Shusuke Sakamoto

Shusuke Sakamoto
坂本修佑
Personal information
Full name Shusuke Sakamoto
Date of birth (1993-03-22) 22 March 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Tondabayashi, Osaka, Japan
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-back / Striker
Team information
Current team
FC Osaka
Number 5
Youth career
2008–2010 Hatsushiba Hashimoto High School
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Osaka University H&SS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Nara Club 44 (19)
2018–2020 Azul Claro Numazu 32 (6)
2020Nara Club 52 (19)
2020 Azul Claro Numazu 32 (6)
2021– FC Osaka 71 (8)
Total 231 (58)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14/1/24 @ 14:34(AEST)

Shusuke Sakamoto (坂本修佑, Sakamoto Shusuke, born 22 March 1993 in Tondabayashi, Osaka) is a Japanese footballer who plays for FC Osaka.

Career

After attending the Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences, he joined Nara Club in mid-2015.[1] Before the 2017 season, his manager Norihiro Satsukawa turns Sakamoto from a defender to a centre-forward: as a result, Sakamoto scored 18 goals and he was named the JFL's top-scorer.[2] After this performance, he opted to sign for Azul Claro Numazu.[3]

Club statistics

Updated to 7 February 2021.[4]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J. League Cup Total
2015 Nara Club JFL 12 1 1 0 13 1
2016 6 0 1 0 7 0
2017 26 18 1 0 27 18
2018 Azul Claro Numazu J3 8 1 0 0 8 1
2019 19 5 19 5
2020 5 0 5 0
Nara Club JFL 5 0 5 0
2021 FC Osaka
Career total 81 25 3 0 84 25

References

  1. ^ http://naraclub.jp/archives/41433[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "【JFLオフィシャルサイト】第19回JFL表彰式 開催!". www.jfl.or.jp.
  3. ^ アスルクラロスルガ株式会社. "坂本修佑選手 奈良クラブ(JFL)より完全移籍加入のお知らせ - アスルクラロ沼津 アスルクラロスルガ株式会社". アスルクラロ沼津 アスルクラロスルガ株式会社.
  4. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 250 out of 289)