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 2. Bundesliga club Schalke 04.

Sōichirō Kōzuki
上月 壮一郎
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-12-22) 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
 Schalke 04
Number 14
Youth career
0000–2018 Kyoto Sanga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2022 Kyoto Sanga 18 (0)
2022 1. FC Düren 11 (5)
2022– Schalke 04 II 15 (10)
2023– Schalke 04 9 (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 2 October 2023

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]

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
As of match played 2 October 2023.[7][8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Kyoto Sanga 2018 J2 League 200020
2019 J2 League 300030
2020 J2 League 11000110
2021 J2 League 202120
Total 18021201
1. FC Düren 2021–22 Mittelrheinliga 115—115
Schalke 04 II 2022–23 Regionalliga West 148—148
2023–24 Regionalliga West 12—12
Total 1510001510
Schalke 04 2022–23 Bundesliga 51—51
2023–24 2. Bundesliga 400040
Total 910091
Career total 5316215517

References
  1. "Sōichirō Kōzuki". FC Schalke 04. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  2. Sōichirō Kōzuki at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
  3. "Soichiro Kozuki stürmt für den 1. FC Düren". kicker (in German). 11 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  4. "Verstärkung vom Aufsteiger: Soichiro Kozuki wechselt zur königsblauen U23". FC Schalke 04 (in German). 26 August 2022.
  5. "Soichiro Kozuki signs a professional contract valid until 2025". Schalke 04. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  6. "fc-schalke-04-vs-rb-leipzig". BUNDESLIGA. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  7. Sōichirō Kōzuki at Soccerway
  8. Sōichirō Kōzuki at WorldFootball.net
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