Shunsuke Mito

Shunsuke Mito
三戸 舜介
Mito with Sparta Rotterdam in 2024
Personal information
Full name Shunsuke Mito[1]
Date of birth (2002-09-28) 28 September 2002
Place of birth Yamaguchi, Japan
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Sparta Rotterdam
Number 11
Youth career
2011–2014 Hara SSS
2015–2020 JFA Academy Fukushima
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Albirex Niigata 80 (12)
2024– Sparta Rotterdam 75 (14)
International career‡
Japan U15
2018 Japan U16 13 (2)
2019 Japan U17 3 (0)
2019–2022 Japan U18 8 (0)
2023– Japan U22 2 (0)
2022– Japan U23 13 (3)
2025– Japan 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 August 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 June 2025

Shunsuke Mito (三戸 舜介, Mito Shunsuke; born 28 September 2002) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eredivisie club Sparta Rotterdam and the Japan national team.

Club career

On 21 December 2023, Mito signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Eredivisie club Sparta Rotterdam.[2] He scored on his debut on 13 January 2024, helping Sparta to a 2–0 away win over Fortuna Sittard.[3]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 August 2026[4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Albirex Niigata 2021 J2 League 2522100—273
2022 J2 League 2460000—246
2023 J1 League 3143010—354
Total 80125110—8613
Sparta Rotterdam 2023–24 Eredivisie 182——1[c]0192
2024–25 Eredivisie 30520——325
2025–26 Eredivisie 24822——2610
2026–27 Eredivisie 3000——30
Total 751442—108016
Career total 1552693101016629
  1. ↑ Includes Emperor's Cup
  2. ↑ Includes J.League Cup
  3. ↑ Appearance in Eredivisie play-offs

International

As of match played 10 June 2025
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Japan 202510
Total10

Honours

Japan U16

Albirex Niigata

Individual

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019: List of Players: Japan" (PDF). FIFA. 31 October 2019. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2019.
  2. ↑ "Sparta haalt Shunsuke Mito naar Het Kasteel". Sparta Rotterdam (Press release) (in Dutch). 21 December 2023. Archived from the original on 29 December 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  3. ↑ Reedijk, Tim (13 January 2024). "Debutant Shunsuke Mito helpt Sparta aan zakelijke overwinning op Fortuna Sittard". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  4. ↑ Shunsuke Mito at Soccerway
  5. ↑ "Jリーグベストヤングプレーヤー新潟MF三戸舜介は代表活動で世界を知る…高まる海外挑戦への意欲「やっぱり海外に行きたい」". Gekisaka. 5 December 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "N.E.C. Nijmegen and RKC Waalwijk main suppliers to the Eredivisie Team of the Month for January". Eredivisie. 31 January 2025. Retrieved 1 February 2025.