Daniel Schmidt
Daniel Schmidt (シュミット・ダニエル, Schmidt Daniel, born February 3, 1992) is a Japanese football player. He plays for the Japan national team.
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| Full name | Daniel Schmidt | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | February 3, 1992 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Illinois, United States | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Sint-Truidense | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | Tohoku Gakuin High School | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2013 | Chuo University | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2019 | Vegalta Sendai | 57 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | →Roasso Kumamoto (loan) | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | →Roasso Kumamoto (loan) | 26 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | →Matsumoto Yamaga FC (loan) | 41 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Sint-Truidense | 20 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018– | Japan | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of the 2019/20 season ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of December 31, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Schmidt was born in Illinois, United States on February 3, 1992. After graduating from Chuo University, he joined J1 League club Vegalta Sendai in 2014. In April, he moved to J2 League club Roasso Kumamoto on loan. He played 4 matches and returned to Sendai in May. In June 2015, he moved to Kumamoto on loan again. He played as regular goalkeeper. In 2016, he moved to J2 club Matsumoto Yamaga FC on loan and played 41 matches in 1 season. In 2017, he returned to Sendai. He played many matches at Sendai and won the 2nd place in the 2018 Emperor's Cup. In July 2019, he moved to Belgian First Division A club Sint-Truidense.
On November 16, 2018, Schmidt debuted for the Japan national team against Venezuela. In 2019, he also played at 2019 Asian Cup and Japan won the 2nd place.
Statistics
| Club statistics | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 2014 | Vegalta Sendai | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | Roasso Kumamoto | J2 League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | |
| 2015 | Vegalta Sendai | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | Roasso Kumamoto | J2 League | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 28 | 0 | |
| 2016 | Matsumoto Yamaga FC | J2 League | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 42 | 0 | |
| 2017 | Vegalta Sendai | J1 League | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 2018 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Belgium | League | Belgian Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 2019/20 | Sint-Truidense | First Division A | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 22 | 0 | |
| 2020/21 | ||||||||||
| Country | Japan | 128 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 142 | 0 | |
| Belgium | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 22 | 0 | |||
| Total | 148 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 164 | 0 | ||
| Japan national team | ||
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| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 7 | 0 |
References
- Daniel Schmidt at National-Football-Teams.com
- Daniel Schmidt at J.League (in Japanese)
- Japan National Football Team Database(in Japanese)
Other websites
- Daniel Schmidt at J.League (player) (in Japanese)
- Daniel Schmidt at National Football Teams.com
- Daniel Schmidt at Soccerway.com
- Daniel Schmidt at Soccerbase.com (player)
- Daniel Schmidt at FootballDatabase.eu
- Daniel Schmidt at WorldFootball.net
- Daniel Schmidt at Transfermarkt (player)
- Daniel Schmidt at ESPN FC
- Daniel Schmidt at L'Équipe (in French)
- Daniel Schmidt at TheFinalBall.com