Daisuke Suzuki (footballer)

Daisuke Suzuki (鈴木 大輔, Suzuki Daisuke, born 29 January 1990) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a central defender for JEF United Chiba. He represented his country at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1]

Daisuke Suzuki
鈴木 大輔
Personal information
Full name Daisuke Suzuki
Date of birth (1990-01-29) 29 January 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Tokyo, Japan
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
JEF United Chiba
Number 13
Youth career
2002–2004 Teihens
2005–2007 Seiryo High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 Albirex Niigata 57 (1)
2013–2015 Kashiwa Reysol 89 (7)
2016–2018 Gimnàstic 69 (1)
2018 Kashiwa Reysol 9 (1)
2019–2020 Urawa Red Diamonds 20 (0)
2021– JEF United Chiba 61 (5)
International career
2007 Japan U-17 2 (0)
2012 Japan U-23 6 (0)
2013–2014 Japan 2 (0)
Medal record
Kashiwa Reysol
Winner J.League Cup 2013
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 October 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 August 2012

Club career edit

Suzuki joined Albirex Niigata as an apprentice professional in 2007. He turned full-time professional with Albirex at the start of the 2008 season and made his first team debut against Nara Club in the second round of the Emperor's Cup.[2] His first J. League appearance was in the 2–1 away win over Vissel Kobe on 1 May 2010.[3]

He made 24 appearances during the 2010 season, scoring his first goal against Urawa Red Diamonds at Saitama Stadium on 28 May 2011.[4]

In January 2016, he announced the departure from Kashiwa Reysol after three seasons to look for new opportunities for his career.[5] On 16 February, he signed for Spanish Segunda División club Gimnàstic de Tarragona.[6]

National team career edit

In 2007, Suzuki received a call-up to the Japan U-17 national team squad for the 2007 U-17 World Cup. He played 2 matches. He was then also selected as part of the Japan U-23 national team for the 2010 Asian Games and 2012 Summer Olympics. He played all 6 matches as center back with Maya Yoshida and Japan won the 4th place.

In July 2013, Suzuki was elected Japan national team for 2013 East Asian Cup. At this tournament, on 25 July, he debuted against Australia. He played 2 games for Japan until 2014.[7]

Club statistics edit

Updated to 5 June 2022.[8][9]

Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other1 Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Albirex Niigata 2008 J1 League 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
2009 0 0 1 0 0 0 - - 1 0
2010 5 0 2 1 1 1 - - 8 2
2011 24 1 1 0 3 0 - - 28 1
2012 28 0 0 0 4 0 - - 32 0
Total 57 1 4 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 69 3
Kashiwa Reysol 2013 J1 League 23 1 2 0 3 0 9 0 1 0 38 1
2014 32 3 2 0 8 0 - - 42 3
2015 34 3 2 0 1 0 9 0 - 46 3
Total 89 7 6 0 12 0 18 0 1 0 126 7
Gimnàstic 2015–16 Segunda Division 15 0 0 0 - - 0 0 15 0
2016–17 34 1 2 0 - - - 36 1
2017–18 20 0 1 0 - - - 21 0
Total 69 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 71 1
Kashiwa Reysol 2018 J1 League 9 1 0 0 2 0 - - 11 1
Urawa Red Diamonds 2019 15 0 2 1 1 0 10 0 0 0 28 1
2020 5 0 - 1 0 - - 6 0
Total 20 0 2 1 2 0 10 0 0 0 34 1
JEF United Chiba 2021 J2 League 41 3 1 0 - - - 42 3
2022 20 2 1 0 - - - 21 2
2023 0 0 0 0 - - - 28 1
Total 61 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 5
Career total 305 15 17 2 24 1 28 0 1 0 375 18

1Includes Japanese Super Cup.

National team statistics edit

[7]

Japan national team
Year Apps Goals
2013 1 0
2014 1 0
Total 2 0

Honours edit

Club edit

Kashiwa Reysol

International edit

Japan U21

Japan

Individual edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Daisuke Suzuki Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Match report: Nara Club vs Albirex Niigata". J's Goal. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  3. ^ "2010 prayer statistics". J. League. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  4. ^ "Suzuki scored his first goal". Sports Nippon. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  5. ^ "Defensive mainstay Suzuki leaves Reysol". J.League. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  6. ^ "El Nàstic se queda con el japonés Daisuke Suzuki" [Nàstic get the Japanese Daisuke Suzuki] (in Spanish). Marca. 16 February 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Japan National Football Team Database". Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  8. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 284 out of 289)
  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. 289 out of 289)

External links edit