Taiki Watanabe

{{short description|Japanese footballer (born 1999)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Taiki Watanabe <br> {{nobold|渡邊泰基}} | fullname = Taiki Watanabe | image = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|4|22}} | birth_place = [[Niigata, Niigata|Niigata]], Japan | height = 1.80 m | currentclub = [[Yokohama F. Marinos]] | clubnumber = 39 | position = [[Left-back]] | youthyears1 = 2009–2014 | youthclubs1 = [[Albirex Niigata]] | youthyears2 = 2015–2017 | youthclubs2 = Maebashi Ikuei High School | years1 = 2018–2023 | clubs1 = [[Albirex Niigata]] | caps1 = 64 | goals1 = 2 | years2 = 2018–2020 | clubs2 = → [[Zweigen Kanazawa]] (loan) | caps2 = 64 | goals2 = 2 | years3 = 2024– | clubs3 = [[Yokohama F. Marinos]] | caps3 = 29 | goals3 = 0 | club-update = 16 September 2025 }}

{{nihongo|'''Taiki Watanabe'''|渡邊泰基|Watanabe Taiki|born 22 April 1999}} is a Japanese professional [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[left-back]] for {{Japanese football updater|YokoFMar}} club [[Yokohama F. Marinos]].

==Club career== After attending Maebashi Ikuei High School, Taiki Watanabe joined back with [[Albirex Niigata]] for the [[2018 J2 League|2018 season]], debuting in a [[J. League Cup]] match against [[FC Tokyo]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.gekisaka.jp/news/detail/?239755-239755-fl|title="栄冠"から2か月…新潟DF渡邊泰基、デビュー戦で2歳下の久保建英に刺激「負けたくなかった」|website=ゲキサカ|access-date=31 August 2018|archive-date=26 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626111024/https://web.gekisaka.jp/news/detail/?239755-239755-fl|url-status=live}}</ref>

Watanabe spent two years at Niigata before moving on loan to [[Zweigen Kanazawa]] mid-way through the [[2020 J2 League|2020 season]].<ref>{{cite web |title=渡邊泰基選手ツエーゲン金沢に期限付き移籍のお知らせ |url=https://www.albirex.co.jp/news/59352/ |website=アルビレックス新潟公式サイト｜ALBIREX NIIGATA OFFICIAL WEBSITE |access-date=14 February 2024 |language=ja |archive-date=14 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214232704/https://www.albirex.co.jp/news/59352/ |url-status=live }}</ref> After making 27 appearances for Zweigen Kanazawa in the second half of the season, his loan was extended for the whole of the 2021 season.

Watanabe scored his first professional goal in a 2-3 league defeat to [[Mito HollyHock]] in May 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Soccer D.B. : 2021 J2 League 21/05/05 Zweigen Kanazawa - Mito Hollyhock Results,Players,Highlight |url=https://soccer-db.net/result.php?g=20210505011&la=e |website=Soccer D.B. |access-date=14 February 2024 |language=en |archive-date=14 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214232704/https://soccer-db.net/result.php?g=20210505011&la=e |url-status=live }}</ref>

Watanabe returned to Albirex Niigata for the 2022 season, although he only played a handful of games in the season they were promoted to the [[J1 League]]. He made his J1 League debut in March 2023, in a 2–2 draw with [[Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo]] and went on to make 27 appearances across all competitions in the 2023 season.

In December 2023, it was announced that Watanabe would be joining [[Yokohama F. Marinos]].<ref>{{cite web |title=渡邊泰基選手横浜F・マリノスに完全移籍のお知らせ |url=https://www.albirex.co.jp/news/65338/ |website=アルビレックス新潟公式サイト｜ALBIREX NIIGATA OFFICIAL WEBSITE |access-date=14 February 2024 |language=ja |date=27 December 2023 |archive-date=28 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228165716/https://www.albirex.co.jp/news/65338/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Club statistics== {{updated|3 December 2023}}.<ref>Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ��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)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119084850/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 |date=19 November 2020 }}, 7 February 2018, Japan, {{ISBN|978-4905411529}} (p. 160 out of 289)</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Soccer D.B. : 2023 Taiki Watanabe Result by Season |url=https://soccer-db.net/player/index.php?pl=58039&la=e |website=Soccer D.B. |access-date=14 February 2024 |language=en |archive-date=14 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214232704/https://soccer-db.net/player/index.php?pl=58039&la=e |url-status=live }}</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 | National Cup ! colspan=2 | League Cup ! colspan=2 | Total |- ! Division ! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals |- ! colspan=3 | Japan ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | [[Emperor's Cup]] ! colspan=2 | [[J. League Cup]] ! colspan=2 | Total |- |rowspan="5"|[[Albirex Niigata]] |[[2018 J2 League|2018]] |[[J2 League]] |21||0||1||0||5||0||27||0 |- |[[2019 J2 League|2019]] |J2 League |16||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||17||0 |- |[[2022 J2 League|2022]] |J2 League |6||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||7||0 |- |[[2023 J2 League|2023]] |[[J1 League]] |21||2||2||0||4||0||27||2 |- !colspan="2"|Total !64||2||5||0||9||0||78||2 |- |rowspan="3"|[[Zweigen Kanazawa]] (loan) |[[2020 J2 League|2020]] |J2 League |27||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||27||0 |- |[[2021 J2 League|2021]] |J2 League |37||2||0||0||colspan="2"|–||37||2 |- !colspan="2"|Total !64||2||0||0||0||0||64||2 |- |[[Yokohama F. Marinos]] |[[2024 J1 League|2024]] |J1 League |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- ! colspan=3 | Career total !128||4||5||0||9||0||142||4 |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{J.League player}} *[https://www.jleague.jp/club/niigata/player/detail/1504374/ Profile at J. League] *[http://www.albirex.co.jp/clubs/6315/top_player?club=10 Profile at Albirex Niigata]

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