Kenta Furube

Kenta Furube

Personal information
Date of birth	30 November 1985
Place of birth	Hyōgo, Japan
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current team	Avispa Fukuoka
Number	29
Youth career
2008–2009	Yokohama F. Marinos
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2009–2011	Zweigen Kanazawa	77	(23)
2012–2015	V-Varen Nagasaki	141	(10)
2016–	Avispa Fukuoka
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 February 2016. † Appearances (goals)

Kenta Furube (古部 健太 Furube Kenta, born 30 November 1985) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays forward for Avispa Fukuoka in the J1 League.

Career

V-Varen Nagasaki: J. League Division 2

Furube played his first game in the J. League Division 2 for V-Varen Nagasaki on 24 March 2013 against Matsumoto Yamaga in which he started and played the full 90 minutes as Nagasaki drew the match 1–1.^[1] He then scored his first goal of the season for the club on 17 April 2013 in which he scored in the 83rd minute against Yokohama FC as he led Nagasaki to a 2–1 victory.^[2]

Career statistics

Updated to 23 February 2016.^{[3] [4]}

Club	Season	League		J. League Cup		Emperor's Cup		Other^1		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Zweigen Kanazawa	2009	12	8	–		2	1	–		14	9
	2010	32	8	–		2	1	–		34	9
	2011	33	7	–		2	0	–		35	7
V-Varen Nagasaki	2012	24	2	–		2	0	–		26	2
	2013	37	1	–		1	1	1	0	39	2
	2014	39	4	–		3	1	–		42	5
	2015	41	3	–		1	0	1	0	43	3
Career total		218	33	0	0	13	4	2	0	233	37

¹Includes Promotion Playoffs to J1.

References

1. "MATSUMOTO YAMAGA VS. V-VAREN NAGASAKI 1 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
2. "YOKOHAMA VS. V-VAREN NAGASAKI 1 - 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
3. Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑", 10 February 2016, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411338 (p. 151 out of 289)
4. Kenta Furube profile at Soccerway

External links

• V-Varen Nagasaki Profile.