 15 April 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Gamba Osaka News – Ren Shibamoto Promotion". Gamba Osaka (in Japanese). 28 November 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  7. ^ "【G大阪】MF芝本蓮がJ2昇格の相模原へ期限付き移籍". スポーツ報知. 8 January 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  8. ^ "芝本蓮選手 ガンバ大阪より育成型期限付き移籍加入のお知らせ". 藤枝MYFC. 22 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  9. ^ "【選手情報】2023シーズン 芝本 蓮選手 加入のお知らせ". FCティアモ枚方. 26 January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  10. ^ 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)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 193 out of 289)
  11. ^ Ren Shibamoto at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
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