Arata Izumi
Izumi in 2009
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 31 July 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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NEROCA | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005 | Albirex Niigata Singapore | 22 | (3) |
| 2006 | Mitsubishi Mizushima | 24 | (4) |
| 2006–2007 | East Bengal | 14 | (1) |
| 2007–2009 | Mahindra United | 84 | (20) |
| 2009–2015 | Pune | 129 | (25) |
| 2015–2016 | Atlético Kolkata | 11 | (5) |
| 2016 | → Mumbai (loan) | 13 | (1) |
| 2016 | Pune City | 9 | (1) |
| 2017– | NEROCA | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 2013– | India | 9 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:33, 2 June 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 January 2019 |
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Arata Izumi (和泉 新 Izumi Arata?, born 31 July 1982) is a Japanese-born Indian footballer who plays for NEROCA as a midfielder in the I-League 2nd Division.
In 2005 Izumi started his professional football career with Albirex Niigata Singapore of the S.League. Albirex Niigata Singapore was an affiliate of Albirex Niigata of the J.League. Arata grew a reputation for his speed while in the S.League. He scored his first professional goal of his career against Tampines Rovers in the S.League on 18 September 2005. He then scored his second goal of the season on 30 September 2005 against Woodlands Wellington. Arata ended the season with 22 caps in S.League with 3 goals and 2 caps in the Singapore Cup scoring 1 goal.
In 2006 after a successful season with Albirex Niigata Singapore in which the team finished 5th in the S.League, Arata moved back to Japan and signed for Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima of the Japan Football League. While with the team Arata also worked for Mitsubishi Motors as a toso (a person of paints cars). He worked 10 hours a day from 5 in the morning to 6 in the evening with the car company and then he spent 2 hours practicing with the football team. Despite scoring 7 goals and gaining 7 assists in 24 games during the 2006 season Izumi could not stop the club finishing in 17th place, 2nd the last that season.
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