is a Japanese
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
er who plays for
Tochigi City FC
Tochigi City Football Club (栃木シティフットボールクラブ, ''Tochigi Shiti Futtobōrukurabu''), commonly known as Tochigi City (栃木シティ, ''Tochigi Shiti Efushi'') is a Japanese football club based in Tochigi City, Tochigi P ...
as a
left back
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Defenders fall into four main categ ...
.
Club career
Suzuki began his career in the academy at
Marysol Matsushima, before transferring to the youth setup at
J League
The , commonly a.k.a. shortened to the , and officially known as the for sponsorship with Meiji Yasuda Life, is the men's association football league in Japan. It is responsible for organizing Japan's major professional football tournaments, in ...
side
Kashima Antlers
The are a professional association football, football club based in Kashima, Ibaraki, Japan. They currently play in the J1 League, the top tier of Japanese professional football leagues. The club has financial backing from Mercari, a Japanese ...
in April 2009. He made his first team debut on 10 October 2012, in a 2–1 win over
Gainare Tottori
are a Japanese football club, based in Tottori, capital of Tottori Prefecture. They play in the J3 League, the Japanese third tier of professional football league. Their team colour is green.
Name origin
Their team name ''Gainare'' derives fr ...
in the third round of the
Emperor's Cup
, commonly known as or Japan FA Cup, and rebranded as The JFA Emperor's Cup from 2024 onwards, is a Japanese annual football competition. It has the longest tradition of any football tournament in Japan, dating back to 1921, before the formatio ...
. In July 2013, Suzuki joined
Division 2 side
JEF United Chiba
, full name and also known as , is a Japanese professional football club based in Chiba, capital of Chiba Prefecture. They currently play in the J2 League, Japanese second tier of professional football.
History
Furukawa Electric SC (19 ...
on a half-year loan deal. He made his league debut on 18 August 2013, in a 3–2 defeat to
Matsumoto Yamaga
or simply Matsumoto Yamaga (松本山雅FC, ''Matsumoto Yamaga Efu Shī'') is a Japanese football (soccer) club based in the city of Matsumoto, located in the Nagano Prefecture. The club currently plays in the J3 League, Japanese third tier o ...
, coming on as a substitute for
Shunki Takahashi
is a Japanese football player currently playing for Iwate Grulla Morioka.
National team career
In August 2007, Takahashi was elected Japan U-17 national team for 2007 U-17 World Cup. He played full time in all 3 matches as right side-back.
...
.
International career
Suzuki has represented Japan at
under-17, under-19 and
under-20 levels. He played for the under-17's in
2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup
The 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the 14th edition of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, the biennial international men's youth association football, football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It was h ...
, making two starts as the Japan reached the Quarterfinals.
Club statistics
''Updated to 23 February 2017''.
[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, (p. 177 out of 289)
References
External links
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Profile at Eurosport*
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1994 births
Living people
Association football people from Miyagi Prefecture
Japanese men's footballers
Japan men's youth international footballers
J1 League players
J2 League players
Kashima Antlers players
JEF United Chiba players
Tochigi SC players
Ehime FC players
Tochigi City FC players
Men's association football fullbacks
21st-century Japanese sportsmen
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