{{Short description|Japanese footballer (born 1995)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Masaya Matsumoto <br> {{nobold|松本 昌也}} | image = | fullname = Masaya Matsumoto | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|1|25|df=y}} | birth_place = Nakatsu, Ōita, Japan | height = {{height|m=1.75}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jubilo-iwata.co.jp/season/player/2022/14 |title=Masaya Matsumoto |language=Japanese |publisher=Júbilo Iwata |access-date=26 September 2022}}</ref> | currentclub = Fagiano Okayama | clubnumber = 28 | position = Forward | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Wada SC | youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = FC Nakatsu 1981 | youthyears3 = 2007–2012 | youthclubs3 = JFA Academy Fukushima | years1 = 2013–2016 | clubs1 = Oita Trinita | caps1 = 97 | goals1 = 5 | years2 = 2017–2025 | clubs2 = Júbilo Iwata | caps2 = 221 | goals2 = 18 | years3 = 2025– | clubs3 = Fagiano Okayama | caps3 = 22 | goals3 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2011 | nationalteam1 = Japan U-17 | nationalcaps1 = 5 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | nationalyears2 = 2012 | nationalteam2 = Japan U-20 | nationalcaps2 = 4 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | club-update = 15 September 2025 | ntupdate = }}
{{Nihongo|'''Masaya Matsumoto'''|松本 昌也|Matsumoto Masaya|born 25 January 1995}} is a Japanese professional footballer who plays forward for Fagiano Okayama in the J1 League.
Primarily known for his time at Júbilo Iwata with over 200 league appearances for the club, Matsumoto has spent most of his career in the J1 League and the J2 League.
==Career==
On 19 October 2012, Matsumoto was announced at Oita Trinita from the 2013 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.gekisaka.jp/news/jleague/detail/?106348-108531-fl|title=U-19日本代表MF松本の大分入団が内定|trans-title=U-19 Japan national team midfielder Matsumoto has signed with Oita|language=Japanese|website=web.gekisaka.jp |date=19 October 2012 }}</ref> He scored his first league goal against Albirex Niigata on 10 November 2013, scoring in the 40th minute.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.gekisaka.jp/news/jleague/detail/?123670-128137-fl|title=田中達也が"珍ゴール"、川又も得点した新潟が大分に快勝|trans-title=Tanaka Tatsuya scores a rare goal, and Kawamata also scores as Niigata comfortably beat Oita|language=Japanese|website=web.gekisaka.jp |date=10 November 2013 }}</ref> In 2016, he switched his jersey number to 10, becoming the first Japanese player in the history of the club to wear the number 10.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://megalodon.jp/2018-0424-1218-49/https://sports.yahoo.co.jp:443/column/detail/201603080013-spnavi|title=２１歳の若武者が背負う日本人初の１０番 大分の背番号にまつわるストーリー|trans-title=The 21-year-old young warrior becomes the first Japanese to wear the number 10 jersey The story behind Oita's uniform numbers|language=Japanese|website=sports.yahoo.co.jp}}</ref>
On 21 December 2016, Matsumoto was announced at Júbilo Iwata on a permanent transfer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jubilo-iwata.co.jp/newslist/detail/?nw_seq=5226&year=2016&month=12|title=松本 昌也選手が完全移籍加入|trans-title=Masaya Matsumoto joins the team on a permanent transfer|language=Japanese|website=www.jubilo-iwata.co.jp}}</ref> After signing, he was described as a "key player" for the club, and was "highly praised" by manager Hiroshi Nanami.<ref name="Matsumoto Praise">{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerdigestweb.com/news/detail/id=22757|title=【磐田】中村俊輔に憧れてきた松本昌也。ユース代表で10番を背負った逸材の決意|trans-title=[Iwata] Matsumoto Masaya, who admired Nakamura Shunsuke. The determination of the talented player who wore the number 10 jersey for the youth national team|language=Japanese|website=www.soccerdigestweb.com}}</ref> On 20 August 2018, he scored his first goal for the club against Kashiwa Reysol, which he dedicated to both his brother, and team captain Kentaro Oi.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hochi.news/articles/20180819-OHT1T50316.html?page=1|title=【磐田】松本、大井と兄に贈る先制弾 Ｊ１で５年ぶりゴール|trans-title=[Iwata] Matsumoto scores the opening goal for Oi and his brother, his first goal in J1 in five years|language=Japanese|website=hochi.news |date=20 August 2018 }}</ref> In November 2023, he won the November 2023 Meiji Yasuda J.League KONAMI Monthly MVP award for helping Júbilo Iwata get promoted to the J1 League.