Naoki Kumata

Naoki Kumata
Personal information
Full name Naoki Kumata[1]
Date of birth (2004-08-02) 2 August 2004 (age 20)
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
0000–2022 FC Tokyo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– FC Tokyo 8 (1)
2024 → Jong Genk (loan) 9 (1)
International career‡
2019 Japan U15
2022– Japan U19 10 (8)
2023– Japan U20 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 May 2024
‡ 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

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]

Career statistics

Club

As of 23 February 2022.[5]
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
  1. ^ Appearances in the J.League Cup

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023™ SQUAD LIST: Japan (JPN)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 May 2023. p. 15. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  2. ^ Naoki Kumata at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ Naoki Kumata at Soccerway


Flag of JapanSoccer icon

This biographical article related to a Japanese association football forward, born in the 2000s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.