Kenyu Sugimoto

Kenyu Sugimoto
	Sugimoto playing for Cerezo Osaka
Personal information
Full name	Kenyu Sugimoto
Date of birth	November 18, 1992 (age 32)
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
2010–2014	Cerezo Osaka
2012	→Tokyo Verdy (loan)
2015	Kawasaki Frontale
2016–2018	Cerezo Osaka
2019–	Urawa Reds
National team
2009	Japan U-17
2012	Japan U-23
2017–2018	Japan
Honours
Cerezo Osaka
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of the 2020 season

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

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

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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
2010	Cerezo Osaka	J1 League	0	0	0	0	0	0	-		0	0
2011			15	2	5	2	0	0	1	0	21	4
2012			12	1	4	4	0	0	-		16	5
2012	Tokyo Verdy	J2 League	18	5	0	0	-		-		18	5
2013	Cerezo Osaka	J1 League	30	3	3	4	6	0	-		39	7
2014	Cerezo Osaka	J1 League	32	5	4	1	2	0	7	0	45	6
2015	Kawasaki Frontale	J1 League	24	6	2	1	6	1	-		32	8
2016	Cerezo Osaka	J2 League	41	14	3	6	-		-		44	20
2017		J1 League	34	22	1	0	1	1	-		36	23
2018		J1 League	30	5	2	0	0	0	4	1	36	6
2019	Urawa Reds	J1 League	21	2	3	0	2	0	7	1	33	3
2020			33	2	-		2	2	-		35	4
2021
Country	Japan		290	67	27	18	19	4	19	2	355	91
Total			290	67	27	18	19	4	19	2	355	91