Genta Miura

Genta Miura
三浦 弦太
Personal information
Full name Genta Miura
Date of birth (1995-03-01) 1 March 1995
Place of birth Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Gamba Osaka
Number 5
Youth career
2010–2012 Osaka Toin High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Shimizu S-Pulse 45 (0)
2017– Gamba Osaka 236 (8)
International career‡
2017– Japan 10 (1)
Medal record
Representing  Japan
AFC Asian Cup
Silver medal – second place2019 United Arab Emirates
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 August 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 December 2019

Genta Miura (三浦 弦太, Miura Genta; born 1 March 1995 in Toyohashi) is a Japanese footballer who is the captain of J1 League side Gamba Osaka. He is also a Japanese international and his regular playing position is centre back.[1][2]

Club career

Born in Toyohashi in Aichi, central Japan, Miura moved to Osaka during his high school years. After graduating from Osaka Toin High School, he was signed by J1 side Shimizu S-Pulse on 2013.

Miura played in 16 league matches across his first 3 seasons in Shizuoka before establishing himself as a regular in 2016 following the club's relegation to Japan's second tier. He played 29 J2 matches to help S-Pulse to 2nd place in the final standings and promotion back to Japan's top flight.

His performances for Shimizu brought him to the attention of Gamba Osaka who signed him ahead of the 2017 season.[3] Miura played in all 34 league games as well as 11 in the cup in his first season in Osaka. Gamba changed head coaches ahead of the 2018 campaign with Brazilian Levir Culpi taking over from the long-serving Kenta Hasegawa and he named Miura as his captain, taking over the role from veteran Yasuhito Endō.

Miura once again played every league game in 2018 which would prove to be a disappointing year for Gamba who struggled badly in the first half of the year under Culpi's leadership but improved markedly towards the end of the campaign under new head-coach Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, eventually ending up in 9th place in the final standings.[1]

National Team career

Miura earned his first call up to Japan's national team, then managed by Vahid Halilhodžić, ahead of the 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship and debuted in the 2-1 win over China on 12 December. He also played in the 4-1 defeat to South Korea 4 days later which saw Japan finish as runners-up in the tournament.

His next international involvement came in September 2018 under new national team coach Hajime Moriyasu. Miura played the full 90 minutes of a 3-0 home friendly win over Costa Rica and subsequently featured in the 4-3 victory over Uruguay in October and the 4-0 rout of Kyrgyzstan in November.[4]

Miura was named in Japan's squad for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates.[5][6] He played one game at the tournament, the 2-1 victory over Uzbekistan on 17 January 2019.[7]

Career statistics

As of match played 30 May 2026[8][1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J. League Cup Asia Other Total
Shimizu S-Pulse2013J. League Division 1200010——30
2014701000——80
2015J1 League700030——100
2016J2 League29020———310
Total 4503040——520
Gamba Osaka2017J1 League34220207[a]1—453
20183401160——411
20193111092——413
20202022020——242
202126010205[a]01[b]0350
20223302041——391
20232511140——302
2024910000——302
20258020106[c]0—170
2026J1 (100)161——6[c]1—222
Total 23681223032421030315
Career total 28181523432421035515
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in Japanese Super Cup
  3. 1 2 Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League Two

Reserves performance

Club performance League Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Total
2014J.League U-22 SelectionJ38181
20153030
Career total 111111

National team statistics

Last Update: 18 December 2019[4]

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
201720
201830
201951
Total101

International goals

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first.[9]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.10 December 2019Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan, South Korea China2–02–12019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship

Honours

Gamba Osaka

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Genta Miura Soccerway Player Statistics". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Genta Miura Gamba Osaka Player Profile". Gamba Osaka (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "Gamba Osaka News – Genta Miura Signing". Gamba Osaka (in Japanese). 6 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  4. 1 2 Japan National Football Team Database(in Japanese)
  5. ↑ "Japan announce squad for UAE 2019". AFC. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  6. ↑ "SAMURAI BLUE森保監督、「成長しながら王座奪還を目指す」" (in Japanese). JFA. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  7. ↑ "Japan 2-1 Uzbekistan". AFC. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  8. ↑ 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. 164 out of 289)
  9. ↑ "Miura, Genta". National Football Teams. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
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