Yuma Suzuki

Yuma Suzuki
鈴木 優磨
Suzuki with Kashima Antlers in 2018
Personal information
Full name Yuma Suzuki[1]
Date of birth (1996-04-28) 28 April 1996
Place of birth Chōshi, Chiba, Japan
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Striker
Team information
Current team
 Kashima Antlers
Number 40
Youth career
2003–2014 Kashima Antlers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 → J.League U-22 (loan) 9 (3)
2015-2019 Kashima Antlers 96 (27)
2019–2022 Sint-Truiden 67 (26)
2022– Kashima Antlers 159 (52)
Medal record
Kashima Antlers
WinnerJ1 League2025
WinnerAFC Champions League2018
WinnerJ1 League2016
Runner-upJ1 League2017
WinnerJ.League Cup2015
WinnerEmperor's Cup2016
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 August 2026

Yuma Suzuki (鈴木 優磨, Suzuki Yūma; born 26 April 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a striker for J1 League club, Kashima Antlers.[2]

Club career

Kashima Antlers

Suzuki joined the Kashima Antlers youth system at the age of 7 in 2003.

After scoring two goals and leading Kashima Antlers to their first ever AFC Champions League title in 2018, Suzuki was named MVP of the competition.[3]

He was chosen as one of the candidates for 2018 Asian Footballer of the Year.[4]

Sint-Truiden

On 15 July 2019, Suzuki joined Belgian First Division A club Sint-Truiden.[5] Suzuki scored his first goal for his new club on 21 September 2019, opening the scoring in his side's 3–0 victory over Sporting Charleroi.[6]

On 30 November 2019, Suzuki headed in the winning goal as Sint-Truiden upset defending league champions Genk, to move up to 10th in the league table.[7]

Return to Kashima Antlers

On 3 January 2022, his departure from Sint-Truiden was announced. He returned to his former club Kashima Antlers.[8] This marked his 6th season in Japan's top flight league (J1 League), where he played from the start of his career in 2015, until transferring overseas in 2019. On 30 January 2024, Suzuki was injured and would spend 5 weeks out.[9] On 4 December 2023, he was nominated as one of 34 players to win the 2023 J.League MVP Award.[10] On 11 June 2024, he won the Meiji Yasuda J1 KONAMI Monthly MVP award for May.[11]

International career

His debut call-up to the Japan national team was on 7 November 2018 for the Kirin Cup,[12] but he was excluded because of suffering an ankle sprain in his club's AFC Champions League match.[13]

Personal life

Yuma's elder brother, Shota who currently play in Blaublitz Akita.

Career statistics

Club

As of the end from 2025 season.[14][15][16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club performance League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Continental Other Total
ClubSeasonLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Kashima Antlers 2015 J1 League 72201000—102
2016 3186260315[c]14811
2017 2664222841[d]14115
2018 32114420142—5217
Total 96271681122266215145
J.League U-22 (loan) 2015 J3 League 9300———93
Sint-Truiden 2019–20 Belgian First Division A 24710———257
2020–21 321710———3317
2021–22 11200———112
Total 672620———6926
Kashima Antlers 2022 J1 League 3274252——4111
2023 33141070——4114
2024 36154120——4216
2025 38104420——4414
2026 J1 100 Year Vision League 196————196
2026–27 J1 League 10000000—10
Total 15952137162——18861
Career total 331108311527422662417135
  1. ↑ Appearances in the Emperor's Cup and Belgian Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in the J.League Cup
  3. ↑ 3 appearances, 1 goal in the FIFA Club World Cup, 1 appearance in the J.League Championship, 1 appearance in the J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship
  4. ↑ Appearance in the Japanese Super Cup

Honours

Club

Kashima Antlers

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2016: List of Players: Kashima Antlers" (PDF). FIFA. 14 December 2016. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "鈴木 優磨：鹿島アントラーズ：Ｊリーグ.jp". jleague.jp. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Yuma Suzuki of Kashima named 2018 MVP". www.the-afc.com. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  4. ↑ "AWARD NOMINEES LIST 2018". www.the-afc.com.
  5. ↑ "STVV and Kashima Antlers Agree on the Transfer of Yuma Suzuki". STVV. Archived from the original on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  6. ↑ "SPORTING CHARLEROI VS. SINT-TRUIDEN 0 - 3". Soccerway. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  7. ↑ "Yuma Suzuki lifts Sint-Truiden over Genk in Belgian top flight". Japan Times. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  8. ↑ "鈴木選手の加入について". www.antlers.co.jp (in Japanese).
  9. ↑ "鈴木 優磨選手の手術について". www.antlers.co.jp (in Japanese).
  10. ↑ "佐野 海舟選手と鈴木 優磨選手が２０２３Ｊリーグ優秀選手賞に選出". www.antlers.co.jp (in Japanese).
  11. ↑ "鈴木 優磨選手 5月度の明治安田Ｊ１ KONAMI月間MVP受賞のお知らせ". www.antlers.co.jp (in Japanese).
  12. ↑ "日本代表メンバー発表！ "NMD"が順当に選出、初招集は山中亮輔と鈴木優磨". フットボールチャンネル (in Japanese). 7 November 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  13. ↑ "Comeback from leukemia continues for Albirex's Hayakawa". The Japan Times Online. 14 November 2018.
  14. ↑ Yuma Suzuki at Soccerway
  15. ↑ 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. 47 out of 289)
  16. ↑ "Soccer D.B. : 2024 Yuma Suzuki Result by Season". Soccer D.B. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  17. ↑ "明治安田J1リーグの順位表 (2016)". J. League (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 December 2025.
  18. ↑ "明治安田J1リーグの順位表 (2025)". J. League (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 December 2025.
  19. ↑ "Instagram".
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