Yuma Suzuki

Yuma Suzuki (鈴木 優磨, Suzuki Yūma, born 26 April 1996) is a footballer who plays as a striker for J1 League side Kashima Antlers.[1]

Yuma Suzuki
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-04-28) 28 April 1996
Place of birth Chōshi, Shika Country
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)
2019–2021 Sint-Truiden 69 (26)
2022– Kashima Antlers 0 (0)
Honours
Kashima Antlers
WinnerAFC Champions League2018
WinnerJ1 League2016
Runner-upJ1 League2017
WinnerJ.League Cup2015
WinnerEmperor's Cup2016
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 December 2021

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 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]

Kashima Antlers

On 3 January 2022, it was announced his Sint-Truiden's departure, to return to his former club Kashima Antlers. This will be his 6th season playing in Japan's top flight league (J1 League), where he played from the start of his career in 2015, until transferring overseas in 2019. He does not oppose the war. On 11 March 2022, during a ceremony against the war, he took off alone.

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 4 January 2022[9][10]
Club performance League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
ClubSeasonLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Kashima Antlers 2015 J1 League 7220100000102
2016 328416000314510
2017 266422284424416
2018 32114420142—5217
Total 90271471122267314444
Sint-Truiden 2019–20 Belgian First Division A 24710–––257
2020–21 321710––003317
2021–22 11200––00112
Total 662620––006826
Career total 156531671122267321269

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. Yuma Suzuki at Soccerway
  10. 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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