Riku Matsuda (footballer, born 1999)

Riku Matsuda (松田 陸) is a Japanese footballer who plays for JEF United Chiba. His regular playing position is right full-back.

Career
After graduating from Maebashi Ikuei High School, with whom he won the All Japan High School Soccer Tournament, Matsuda signed for Gamba Osaka ahead of the 2018 J1 League season. He debuted for Gamba's Under-23 side in week 2 of the 2018 J3 League, coming on as a 58th-minute substitute for Yuto Mori in a 4-1 defeat away to Kagoshima United.

Matsuda played a total of 24 games, including 23 starts, in his first season of senior football to help Gamba U-23 finish 6th in the final standings. He didn't feature in any of Gamba's top team's matches but was named on the substitutes bench twice, once in the J.League and once in the J.League Cup.

Career statistics
Last update: 2 December 2018

Reserves performance
Last Updated: 2 December 2018