Hiroto Goya

Hiroto Goya
呉屋 大翔
Personal information
Full name Hiroto Goya
Date of birth (1994-01-02) 2 January 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Kawanishi, Hyōgo, Japan
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 JEF United Chiba
Number 9
Youth career
0000–2005 Keyaki FC
2006–2008 Vissel Kobe
2009–2011 RKU Kashiwa High School
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Kwansei Gakuin University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Gamba Osaka U-23 13 (7)
2016–2019 Gamba Osaka 23 (2)
2018 → Tokushima Vortis (loan) 7 (1)
2019 → V-Varen Nagasaki (loan) 36 (22)
2020–2021 Kashiwa Reysol 20 (4)
2021–2023 Oita Trinita 49 (9)
2023– JEF United Chiba 2 (0)
Medal record
Gamba Osaka
Runner-up J.League Cup 2016
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 August 2021

Hiroto Goya (呉屋 大翔, Goya Hiroto) is a Japanese football player. He currently plays for JEF United Chiba.

He previously had a loan spell at fellow J2 League side Tokushima Vortis. His regular playing position is forward.[1][2]

Club career

After graduating from Kwansei Gakuin University, Goya signed for J1 League side Gamba Osaka ahead of the 2016 season and was handed the number 23 jersey. He made his J1 League debut as a second-half replacement for Shun Nagasawa in a 1–0 win away to Ventforet Kofu on 6 March 2016.[3] He scored once in 14 league games during his first campaign at senior level with the goal coming against Albirex Niigata on 29 October.[4] Goya also appeared once in both the Emperor's Cup and the AFC Champions League as well as scoring one goal in 4 substitute appearances in the J.League Cup. Unfortunately for him, he missed the decisive penalty in the final of the competition against Urawa Red Diamonds.[5]

Although he found goals hard to come by for Gamba's top team in 2016, he had no such issues when playing for Gamba Under-23 in J3 where he found the back of the net 7 times in just 11 appearances. The following year Gamba's Under-23 side was run more as a youth team unlike the reserve team status it had held in 2016 and as such Goya only played twice and didn't manage to notch any goals in those limited appearances.[2]

At senior level, 2017 was also a disappointment with his game time much less than in the previous season. He played just 9 times in J1 League, scoring once, a 92nd-minute equaliser in a 3–3 draw away to Urawa Red Diamonds.[6] He also made one appearance in both the Emperor's Cup and the J.League Cup to take his senior total to just one goal in 11 appearances.[1][2]

In search of more game time Goya was sent on loan to Tokushima Vortis for the 2018 season.[7] However injury restricted him to just 7 games in which time he netted once before returning to Gamba for 2019.[1][2][8]

Personal life

As of 2023, his younger sister, Eriko Goya, plays as a defender for Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina, in the women's top-flight WE League.[9]

Career statistics

Last update: 22 March 2019.[10][11]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup League Cup Asia Super Cup Total
2012 Kwansei Gakuin University - - 1 0 - - - 1 0
2013 - - 1 1 - - - 1 1
2014 - - 2 2 - - - 2 2
2015 - - 1 0 - - - 1 0
Total - 5 3 - - - 5 3
2016 Gamba Osaka J1 14 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 20 2
2017 9 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 - 11 1
2019 0 0 0 0 1 0 - - 1 0
Total 23 2 2 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 31 3
2018 Tokushima Vortis J2 7 1 0 0 - - - 7 1
2019 V-Varen Nagasaki 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0
Career total 30 3 7 3 6 1 1 0 0 0 44 7

Reserves performance

Last Update: 1 February 2019

Club performance League Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Total
2016 Gamba Osaka U-23 J3 11 7 11 7
2017 2 0 2 0
Career total 13 7 13 7

References

  1. ^ a b c "Hiroto Goya Soccerway Player Statistics". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d "Hiroto Goya Gamba Osaka Player Profile". Gamba Osaka (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Ventforet Kofu vs Gamba Osaka 6 March 2016". Soccerway (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Gamba Osaka vs Albirex Niigata 29 October 2016". Soccerway (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Gamba Osaka vs Urawa Red Diamonds 15 October 2016". J.League English Site (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Urawa Red Diamonds vs Gamba Osaka 22 October 2017". J.League English Site (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Gamba Osaka News – Hiroto Goya loan departure". Gamba Osaka (in Japanese). 28 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Gamba Osaka News – Hiroto Goya Loan Return". Gamba Osaka (in Japanese). 27 December 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  9. ^ Yamamoto, Kentarō (23 February 2023). "選手さろん　サンフレッチェ広島レジーナ　呉屋絵理子（26）". Chūgoku Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  10. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2019 (NSK MOOK)", 9 February 2019, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411628 (p. 157 out of 289)
  11. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 179 out of 289)