is a

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player who plays for

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Playing career

Shibasaki was born in

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on May 23, 1982. After graduating from high school, he joined

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club

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in 2001. Although he debuted in 2002, he struggled for gametime behind

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and

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. In 2004, he moved to J2 club

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. However, he struggled for gametime behind

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. In 2006, he moved to J1 club

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but could not play at all due to Yoichi Doi. In 2007, Shibasaki re-joined

for the first time in 4 years. He struggled for minutes behind

and Yoichi Doi who joined Verdy in 2008. However, Takagi left Verdy at the end of 2009 and Doi was injured in May 2011. So, Shibasaki became the regular goalkeeper instead of Doi from May 2011. Although he also played as regular goalkeeper in 2012, Shibasaki lost his position behind Doi from July 2012. In 2013, although Doi retired end of 2012 season, Shibasaki also moved to

, going on his first ever loan. He played 13 matches. However, the club won only two matches in the first 10 matches, so he lost his position to

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in April. In 2014, Shibasaki returned to

. However, he was mainly a bench player behind Yuya Sato until 2015. In 2016, Sato left Verdy at the end of the 2015 season. Shibasaki battled with new player Ryota Suzuki for the position and played 19 times. In 2017, Suzuki left Verdy at the end of the 2016 season and Shibasaki played as the starting goalkeeper in all 42 matches. However, he struggled for gametime behind new player

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from 2018. He joined

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in 2022 and then

in 2023.

Club statistics

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shibasaki, Takahiro 1982 births Living people Japanese men's footballers J1 League players J2 League players J3 League players 21st-century Japanese sportsmen Tokyo Verdy players Yokohama FC players FC Tokyo players category:SC Sagamihara players Men's association football goalkeepers Association football people from Yokosuka, Kanagawa