is a Japanese

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who plays as a

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or a

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for club

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Sanfrecce Hiroshima () is a Japanese professional association football, football club based in Hiroshima. The club competes in the J1 League, top flight of the Japanese football league system. Sanfrecce is one of the most successful clubs in Ja ...

Career

In 2016, when he was in his third year of high school, he was the captain of the

Youth and played an active role as a central player in the three-back team. While contributing to winning the Prince Takamado Trophy U-18 Soccer League Premier League WEST, on the other hand, he spent a lot of time practicing with the top team as a class 2 registered player (wearing uniform number 38 during the class 2 registration period). On September 1, it was decided that they would be officially promoted to the top team of

from the next season. Osamu Henry Iyoha joined

J1 League The , the J.League or the for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Japan and the highest level of the Japanese football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation ...

club

in 2017. On June 21, he debuted in

Emperor's Cup , commonly known as or Japan FA Cup, and rebranded as The JFA Emperor's Cup from 2024 onwards, is a Japanese annual football competition. It has the longest tradition of any football tournament in Japan, dating back to 1921, before the formatio ...

Kagoshima United FC is a Japanese professional football club based in Kagoshima, Capital of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. That was formed from the merger of ''Volca Kagoshima'' and ''FC Kagoshima''. Both clubs played in the Kyushu Soccer League before the merger. T ...

). In 2018, Iyoha was sent on a long-term loan to

FC Gifu Football Club Gifu (フットボールクラブ岐阜, ''Futtobōrukurabu Gifu''), abbreviated as is a Japanese football club based in Gifu, capital of Gifu Prefecture, Japan. They play in the J3 League, the third tier of Japanese professional ...

until 2020. He made 42 appearances for the club during his three seasons. In October 2020, Iyoha scored his professional goal in a 4–0 league victory over Iwate Grulla Morioka. For the 2021 season, Iyoha was loaned out to Kagoshima United, where he made 12 appearances in the

J3 League or simply J3 is the third division of . It was established in 2013 as the third-tier professional association football league in Japan under the organization of J.League. The league is known as the for sponsorship reasons. The third-tier nation ...

. In 2022, Iyoha loaned was once sent out on loan, this time to newly promoted

J2 League The or simply J2 is the second division of the and the second level of the Japanese association football league system. The top tier is represented by the J1 League. It (along with the rest of the J.League) is currently sponsored by Meiji Yasud ...

club Roasso Kumamoto. Here he became a regular in the side and made 39 appearances across all competitions, scoring two goals. In December 2022, Iyoha joined

club

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on loan for the 2023 season. Iyoha returned to Sanfrecce Hiroshima for the 2024 season.

Career statistics

Club

Personal life

Born in Japan to a Nigerian father and Japanese mother.

References

External links

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Profile at FC Gifu
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Iyoha, Osamu Henry 1998 births Living people Association football people from Aichi Prefecture People from Kōnan, Aichi Japanese men's footballers Japanese people of Nigerian descent Sportspeople of Nigerian descent J1 League players J2 League players J3 League players Sanfrecce Hiroshima players Kyoto Sanga FC players Roasso Kumamoto players Kagoshima United FC players FC Gifu players Men's association football defenders 21st-century Japanese sportsmen