Masaaki Goto
Goalkeeper · V-Varen Nagasaki · №1
Recent matches
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
Vissel Kobe
V-Varen Nagasaki
J1 League
|
3:1 | |
V-Varen Nagasaki
Gamba Osaka
J1 League
|
2:2 | |
Kashiwa Reysol
V-Varen Nagasaki
J1 League
|
4:2 | |
Fagiano Okayama
V-Varen Nagasaki
J1 League
|
1:0 | |
V-Varen Nagasaki
Kyoto Sanga
J1 League
|
2:1 | |
Mito Hollyhock
V-Varen Nagasaki
J1 League
|
0:1 | |
|
V-Varen Nagasaki
Mito Hollyhock
J1 League
|
1:0 | |
|
V-Varen Nagasaki
Vissel Kobe
J1 League
|
2:2 | |
Cerezo Osaka
V-Varen Nagasaki
J1 League
|
3:2 | |
|
V-Varen Nagasaki
Fagiano Okayama
J1 League
|
2:1 |
Season statistics
| Competition | Season | Games |
|---|---|---|
| J1 League | 2026 | 19 |
| J1 League | 2027 | 5 |
About the player
Masaaki Goto arrived in J-League football with Shonan Bellmare in 2017, part of the group that won the J2 title that year and the J.League Cup the following season. A loan to Zweigen Kanazawa in 2019 gave him a handful of league games, and when he returned there permanently in 2021 he played 37 league matches that season.
The move to Montedio Yamagata in 2022 marked the turning point. Across three seasons there he made well over a hundred league appearances, and by 2024 he had earned a place in the J2 League Best XI and was singled out as Player of the Day for his display against Tochigi SC.
That form carried him to V-Varen Nagasaki on a free transfer at the start of 2025. Every move of his career — from Shonan to Kanazawa, Kanazawa to Yamagata, and Yamagata to Nagasaki — has come on a free transfer.
Career path
- 2025 — 2027 — now V-Varen Nagasaki 56 matches
- 2022 — 2024 Montedio Yamagata 122 matches
- 2019 — 2021 Zweigen Kanazawa 42 matches
- 2017 — 2020 Shonan Bellmare 9 matches
Career
| Season | Club | Competition | Games | Goals | Assists | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/27 | V-Varen Nagasaki | J1 League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 450 |
| 2026 | V-Varen Nagasaki | J1 100 Year Vision League | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 440 |
| 2025 | V-Varen Nagasaki | J2 League | 35 | 0 | 0 | 3 150 |
| 2024 | Montedio Yamagata | J2 League | 38 | 0 | 0 | 3 420 |
| 2024 | Montedio Yamagata | J1 qualification Play-off | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 2023 | Montedio Yamagata | J2 League | 38 | 0 | 0 | 3 420 |
| 2023 | Montedio Yamagata | J1 qualification Play-off | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 2022 | Montedio Yamagata | J2 League | 42 | 0 | 0 | 3 701 |
| 2022 | Montedio Yamagata | J1 qualification Play-off | 2 | 0 | 0 | 180 |
| 2021 | Zweigen Kanazawa | J2 League | 37 | 0 | 0 | 3 330 |
| 2020 | Shonan Bellmare | J1 League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 270 |
| 2020 | Shonan Bellmare | J. League Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 2019 | Zweigen Kanazawa | J2 League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 270 |
| 2019 | Zweigen Kanazawa | Emperor’s Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 180 |
| 2018 | Shonan Bellmare | J. League Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 270 |
| 2017 | Shonan Bellmare | Emperor’s Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 210 |
| Total | Montedio Yamagata | 122 | 0 | 0 | 10 901 | |
| Total | V-Varen Nagasaki | 56 | 0 | 0 | 5 040 | |
| Total | Zweigen Kanazawa | 42 | 0 | 0 | 3 780 | |
| Total | Shonan Bellmare | 9 | 0 | 0 | 840 |
Transfers
Transfers- 24/25 Monte. Yamagata V-V. Nagasaki
- 21/22 Zweig. Kanazawa Monte. Yamagata
- 20/21 Shonan Bellmare Zweig. Kanazawa
- 19/20 Zweig. Kanazawa Shonan Bellmare
- 18/19 Shonan Bellmare Zweig. Kanazawa
- 16/17 Waseda Univ. Shonan Bellmare
- 12/13 Kugayama HS Waseda Univ.
