Ryota Noma

Ryota Noma
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-11-15) 15 November 1991
Place of birth Funabashi, Japan
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Attacking midfielder
Youth career
2008–2010 Aomori Yamada High School
2010–2013 Meiji University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Rudar Pljevlja 61 (7)
2017–2019 Radnički Niš 79 (9)
2020–2021 SKA-Khabarovsk 5 (0)
2021 Istiklol 19 (4)
2022–2023 Barito Putera 7 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 February 2023

Ryota Noma (野間 涼太, Noma Ryōta; born 15 November 1991) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.

Career

Born in Funabashi, Chiba,[1] Noma played in Japan with Aomori Yamada High School from 2008 to 2010, and with the Meiji University team between 2010 and 2013.[2] In 2014, he moved to Europe and signed with Montenegrin First League side Rudar Pljevlja. He remained in Pljevlja for three years, winning the 2014–15 and the 2016,[3] and playing with Rudar in the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.[4]

During the winter break of the 2016–17 season, he was acquired by Serbian club Radnički Niš.[5][3]

In March 2021, Noma joined Istiklol on trial[6] and signed a one-year contract with the club on 29 March 2021.[7] Noma scored his first goal for Istiklol on 21 June 2021 in a 4–1 victory over Khujand, which was also Istiklol's 800th Tajikistan Higher League goal.[8]

Career statistics

As of match played 27 February 2023[9]
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rudar Pljevlja 2013–14 Montenegrin First League 101000[a]0—152
2014–15 22300——273
2015–16 151300[b]0—362
2016–17 142202[a]0—112
Total 6175020—687
Radnički Niš 2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga 15200——152
2017–18 26310——273
2018–19 282404[a]0—362
2019–20 102001[a]0—112
Total 7995050—899
SKA-Khabarovsk 2020–21 Russian Football National League 5000——50
Istiklol 2021 Tajikistan Higher League 194421[c]01[d]0256
Barito Putera 2022–23 Liga 1 7100—— 71
Career total 17121142801019423
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
  3. ↑ Appearances in the AFC Champions League
  4. ↑ Appearances in the Tajik Supercup

Honours

Rudar Pljevlja

Istiklol

References

  1. ↑ Ryota Noma at srbijafudbal.com, Retrieved 26 October 2017 (in Serbian)
  2. ↑ Ryota Noma at soccer-db.net
  3. 1 2 3 4 Ryota Noma profile at Soccerway
  4. ↑ Ryota Noma at UEFA.com
  5. ↑ PRVO POJAČANJE NIŠLIJA JAPANAC RYOTA NOMA at srbijasport.net, 12 January 2017, Retrieved 18 February 2017 (in Serbian)
  6. ↑ "За "Истиклол" сыграл японский футболист". fc-istiklol.tj/ (in Russian). FC Istiklol. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  7. ↑ "Истиклол подписал трех легионеров". fc-istiklol.tj/ (in Russian). FC Istiklol. 29 March 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  8. ↑ ""Истиклол" достиг отметки в 800 голов!". fc-istiklol.tj/ (in Tajik). FC Istiklol. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  9. ↑ Ryota Noma at Soccerway
  10. ↑ "ИСТИКЛОЛ ПОЛУЧИЛ КУБОК ЗА ПОБЕДУ В COCA-COLA-ЧЕМПИОНАТЕ ТАДЖИКИСТАНА-2021!". fc-istiklol.tj/ (in Russian). FC Istiklol. 24 November 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  11. ↑ "Истиклол выиграл первый трофей в сезоне!". fc-istiklol.tj/ (in Russian). FC Istiklol. 3 April 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2021.