Kosuke Kinoshita (木下 康介, Kinoshita Kōsuke, born 3 October 1994) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a forward for Kashiwa Reysol. He became the first football player from Japan to play in Allsvenskan, the highest league in Sweden.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kosuke Kinoshita | ||
| Date of birth | 3 October 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Hamamatsu, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Kashiwa Reysol | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Dreams SC Tokyo[2] | |||
| Yokohama FC[2] | |||
| SC Freiburg[2] | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2016 | SC Freiburg II | 50 | (14) |
| 2016–2017 | FC 08 Homburg | 4 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | Halmstads BK | 56 | (17) |
| 2019 | Sint-Truiden | 2 | (1) |
| 2019–2021 | Stabæk | 41 | (6) |
| 2021 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 2 | (0) |
| 2022 | Mito HollyHock | 38 | (12) |
| 2023 | Kyoto Sanga | 25 | (3) |
| 2024– | Kashiwa Reysol | 8 | (4) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:20, 20 December 2022 (UTC) | |||
Career statistics edit
Club edit
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Freiburg II | 2013–14 | Regionalliga Südwest | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | 1 | |
| 2014–15 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | – | 21 | 7 | |||
| 2015–16 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | – | 23 | 6 | |||
| Total | 50 | 14 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 50 | 14 | ||
| Homburg | 2016–17 | Regionalliga Südwest | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 1 | |
| Total | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 1 | ||
| Halmstad | 2017 | Allsvenskan | 23 | 1 | 3 | 2 | – | 26 | 3 | |
| 2018 | Superettan | 29 | 13 | 1 | 0 | – | 30 | 13 | ||
| Total | 52 | 14 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 56 | 16 | ||
| Sint-Truidense | 2018–19 | Belgian First Division A | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | 2 | |
| Total | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 7 | 2 | ||
| Stabæk | 2019 | Eliteserien | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | 22 | 5 | |||
| 2021 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | 1 | |||
| Total | 41 | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 41 | 6 | ||
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 2021 | J1 League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |
| Mito Hollyhock | 2022 | J2 League | 35 | 11 | 0 | 0 | – | 35 | 11 | |
| Career total | 191 | 47 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 195 | 49 | ||
References edit
- ^ Profile at WorldFootball, worldfootball.net
- ^ a b c FCH erhofft sich neuen Offensivschwung Archived 22 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine, pfaelzischer-merkur.de, 12 October 2016
- ^ "Kosuke Kinoshita". altomfotball.no. tv2. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ "Soccer D.B. : 2022 Kosuke Kinoshita Result by Season". Soccer D.B. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ Kosuke Kinoshita at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
External links edit
- Kosuke Kinoshita at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
