Sergio Escudero (footballer, born 1988)

Sergio Escudero
エスクデロ 競飛王
Personal information
Full name Sergio Ariel Escudero
Date of birth (1988-09-01) September 1, 1988
Place of birth Granada, Spain
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder / Striker
Club information
Current team
 Kyoto Sanga
Number 10
Youth career
1996–2000 Vélez Sársfield
2001–2002 Kashiwa Reysol Youth
2004–2005 Urawa Red Diamonds Youth
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2012 Urawa Red Diamonds 81 (7)
2012 → FC Seoul (loan) 20 (4)
2013–2015 FC Seoul 86 (14)
2015 Jiangsu Sainty 29 (6)
2016– Kyoto Sanga 64 (5)
National team
2008 Japan U-23 5 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 February 2018

Sergio Escudero (エスクデロ 競飛王, Esukudero Seruhio; Spanish pronunciation: [ˈseɾxjo eskuˈðeɾo]; born September 1, 1988) is a naturalized Japanese football player. He is the son of Argentine-Japanese footballer Sergio Ariel Escudero.

Biography

As the son of a former Argentine-Japanese footballer of the same name, he was born to Argentine parents of Spanish descent in Spain, and thus held dual Argentine and Spanish citizenship. In 2007, he acquired Japanese citizenship automatically as a result of his father's naturalization. Escudero is a cousin of Damián Escudero and nephew of Osvaldo Escudero.

Career

When Escudero was three years old, he moved to Japan because of his father's work and joined the local club team. After living in Japan for five years, he moved to Argentina and Escudero began his career with the Vélez Sársfield youth team, where his father, also named Sergio Ariel Escudero and uncle Osvaldo Salvador Escudero have played. Then he was called up to the U-15 Argentina national team training camp.

In 2001, Escudero returned to Japan and joined Kashiwa Reysol junior youth team in Chiba and later moved to Urawa Red Diamonds junior youth team in Saitama.[1] He scored many goals in youth level league matches and contracted with Urawa Reds in 2005. Playing as a forward, Escudero made his debut as a professional on April 15, 2005, against Albirex Niigata at the age of 16 years, 8 months and 21 days and he became the second youngest J. League Division 1 player after Takayuki Morimoto. In 2006, German outfit VfB Stuttgart were interested in him but Urawa refused to release him.[2]

On June 11, 2007, he obtained his Japanese citizenship and therefore he had a chance to play for the Japan national team at 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada. However he failed to make it to the tournament since the squad was submitted before he became a Japanese citizen. In May 2008, he joined the U-23 national team which played at the 2008 Toulon Tournament and scored a goal against Côte d'Ivoire national football team.[3][4]

On July 17, 2012, Escudero joined South Korean outfit FC Seoul on a six-month loan deal. He received number 26 and scored his debut goal on July 21. He scored 4 goals and provided 3 assists in the end of the season. His loan was made permanent in December.[5] He scored the opening goal and assisted Dejan Damjanovic's 2:2 Equalizer in the 2013 AFC Champions League Final match against China powerhouse Guangzhou Evergrande in October 26, 2013. His impressive performance made him Man of the Match.[6]

On 25 February 2015, Escudero signed a two-year contract with Chinese Super League side Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty.[7]

Career statistics

Updated to 23 February 2018.[8][9]

Club

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup ACL Super Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Urawa Red
Diamonds		 2005 500020——70
2006 100031—0041
2007 100000000010
2008 130211010—171
2009 2330071——304
2010 1732130——224
2011 2010061——262
2012 10——00——10
Total 81742223100010812
FC Seoul 2012 20400———204
2013 34430—122—496
2014 32651—112—489
2015 0000—11—11
Total 861481—245—11820
Jiangsu Sainty 2015 29650———346
Total 29650———346
Kyoto Sanga 2016 38521———406
2017 21010———220
Total 59531———626
Career total 255322042232550032244

International

National teamYearAppsGoals
Japan U-23
200851
Total51

International goals

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first.

Under–23

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.30 May 2008Stade Mayol, Toulon Ivory Coast
1–1
2–2
2008 Toulon Tournament

Awards and honours

Club

Urawa Red Diamonds
2006
2005, 2006
2007
2006
FC Seoul
2012
Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty
2015

References

  1. ↑ (in Japanese) チームプロフィル｜浦和レッドダイヤモンズ公式サイト｜URAWA RED DIAMONDS OFFICIAL WEBSITE Archived 2007-07-18 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ (in German) Escudero: Stuttgart zeigt Interesse Archived 2006-05-26 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ (in Japanese) 森本、エスクデロらＵ23代表に平山は落選
  4. ↑ (in German) U-21 Ivory Coast - U-21 Japan 4:3 - FOOTIESTATS.NET
  5. ↑ (in German) "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
  6. ↑ (in German)
  7. ↑ (in Chinese)舜天官方宣布签约首尔FC前卫
  8. ↑ 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. 199 out of 289)
  9. ↑ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 171 out of 289)
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