Daisuke Matsui

is a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

## Biography

Matsui was born in Kyoto on May 11, 1981. After graduating from Kagoshima Jitsugyo High School, he joined J1 League club Kyoto Purple Sanga in 2000. He played many matches from first season. The club won the champions in the 2002 Emperor's Cup. In summer 2004, he moved to French Ligue 2 club Le Mans. The club won the 2nd place in the 2004/05 season and was promoted to Ligue 1. In 2008, he moved to Saint-Étienne. After that, he played Grenoble, Tom Tomsk, Dijon, Slavia Sofia and Lechia Gdańsk. In January 2014, he returned to Japan and joined Júbilo Iwata and played in 4 seasons. From summer 2017, he played Odra Opole, Yokohama FC and Saigon FC.

In June 2003, Matsui was selected the Japan national team for 2003 Confederations Cup. At this tournament, he debuted against Colombia on June 22. He was also selected Japan U-23 national team for 2004 Summer Olympics. From 2008, he played many matches under manager Takeshi Okada. In 2010, he was selected Japan for 2010 World Cup. He played all 4 matches and Japan qualified to the knockout stage. He also played at 2011 Asian Cup and Japan won the champions. This Asian Cup was his last game for Japan. He played 31 games and scored 1 goal for Japan until 2011.

## Statistics

|-
|2000||rowspan="5"|Kyoto Purple Sanga||J1 League||22||1||1||0||7||1||30||2
|-
|2001||J2 League||37||7||4||0||2||0||43||7
|-
|2002||rowspan="2"|J1 League||23||4||5||4||2||0||30||8
|-
|2003||27||2||1||0||2||0||30||2
|-
|2004||J2 League||18||2||0||0||colspan="2"|-||18||2

|-
|2004/05||rowspan="4"|Le Mans||Ligue 2||25||3||0||0||1||0||26||3
|-
|2005/06||rowspan="3"|Ligue 1||33||3||0||0||2||0||35||3
|-
|2006/07||27||4||0||0||2||0||29||4
|-
|2007/08||34||5||2||0||3||2||39||7
|-
|2008/09||Saint-Étienne||Ligue 1||22||1||2||0||1||0||25||1
|-
|2009/10||Grenoble||Ligue 1||29||4||2||1||1||0||32||5

|-
|2010||Tom Tomsk||Premier League||7||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||7||0

|-
|2010/11||Grenoble||Ligue 2||16||1||0||0||colspan="2"|-||16||1
|-
|2011/12||Dijon||Ligue 1||3||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||3||0

|-
|2012/13||Slavia Sofia||A Group||11||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||13||0

|-
|2013/14||Lechia Gdańsk||Ekstraklasa||16||4||2||0||colspan="2"|-||18||4

|-
|2014||rowspan="4"|Júbilo Iwata||rowspan="2"|J2 League||36||6||3||0||colspan="2"|-||39||6
|-
|2015||26||3||0||0||colspan="2"|-||26||3
|-
|2016||rowspan="2"|J1 League||16||0||3||0||3||1||22||1
|-
|2017||7||0||1||0||3||0||11||0

|-
|2017/18||Odra Opole||I liga||3||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||3||0

|-
|2018||rowspan="3"|Yokohama FC||rowspan="2"|J2 League||9||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||11||0
|-
|2019||24||2||1||1||colspan="2"|-||25||3
|-
|2020||J1 League||3||0||colspan="2"|-||0||0||3||0

|-
|2021||Saigon FC||V.League 1||||||||||||||||
248||27||21||5||19||2||288||34
189||20||6||1||10||2||218||23
7||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||7||0
11||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||13||0
19||4||2||0||colspan="2"|-||21||4
||||||||||||||
474||51||31||6||29||4||534||61
|}

|-
|2003||1||0
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|2004||0||0
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|2005||3||1
|-
|2006||0||0
|-
|2007||2||0
|-
|2008||7||0
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|2009||8||0
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|2010||8||0
|-
|2011||2||0
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!Total||31||1
|}

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Daisuke Matsui
- **image**: T.mitsui-slavia.jpg
- **image size**: 200
- **caption**: Matsui at PFC Slavia Sofia, Slavia Sofia in 2012
- **fullname**: Daisuke Matsui
- **birth place**: Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto, Japan
- **position**: Midfielder
- **currentclub**: Saigon FC
- **youthyears1**: 1997–1999
- **youthclubs1**: Kagoshima Jitsugyo High School
- **years1**: 2000–2004
- **clubs1**: Kyoto Sanga FC, Kyoto Purple Sanga
- **caps1**: 127
- **goals1**: 16
- **years2**: 2004–2008
- **clubs2**: Le Mans FC, Le Mans
- **caps2**: 120
- **goals2**: 17
- **years3**: 2008–2009
- **clubs3**: AS Saint-Étienne, Saint-Étienne
- **caps3**: 22
- **goals3**: 1
- **years4**: 2009–2011
- **clubs4**: Grenoble Foot 38, Grenoble
- **caps4**: 45
- **goals4**: 5
- **years5**: 2010
- **clubs5**: →FC Tom Tomsk, Tom Tomsk (loan)
- **caps5**: 7
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2011–2012
- **clubs6**: Dijon FCO, Dijon
- **caps6**: 3
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2012–2013
- **clubs7**: PFC Slavia Sofia, Slavia Sofia
- **caps7**: 11
- **goals7**: 0
- **years8**: 2013
- **clubs8**: Lechia Gdańsk
- **caps8**: 16
- **goals8**: 4
- **years9**: 2014–2017
- **clubs9**: Júbilo Iwata
- **caps9**: 85
- **goals9**: 9
- **years10**: 2017
- **clubs10**: Odra Opole
- **caps10**: 4
- **goals10**: 0
- **years11**: 2018–2020
- **clubs11**: Yokohama FC
- **caps11**: 36
- **goals11**: 2
- **years12**: 2021–
- **clubs12**: Saigon FC
- **nationalyears1**: 2004
- **nationalteam1**: Japan national under-23 football team, Japan U-23
- **nationalcaps1**: 3
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2003–2011
- **nationalteam2**: Japan national football team, Japan
- **nationalcaps2**: 31
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **club-update**: end of the 2020 season