Yuma Suzuki (鈴木 優磨, Suzuki Yūma, born 26 April 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a striker for J1 League club Kashima Antlers.[1]
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Date of birth | (1996-04-28) 28 April 1996 (age 26) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Chōshi, Chiba | |||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Kashima Antlers | |||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 40 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2014 | Kashima Antlers | |||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||
2015–2019 | Kashima Antlers | 96 | (27) | |||||||||||||||||||
2019–2022 | Sint-Truiden | 69 | (26) | |||||||||||||||||||
2022– | Kashima Antlers | 20 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 July 2022 |
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 2018 Asian Footballer of the Year.[3]
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]
On 3 January 2022, his departure from Sint-Truiden was announced. He returned to his former club Kashima Antlers. This marked his 6th season in Japan's top flight league (J1 League), where he played from the start of his career in 2015, until transferring overseas in 2019.
His debut call-up to the Japan national team was on 7 November 2018 for the Kirin Cup,[7] but he was excluded because of suffering an ankle sprain in his club's AFC Champions League match.[8]
Club performance | League | National 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 | – | – | – | 25 | 7 | |||
2020–21 | 32 | 17 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 33 | 17 | ||||
2021–22 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | ||||
Total | 66 | 26 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 68 | 26 | ||||
Kashima Antlers | 2022 | J1 League | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | – | – | 27 | 10 | ||
Career total | 176 | 60 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 239 | 79 |
Kashima Antlers
Kashima Antlers – current squad | |
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