Kenyu Sugimoto

Kenyu Sugimoto (杉本 健勇, Sugimoto Kenyu, born November 18, 1992) is a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Kenyu Sugimoto
Sugimoto playing for Cerezo Osaka
Personal information
Full name Kenyu Sugimoto
Date of birth (1992-11-18) November 18, 1992
Place of birth Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Urawa Reds
Youth career
2008–2010 Cerezo Osaka
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Cerezo Osaka 89 (11)
2012 →Tokyo Verdy (loan) 18 (5)
2015 Kawasaki Frontale 24 (6)
2016–2018 Cerezo Osaka 105 (41)
2019– Urawa Reds 54 (4)
National team
2009 Japan U-17 3 (1)
2012 Japan U-23 4 (0)
2017–2018 Japan 8 (1)
Honours
Cerezo Osaka
WinnerJ.League Cup2017
WinnerEmperor's Cup2017
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of the 2020 season

Biography

Sugimoto was born in Osaka on November 18, 1992. He joined J1 League club Cerezo Osaka from their youth team in July 2010. He debuted in July 2011. In March 2012, he moved to J2 League club Tokyo Verdy on loan. He returned to July. Although he played many matches, Cerezo was relegated to J2 end of the 2014 season. In 2015, he moved to Kawasaki Frontale. In 2016, he moved to J2 club Cerezo Osaka again. In 2016, he scored 14 goals and Cerezo was promoted to J1 from 2017. In 2017, he scored 22 goals and was selected Best Eleven. Cerezo also won the champions in the J.League Cup and Emperor's Cup. In 2019, he moved to Urawa Reds.

In October 2009, Sugimoto was selected the Japan U-17 national team for 2009 U-17 World Cup. He played all 3 matches and scored a goal against Brazil in the first match. In October 2012, he was selected the Japan U-23 national team for 2012 Summer Olympics. He played 4 matches and Japan won the 4th place. In September 2017, Sugimoto was selected the Japan national team for 2018 World Cup qualification. At this qualification, he debuted against Saudi Arabia on September 5. He played 8 games and scored 1 goal for Japan until 2018.

Statistics

[1][2]

Club statistics League CupLeague CupContinentalTotal
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
JapanLeague Emperor's Cup J.League Cup AsiaTotal
2010Cerezo OsakaJ1 League000000-00
2011152520010214
20121214400-165
2012Tokyo VerdyJ2 League18500--185
2013Cerezo OsakaJ1 League3033460-397
2014325412070456
2015Kawasaki FrontaleJ1 League2462161-328
2016Cerezo OsakaJ2 League411436--4420
2017J1 League34221011-3623
2018305200041366
2019Urawa RedsJ1 League212302071333
2020332-22-354
2021
CountryJapan 29067271819419235591
Total 29067271819419235591

[3]

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
201751
201830
Total81

References
  1. Kenyu Sugimoto at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. Kenyu Sugimoto at J.League (in Japanese)
  3. Japan National Football Team Database(in Japanese)

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