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Shingo Suzuki

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Shingo Suzuki
鈴木 慎吾
Personal information
Full name Shingo Suzuki
Date of birth (1978-03-20) March 20, 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Konosu, Saitama, Japan
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1993–1995 Urawa Reds
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996 Urawa Reds 0 (0)
1997–1998 Yokogawa Electric
1999–2007 Albirex Niigata 222 (53)
2002–2003Kyoto Purple Sanga (loan) 60 (8)
2007–2009 Oita Trinita 70 (5)
2010–2011 Kyoto Sanga FC 7 (1)
2012 Tokyo Verdy 0 (0)
2012 Giravanz Kitakyushu 9 (0)
2013 Albirex Niigata Singapore 24 (5)
Total 392 (72)
Medal record
Kyoto Sanga FC
Winner Emperor's Cup 2002
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2011
Oita Trinita
Winner J.League Cup 2008
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Shingo Suzuki (鈴木 慎吾, Suzuki Shingo, born March 20, 1978) is a former Japanese football player.

Playing career

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Suzuki was born Saitama City and joined local side Urawa Reds as a trainee from school. He turned professional in 1996, but was released in 1997 without making his first team debut for Reds, signing for Regional Leagues side Yokogawa Electric.

Suzuki moved to J2 League side Albirex Niigata in January 1999. He made his debut for the club in a 1–0 victory over Montedio Yamagata, scoring the winner in the 98th minute.[1][2] He played as regular player in 3 seasons. In 2002, he moved to Kyoto Purple Sanga (later Kyoto Sanga FC) on loan. He played as left midfielder in all matches in 2 seasons. The club also won the champions 2002 Emperor's Cup first major title in the club history. In 2004, he returned to newly was promoted to J1 League club, Albirex Niigata. He became a fan's favourite during his seven seasons at the club, playing a total of 222 games and scoring 53 goals.

In July 2007, he moved to Oita Trinita. He became a regular player as left side midfielder. In 2008, the club won the champions J.League Cup first major title in club history. However he could not play at Final for suspension.[3] In 2009, although he played as regular player, his opportunity to play decreased in late 2009 and the club was relegated to J2.

In 2010, he moved to Kyoto Sanga FC for the first time in 7 years. However he could hardly play in the match. The club was also relegated to J2 from 2011. In 2012, he moved to Tokyo Verdy. However he could not play at all in the match and he moved to Giravanz Kitakyushu in August.

In February 2013, Suzuki signed for the Albirex Niigata Singapore of Singapore League. He made his Singapore debut in a game against Home United the following month. Suzuki retired from playing professionally at the end of the season.[4]

Coaching career

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Suzuki took the position as the academy coach of Kyoto Sanga FC.[4]

Club statistics

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Club season League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Urawa Reds 1996 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Albirex Niigata 1999 30 8 3 0 2 0 35 8
2000 40 11 3 3 2 0 45 14
2001 42 16 3 0 2 0 47 16
Kyoto Purple Sanga 2002 30 7 5 0 6 3 41 10
2003 30 1 1 0 4 0 35 1
Albirex Niigata 2004 30 5 1 0 5 2 36 7
2005 29 4 1 0 6 0 36 4
2006 34 9 2 0 5 1 41 10
2007 17 0 0 0 4 0 21 0
Oita Trinita 2007 15 3 2 0 0 0 17 3
2008 34 2 1 0 9 2 44 4
2009 21 0 0 0 1 0 22 0
Kyoto Sanga FC 2010 3 0 0 0 3 0 6 0
2011 4 1 0 0 4 1
Tokyo Verdy 2012 0 0 0 0 0 0
Giravanz Kitakyushu 2012 9 0 1 0 10 0
Career total 368 67 23 3 49 8 440 78

References

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  1. ^ Shingo Suzuki at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
  2. ^ J.League
  3. ^ J.League(in Japanese)
  4. ^ a b Albirex Niigata(in Japanese)
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