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 and the Japan national team.[1]

Yuma Suzuki
Personal information
Full name Yuma Suzuki
Date of birth (1996-04-28) 28 April 1996
Place of birth Chōshi, Chiba, Japan
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Sint-Truiden
Number 9
Youth career
2003–2014 Kashima Antlers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 Kashima Antlers 97 (27)
2019– Sint-Truiden 22 (7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:11, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 November 2018

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 competiiton.[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
As of 23 February 2020[9]
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
2015 Kashima Antlers J1 League 7220100000102
2016 328416000314510
2017 266422284424416
2018 32114420142—5217
Total 90271471122267314444
2019–20 Sint-Truidense V.V. Belgian First Division A 22710000000237
Career total 112341571122267316751

Honours

Club

Kashima Antlers

Individual

References
  1. "鈴木 優磨：鹿島アントラーズ：Ｊリーグ.jp". jleague.jp. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  2. "Yuma Suzuki of Kashima named 2018 MVP". www.the-afc.com. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  3. "AWARD NOMINEES LIST 2018". www.the-afc.com.
  4. "STVV and Kashima Antlers Agree on the Transfer of Yuma Suzuki". STVV. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  5. "SPORTING CHARLEROI VS. SINT-TRUIDEN 0 - 3". Soccerway. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  6. "Yuma Suzuki lifts Sint-Truiden over Genk in Belgian top flight". Japan Times. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  7. "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.
  8. "Comeback from leukemia continues for Albirex's Hayakawa". The Japan Times Online. 14 November 2018.
  9. 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)
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