Sōta Kawasaki
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| Date of birth | 30 July 2001 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kōfu, Yamanashi, Japan | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Mainz 05 | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 24 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Fortuna SC | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2016 | Ventforet Kofu | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Kyoto Sanga | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2026 | Kyoto Sanga | 166 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025–2026 | → Mainz 05 (loan) | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2026– | Mainz 05 | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Japan U18 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Japan U21 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Japan U23 | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Japan Olympic | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:24, 12 April 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20:04, 30 July 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
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Sōta Kawasaki (川﨑 颯太, Kawasaki Sōta; born 30 July 2001) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for German Bundesliga club Mainz 05.
Club career
On 9 July 2025, Kawasaki joined Mainz 05 in Germany on loan with an option to buy.[2] In March 2026, Mainz agreed to sign Kawasaki on a permanent basis.[3]
International career
Kawasaki was called up to the Japan national team in 2023, but was an unused substitute in the friendly matches against El Salvador and Peru.
On 4 April 2024, Kawasaki was called up to the Japan U23 squad for the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup.[4]
Career statistics
- As of match played 16 April 2026[5]
| Club | Season | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Kyoto Sanga | 2020 | J2 League | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | J2 League | 41 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 42 | 3 | |||
| 2022 | J1 League | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 32 | 1 | ||
| 2023 | J1 League | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | ||
| 2024 | J1 League | 30 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 34 | 4 | ||
| 2025 | J1 League | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4 | ||
| Total | 166 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 179 | 14 | |||
| Mainz 05 (loan) | 2025–26 | Bundesliga | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7[b] | 1 | — | 17 | 1 | ||
| Mainz 05 | 2026–27 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 176 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 196 | 15 | ||
- ↑ Appearance(s) in J1 League relegation play-off.
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
Honours
Japan U23
References
- ↑ "Sōta Kawasaki" (in Japanese). Kyoto Sanga FC. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ↑ "Mainz 05 sign Sota Kawasaki". 1. FSV Mainz 05. 9 July 2025. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
- ↑ "1. FSV Mainz 05 - Sota Kawasaki bleibt Mainzer". 1. FSV Mainz 05 (in German). Retrieved 30 April 2026.
- ↑ "U-23日本代表 メンバー・スケジュール（4.6-5.4 カタール／ドーハ）AFC U23アジアカップ カタール2024" [U-23 Japan National Team Squad List (4.6-5.4 Qatar/Doha) AFC U23 Asian Cup Qatar 2024] (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. 4 April 2024.
- ↑ Sōta Kawasaki at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
External links
- Sota Kawasaki at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Sota Kawasaki at Olympics.com
- Sota Kawasaki at Olympedia
- Sota Kawasaki at Team Japan (in Japanese) (in English)
- Sota Kawasaki on Instagram
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Categories:
- 2001 births
- People from Kōfu
- Football people from Yamanashi Prefecture
- Living people
- 21st-century Japanese sportsmen
- Men's association football midfielders
- Japanese men's footballers
- Japan men's youth international footballers
- Ventforet Kofu players
- Kyoto Sanga FC players
- 1. FSV Mainz 05 players
- J2 League players
- J1 League players
- Bundesliga players
- Footballers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for Japan
- Japanese expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Japanese football midfielder, 2000s birth stubs