Yuma Suzuki
Yuma Suzuki (鈴木 優磨, Suzuki Yūma, born 26 April 1996) is a Japanese footballer who plays a striker for Belgian Pro League side Sint-Truiden.[1]
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| Date of birth | 28 April 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Chōshi, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Sint-Truiden | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2003–2014 | Kashima Antlers | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2019 | Kashima Antlers | 97 | (27) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Sint-Truiden | 48 | (20) | |||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 October 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Club career
Kashima Antlers
Suzuki joined the Kashima Antlers youth system at the age of 7 in 2003.
After scoring two goals and leading Kashima Antlers to their first ever AFC Champions League title in 2018, Suzuki was named MVP of the competition.[2]
He was chosen as one of the candidates for award 2018 Asian Footballer of the Year.[3]
Sint-Truiden
On 15 July 2019, Suzuki joined Belgian First Division A club Sint-Truiden.[4] Suzuki scored his first goal for his new club on 21 September 2019, opening the scoring in his side's 3–0 victory over Sporting Charleroi.[5]
On 30 November 2019, Suzuki headed in the winning goal as Sint-Truiden upset defending league champions Genk, to move up to 10th in the league table.[6]
International career
He was called up to the Japan national team squad for the first time before the Kirin Cup on 7 November 2018,[7] but he was excluded because of suffering an ankle sprain in his club's AFC Champions League match.[8]
Career statistics
Club
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
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| Club | Season | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Kashima Antlers | 2015 | J1 League | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 2016 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 10 | ||
| 2017 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 44 | 16 | ||
| 2018 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | — | 52 | 17 | |||
| Total | 90 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 144 | 44 | ||
| Sint-Truiden | 2019–20 | Belgian First Division A | 24 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 7 |
| 2020–21 | 24 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 13 | ||
| Total | 48 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 20 | ||
| Career total | 138 | 47 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 193 | 63 | ||
References
- "鈴木 優磨：鹿島アントラーズ：Ｊリーグ.jp". jleague.jp. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- "Yuma Suzuki of Kashima named 2018 MVP". www.the-afc.com. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- "AWARD NOMINEES LIST 2018". www.the-afc.com.
- "STVV and Kashima Antlers Agree on the Transfer of Yuma Suzuki". STVV. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- "SPORTING CHARLEROI VS. SINT-TRUIDEN 0 - 3". Soccerway. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- "Yuma Suzuki lifts Sint-Truiden over Genk in Belgian top flight". Japan Times. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- "日本代表メンバー発表！ "NMD"が順当に選出、初招集は山中亮輔と鈴木優磨". フットボールチャンネル (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- "Comeback from leukemia continues for Albirex's Hayakawa". The Japan Times Online. 14 November 2018.
- Yuma Suzuki at Soccerway
- Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑", 10 February 2016, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411338 (p. 47 out of 289)
External links
- Yuma Suzuki – FIFA competition record
- Yuma Suzuki at J.League (in Japanese)
- Profile at Kashima Antlers