Naoki Kumata
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Naoki Kumata[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 2 August 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Fukushima, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Iwaki FC (on loan from FC Tokyo) | ||
| Number | 38 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Midorigaoka SSS | |||
| Estrellas FC | |||
| –2022 | FC Tokyo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | FC Tokyo | 8 | (1) |
| 2024 | → Jong Genk (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2024– | Iwaki FC | 13 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Japan U15 | ||
| 2022– | Japan U19 | 10 | (8) |
| 2023– | Japan U20 | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:21, 19 February 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 March 2023 | |||
Naoki Kumata (熊田 直紀, Kumata Naoki, born 2 August 2004) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a forward for J2 League club Iwaki FC, on loan from FC Tokyo.
Club career
[edit]Born in Fukushima Prefecture, Kumata joined FC Tokyo at under-15 level.[3]
On 26 January 2024, Kumata was loaned until the end of 2024 to Genk in Belgium and assigned to their reserve team Jong Genk that plays in the second-tier Challenger Pro League.[4]
On 9 August 2024, Kumata was loaned to Iwaki FC.[5] On 26 December 2024, his loan with the club was extended for the 2025 season.[6]
International career
[edit]Kumata was called up to the Japan U-20 squad for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[7]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 23 February 2022.[8]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| FC Tokyo | 2022 | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Career total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
- Notes
- ^ Appearances in the J.League Cup
Honours
[edit]Individual
- AFC U-20 Asian Cup Top Goalscorer: 2023 (5 goals)
References
[edit]- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023™ SQUAD LIST: Japan (JPN)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 May 2023. p. 15. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ^ Naoki Kumata at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "寡黙なストライカー。FC東京U-18・熊田直紀はゴールで自らの価値を雄弁に語る 【NEXT TEENS FILE.】" [A quiet striker. FC Tokyo U-18 Naoki Kumada speaks eloquently about his own value with a goal [NEXT TEENS FILE.]]. news.yahoo.co.jp (in Japanese). 28 April 2022.
- ^ "OFFICIEEL: JAPANS JEUGDINTERNATIONAL NAOKI KUMATA (19) VERSTERKT VOORHOEDE JONG GENK" [OFFICIAL: JAPANESE YOUTH INTERNATIONAL NAOKI KUMATA (19) STRENGTHENS JONG GENK'S VANGUARD] (in Dutch). Genk. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ "熊田直紀 選手、FC東京より育成型期限付き移籍加入のお知らせ" [Naoki Kumada joins the team on a development-type loan transfer from FC Tokyo]. iwakifc.com (in Japanese).
- ^ "熊田直紀 選手、育成型期限付き移籍期間延長のお知らせ" [Extension of loan period for development-type player Naoki Kumada]. iwakifc.com (in Japanese).
- ^ "U-20日本代表メンバー FIFA U-20ワールドカップアルゼンチン2023" [Japan U-20 national team for the FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023]. Japan Football Association. 8 May 2023.
- ^ Naoki Kumata at Soccerway
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- 2004 births
- Living people
- Association football people from Fukushima Prefecture
- Japanese men's footballers
- Japan men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- FC Tokyo players
- Iwaki FC players
- J1 League players
- J2 League players
- Japanese expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
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