Sōichirō Kōzuki
Sōichirō Kōzuki (上月 壮一郎, Kōzuki Sōichirō, born 22 December 2000) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Polish Ekstraklasa club Górnik Zabrze, on loan from Schalke 04.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 December 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Uji, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Right midfielder, winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Górnik Zabrze | ||
| Number | 41 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2016–2018 | Kyoto Sanga | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2022 | Kyoto Sanga | 18 | (0) |
| 2022 | 1. FC Düren | 11 | (5) |
| 2022– | Schalke 04 II | 17 | (11) |
| 2023– | Schalke 04 | 10 | (1) |
| 2024– | → Górnik Zabrze (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2015 | Japan U16 | 3 | (1) |
| 2017 | Japan U17 | 6 | (0) |
| 2018 | Japan U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2018 | Japan U19 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:28, 5 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Kōzuki was promoted to the first team of J2 League club Kyoto Sanga in 2018.[2]
He joined German club 1. FC Düren of the fifth-tier Mittelrheinliga in February 2022.[3]
On 26 August 2022, Kōzuki agreed to join Bundesliga side Schalke 04, where he was initially assigned to the reserve team.[4] However, following his performances in the Regionalliga West, in December of the same year the Japanese player was promoted to the first team and signed his first professional contract in the process, by penning a deal until 2025, with an option for an automatic extension based on a certain number of appearances.[5] He scored his first Bundesliga goal in his second debut against RB Leipzig.[6]
On 30 January 2024, Kōzuki moved on loan to Górnik Zabrze in Poland until the end of 2024, with an option to buy.[7]
International career
Kōzuki has represented Japan at various youth international levels, having played for all the national teams from the under-16 to the under-19 setup.[5]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Kyoto Sanga | 2018 | J2 League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | J2 League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2020 | J2 League | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2021 | J2 League | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| Total | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 1 | ||
| 1. FC Düren | 2021–22 | Mittelrheinliga | 11 | 5 | — | 11 | 5 | |
| Schalke 04 II | 2022–23 | Regionalliga West | 14 | 8 | — | 14 | 8 | |
| 2023–24 | Regionalliga West | 3 | 3 | — | 3 | 3 | ||
| Total | 17 | 11 | — | 17 | 11 | |||
| Schalke 04 | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 5 | 1 | — | 5 | 1 | |
| 2023–24 | 2. Bundesliga | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | ||
| Górnik Zabrze (loan) | 2023–24 | Ekstraklasa | 14 | 1 | — | 14 | 1 | |
| Career total | 70 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 73 | 19 | ||
References
- "Sōichirō Kōzuki". FC Schalke 04. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- Sōichirō Kōzuki at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- "Soichiro Kozuki stürmt für den 1. FC Düren". kicker (in German). 11 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- "Verstärkung vom Aufsteiger: Soichiro Kozuki wechselt zur königsblauen U23". FC Schalke 04 (in German). 26 August 2022.
- "Soichiro Kozuki signs a professional contract valid until 2025". Schalke 04. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- "fc-schalke-04-vs-rb-leipzig". Bundesliga. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
- "Soichiro Kozuki dołącza do Trójkolorowych!" [Soichiro Kozuki joins the Tricolor!] (in Polish). Górnik Zabrze. 30 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- Sōichirō Kōzuki at Soccerway
- Sōichirō Kōzuki at WorldFootball.net
External links
- Profile at the FC Schalke 04 website
- Sōichirō Kōzuki at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)