Hiroki Mizumoto

Hiroki Mizumoto (水本 裕貴, Mizumoto Hiroki, born September 12, 1985) is a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Hiroki Mizumoto

Personal information
Full name	Hiroki Mizumoto
Date of birth	(1985-09-12) September 12, 1985
Place of birth	Ise, Mie, Japan
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	FC Machida Zelvia
Youth career
2001–2003	Mie High School
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2007	JEF United Chiba	76	(2)
2008	Gamba Osaka	7	(0)
2008–2010	Kyoto Sanga FC	85	(3)
2011–2019	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	235	(11)
2019	Matsumoto Yamaga FC	13	(1)
2020–	FC Machida Zelvia	41	(1)
National team
2005	Japan U-20	4	(0)
2008	Japan U-23	3	(0)
2006–2015	Japan	7	(0)
Honours JEF United Chiba Winner J.League Cup 2005 Winner J.League Cup 2006 Gamba Osaka Winner AFC Champions League 2008 Winner Emperor's Cup 2008 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Winner J1 League 2012 Winner J1 League 2013 Winner J1 League 2015 Runner-up J1 League 2018 Runner-up J.League Cup 2014 Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2013 Representing Japan AFC U-20 Asian Cup 2004 Malaysia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of the 2020 season

Biography

Mizumoto was born in Ise on September 12, 1985. After graduating from Mie High School, he joined J1 League club JEF United Ichihara (later JEF United Chiba) in 2004. He played many matches as center back. The club won the champions in the 2005 and 2006 J.League Cup. In 2008, he moved to Gamba Osaka. However he could not play many matches and he moved to Kyoto Sanga FC in June. He played as regular player in 3 seasons. The club was relegated to J2 League end of 2010 season. In 2011, he moved to Sanfrecce Hiroshima. The club won the champions in the 2012, 2013 and 2015 J1 League. Although he played as regular player until 2018, he could hardly play in the match in 2019. In August, he moved to Matsumoto Yamaga FC. In 2020, he moved to J2 club FC Machida Zelvia.

In 2005, Mizumoto was selected the Japan U-20 national team for 2005 World Youth Championship. At this tournament, he played full-time in all 4 matches. In 2008, he was selected the Japan U-23 national team for 2008 Summer Olympics. At this tournament, he played full-time in all matches as captain. On October 4, 2006, he debuted for the Japan national team against Ghana. He played 7 games for Japan until 2015.

Statistics

Club statistics			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Asia		Total
2004	JEF United Ichihara	J1 League	5	0	1	0	1	0	-		7	0
2005	JEF United Chiba	J1 League	15	0	2	0	3	0	-		20	0
2006			25	1	1	0	11	0	-		37	1
2007			31	1	1	0	5	0	-		37	1
2008	Gamba Osaka	J1 League	7	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	11	0
2008	Kyoto Sanga FC	J1 League	18	1	1	0	0	0	-		19	1
2009			33	2	2	0	5	0	-		40	2
2010			34	0	2	1	6	1	-		42	2
2011	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	J1 League	18	1	2	1	0	0	-		20	2
2012			34	2	0	0	6	0	-		40	2
2013			34	3	5	0	2	0	6	0	47	3
2014			34	1	2	0	1	0	7	0	44	1
2015			33	1	1	0	1	0	-		35	1
2016			17	0	2	0	2	0	5	0	26	0
2017			34	3	1	0	2	0	-		37	3
2018			31	0	3	0	0	0	-		34	0
2019			0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	4	0
2019	Matsumoto Yamaga FC	J1 League	13	1	0	0	0	0	-		13	1
2020	FC Machida Zelvia	J2 League	41	1	-		-		-		41	1
2021
Country	Japan		457	18	27	2	45	1	25	0	554	21
Total			457	18	27	2	45	1	25	0	554	21

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2006	2	0
2007	0	0
2008	1	0
2009	0	0
2010	0	0
2011	0	0
2012	2	0
2013	0	0
2014	1	0
2015	1	0
Total	7	0

Other websites

• Hiroki Mizumoto at Soccerway.com
• Hiroki Mizumoto at WorldFootball.net
• Hiroki Mizumoto at National-Football-Teams.com
• Hiroki Mizumoto at kicker (in German)
• Hiroki Mizumoto at FBref.com