SOCCER PLAYER

Naoki Ishihara

1984 - Today

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Naoki Ishihara (石原 直樹, Ishihara Naoki; born 14 August 1984) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a forward. He started his career at Shonan Bellmare, before later playing for Omiya Ardija, Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Urawa Red Diamonds and Vegalta Sendai before announcing his retirement in March 2022. He made over 500 appearances at senior club level in Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Naoki Ishihara is the 16,252nd most popular soccer player (up from 16,903rd in 2024), the 4,303rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 3,779th in 2019) and the 2,097th most popular Japanese Soccer Player.

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Among people born in 1984, Naoki Ishihara ranks 1,202Before him are Hamed Namouchi, Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai, Linn Jørum Sulland, Kanu, Doka Madureira, and Renat Yanbayev. After him are Ivo Angelov, Kendrick Perkins, Elana Meyers, Xosha Roquemore, Konrad Wasielewski, and Tom Høgli.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Japan

Among soccer players born in Japan, Naoki Ishihara ranks 2,110Before him are Yukihiro Aoba (1979), Masaru Kurotsu (1982), Kenta Shimaoka (1973), Kentaro Kawasaki (1982), Yoshinari Hyakutake (1977), and Yuki Fuji (1981). After him are Yohei Takasu (1981), Issei Takayanagi (1986), Nobuaki Yanagida (1970), Norihiro Yamagishi (1978), Hideaki Tominaga (1976), and Moeno Sakaguchi (1992).