Kenyu Sugimoto

Kenyu Sugimoto
杉本健勇
Personal information
Full name	Kenyu Sugimoto
Date of birth	18 November 1992
Place of birth	Ikuno-ku, Osaka, Japan
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current team	Cerezo Osaka
Number	9
Youth career
2001–2005	FC Ruy Ramos Vejitto
2005–2010	Cerezo Osaka Youth
Senior career*
National team‡
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:12, 14 March 2018 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 March 2018

Kenyu Sugimoto (杉本健勇, Sugimoto Ken'yū, born 18 November 1992 in Osaka) is a Japanese football player. He currently plays for Cerezo Osaka.

National team career

In October 2009, Sugimoto was elected Japan U-17 national team for 2009 U-17 World Cup. He played all 3 matches and scored a goal against Brazil in first match. In October 2102, he was elected Japan U-23 national team for 2012 Summer Olympics. He played 4 matches and Japan won the 4th place.

In September 2017, Sugimoto was elected Japan national team for 2018 World Cup qualification. At this qualification, on 5 September, he debuted against Saudi Arabia.^[1]

As of match played on 14 March 2018.^[2]^[3]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Cerezo Osaka	2011	J1 League	15	2	0	0	—		1	0	16	2
	2012		12	1	1	0	—				13	1
	2013		30	3	1	0	6	0	—		37	3
	2014		31	5	2	0	2	0	7	0	42	5
	Total		88	11	4	0	8	0	8	0	108	5
Tokyo Verdy	2012	J2 League	18	5	0	0	—				18	5
Kawasaki Frontale	2015	J1 League	24	6	1	0	6	1	—		31	7
Cerezo Osaka	2016	J2 League	43	14	0	0	—				43	14
	2017	J1 League	34	22	0	0	1	1	—		35	23
	2018	J1 League	3	1	0	0	—		4	1	7	2
	Total		80	37	0	0	1	1	4	1	85	39
Career totals			210	59	5	0	15	2	12	1	242	62

As of 7 May 2015

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Japan U17
	2007	4	5
	2008	4	3
	2009	3	1
	Total	11	9
Japan U23
	2011	1	0
	2012	2	1
	Total	3	1

International appearances and goals
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Goal	Competition
2007
	24 October	Lebak Bulus Stadium, Jakarta	Laos U15	2–0	0	2008 AFC U-16 Championship qualification / Japan U15
	26 October	Lebak Bulus Stadium, Jakarta	Cambodia U15	7–0	5	2008 AFC U-16 Championship qualification / Japan U15
	30 October	Lebak Bulus Stadium, Jakarta	Indonesia U15	2–1	0	2008 AFC U-16 Championship qualification / Japan U15
	5 November	Lebak Bulus Stadium, Jakarta	Vietnam U15	4–0	0	2008 AFC U-16 Championship qualification / Japan U15
2008
	5 October	MHSK Stadium, Tashkent	Malaysia U16	4–0	0	2008 AFC U-16 Championship / Japan U16
	7 October	MHSK Stadium, Tashkent	United Arab Emirates U16	6–1	2	2008 AFC U-16 Championship / Japan U16
	12 October	MHSK Stadium, Tashkent	Saudi Arabia U16	2–0	1	2008 AFC U-16 Championship / Japan U16
	15 October	Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent	South Korea U16	1–2	0	2008 AFC U-16 Championship / Japan U16
2009
	24 October	Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos	Brazil U17	2–3	1	2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup / Japan U17
	27 October	Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos	Switzerland U17	3–4	0	2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup / Japan U17
	30 October	Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos	Mexico U17	0–2	0	2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup / Japan U17
2012
	22 February	National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia U23	4–0	0	2012 Summer Olympics qualification / Japan U23

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first.^[4]

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	10 October 2017	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan	Haiti	2–0	3–3	2017 Kirin Challenge Cup

1 2 "杉本健勇 (Kenyu Sugimoto)" (in Japanese). Japan National Football Team Database. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
↑ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 28 out of 289)
↑ Kenyu Sugimoto at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
↑ "Sugimoto, Kenyu". National Football Teams. Retrieved 7 November 2017.

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