Koya Kitagawa

Koya Kitagawa
北川航也
	Kitagawa with Japan in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth	26 July 1996
Place of birth	Shizuoka City, Japan
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Positions	Forward; winger;
Team information
Current team	Shimizu S-Pulse
Number	23
Youth career
	Pure FC
	Johoku SSS
0000–2014	Shimizu S-Pulse
Senior career*
Years	Team
2015–2019	Shimizu S-Pulse
2015	→ J. League U-22 (loan)
2019–2022	Rapid Wien
2022–	Shimizu S-Pulse
International career‡
2018–2019	Japan
Medal record
Representing Japan
AFC Asian Cup
AFC U-16 Championship
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 August 2026; ‡ National team caps and goals as of 3 July 2024

Koya Kitagawa (北川航也, Kitagawa Kōya; born 26 July 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward or a winger for Shimizu S-Pulse.

Career statistics

Club

As of 3 July 2024^[1]^[2]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Shimizu S-Pulse	2015	J1 League	7	1	1	0	5	1	–		13	2
	2016	J2 League	30	9	4	0	–		–		34	9
	2017	J1 League	26	5	2	0	4	2	–		32	7
	2018		32	13	2	0	3	1	–		37	14
	2019		20	6	1	0	3	1	–		24	7
	Total		115	34	10	0	15	5	0	0	140	39
Rapid Wien	2019–20	Austrian Bundesliga	19	2	1	1	–		–		20	3
Rapid Wien	2020–21	Austrian Bundesliga	17	3	3	0	–		5^[a]	1	25	4
Rapid Wien / Rapid Wien II	2021–22	Austrian Bundesliga / 2. Liga	14^{[Note L]}	1	2	0	–		7^[b]	0	23	1
Total			50	6	6	1	0	0	12	1	68	8
Shimizu S-Pulse	2022	J1 League	10	1	–		–		–		10	1
	2023	J2 League	35	4	1	0	4	1	–		40	5
	2024	J2 League	20	9	1	1	0	0	–		21	10
Career total			230	54	18	2	19	6	12	1	279	63

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He played 12 matches for the Bundesliga, with no goals scored, and played 2 matches in the 2. Liga for the Reserve Team (Rapid Wien II), scoring 1 goal in 2 matches with them.

↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League and UEFA Conference League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[3]
National team	Year	Apps
Japan	2018	3
Japan	2019	5
Total		8

References

↑ 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. 115 out of 289)
↑ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑", 10 February 2016, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411338 (p. 165 out of 289)
↑ Koya Kitagawa at National-Football-Teams.com

External links

Koya Kitagawa at National-Football-Teams.com
Koya Kitagawa at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
Koya Kitagawa at Soccerway
Profile at Shimizu S-Pulse Archived 29 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine

[cnote_Note_L] 
He played 12 matches for the Bundesliga, with no goals scored, and played 2 matches in the 2. Liga for the Reserve Team (Rapid Wien II), scoring 1 goal in 2 matches with them.

[UEL-3] Appearances in UEFA Europa League

[ULS-4] Appearances in UEFA Europa League and UEFA Conference League

[1] 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. 115 out of 289)

[2] Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑", 10 February 2016, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411338 (p. 165 out of 289)

[5] Koya Kitagawa at National-Football-Teams.com

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