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccer-king.jp/news/japan/jl/20231122/1833234.html|title=11月度のJ2月間MVPは松本昌也！ 2戦連発で磐田の"逆転昇格"の立役者に|trans-title=Masaya Matsumoto was named the J2 MVP for November! He played a key role in Iwata's comeback and promotion with two consecutive wins.|language=Japanese|website=www.soccer-king.jp |date=22 November 2023 }}</ref> During the 2024 season, he made 35 league appearances.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe253616/masaya-matsumoto/|title=Masaya Matsumoto Profile|website=www.worldfootball.net}}</ref>
On 23 February 2025, Matsumoto was announced at Fagiano Okayama on a permanent transfer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fagiano-okayama.com/news/202502231000/|title=松本 昌也選手 完全移籍加入のお知らせ|trans-title=Announcement of permanent transfer of Masaya Matsumoto|language=Japanese|website=www.fagiano-okayama.com}}</ref>
==International career==
Matsumoto played in all five games for the Japan U17 team during the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup in which Japan U17 made it to the quarter-finals of the tournament before bowing out to Brazil U17s.<ref>{{cite web|title=Masaya Matsumoto|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=331175/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110625003011/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=331175/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 June 2011|work=FIFA.com|accessdate=5 May 2013}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Matsumoto looks up to Shunsuke Nakamura, who he later became teammates with at Júbilo Iwata.<ref name="Matsumoto Praise"></ref>
==Career statistics==
===Club=== ''Updated to 8 August 2022''.<ref>Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, [https://www.amazon.co.jp/J1-J3%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E5%90%8D%E9%91%91%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E7%89%88-2018-NSK-MOOK/dp/4905411521 "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)"], 7 February 2018, Japan, {{ISBN|978-4905411529}} (p. 49 out of 289)</ref><ref>Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, [https://www.amazon.co.jp/2017-J1-J3%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E5%90%8D%E9%91%91-NSK-MOOK/dp/4905411424/ref=pd_sim_14_1/356-9491148-0114816?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=BA8BN4Y0F97GNWKQM78H "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)"], 8 February 2017, Japan, {{ISBN|978-4905411420}} (p. 106 out of 289)</ref><ref>Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, [https://www.amazon.co.jp/2016J1-J2-J3%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E5%90%8D%E9%91%91-NSK-MOOK/dp/4905411335/ref=pd_cp_14_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=1N6B11BBGDQ32GYF7MWJ "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑"], 10 February 2016, Japan, {{ISBN|978-4905411338}} (p. 251 out of 289)</ref><ref>{{soccerway|masaya-matsumoto/193119}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season ! colspan="3" |League !colspan="2"|Emperor's Cup !colspan="2"|J. League Cup !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |- |rowspan="4"|Oita Trinita |2013 |J1 League |9||1||0||0||4||0||13||1 |- |2014 | rowspan="2" |J2 League |28||2||0||0||colspan="2"|-||28||2 |- |2015 |32||1||3||0||colspan="2"|-||35||1 |- |2016 |J3 League |28||1||1||0||colspan="2"|-||29||1 |- | rowspan="6" |Júbilo Iwata |2017 | rowspan="3" |J1 League |18||0||4||1||5||0||27||1 |- |2018 |15||1||2||0||8||0||25||1 |- |2019 |34 |2 |1 |1 |0 |0 |35 |3 |- |2020 | rowspan="2" |J2 League |36 |2 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - |36 |2 |- |2021 |40 |4 |2 |0 | colspan="2" | - |42 |4 |- |2022 |J1 League |21 |0 |2 |0 |3 |1 |26 |1 |- ! colspan="2" |Total ! !261||14||15||2||20||1||296||17 |- |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{FIFA player|331175}} *{{J.League player|11368}} *[https://www.jubilo-iwata.co.jp/tas/player/2017/14.php Profile at Júbilo Iwata]
{{Fagiano Okayama squad}}
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