Noboru Shimura

Noboru Shimura
志村 謄
Personal information
Full name Noboru Shimura[1]
Date of birth (1993-03-11) 11 March 1993 (age 31)[1]
Place of birth Kawagoe, Japan[2]
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[3]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder, centre-back[4]
Team information
Current team
 Port
Number 33
Youth career
Saitama Heisei High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Japan Soccer College 0 (0)
2015 Berane 11 (0)
2015–2016 Mornar 30 (1)
2016 Bokelj 0 (0)
2016–2017 Sutjeska Nikšić 31 (1)
2017–2023 Spartak Subotica 147 (11)
2019 → Machida Zelvia (loan) 2 (0)
2023– Port 26 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 September 2024

Noboru Shimura (志村 謄, Noboru Shimura, born 11 March 1993)[5] is a Japanese professional footballer who plays for Port in the Thai League 1. He mainly operates as a defensive midfielder,[6] while being capable of playing as a centre-back as well.[1]

Club career

Montenegro

Born in Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan, Shimura moved to Montenegrin First League in February 2015.[5] Previously, he had played with university team in his home country.[2] After six-month period with Berane making 11 appearances,[7] he moved to Mornar. Shimura noted 35 appearances in both Montenegrin domestic competitions for the 2015–16 season, scoring a goal in 2–1 away victory over Zeta on 20 November 2015.[8] Next the short spell with Bokelj in 2016 and both of matches in the first qualifying round for 2016–17 UEFA Europa League against Vojvodina he spent on the bench as an unused substitution, Shimura joined Sutjeska Nikšić for the league part of the same season.[8] Playing for the club he noted 31 league matches with 1 goal, as also 7 matches with 1 goal in the Montenegrin Cup,[7] including the final game against Grbalj after which Sutjeska won the competition.[9] Behind the end of a season, he left the club.[10]

Spartak Subotica

After several season playing in Montenegro, Shimura moved to Serbia and joined Spartak Subotica in summer 2017,[11] penning a three-year professional contract with new club.[12] Shimura made his Serbian SuperLiga debut in opening match of the 2017–18 season, in 2–1 home win versus OFK Bačka under coach Aleksandar Veselinović, when he also noted an assist for a goal.[13] Making an official appearance for Spartak, Shimura became the first Japanese footballer in the club history.[14] Shimura scored his first goal for the club in 2–0 away victory over Rad.[15] As a coincidence, Shimura also scored his next goal for the club in 2–0 win against the same opponent on 18 March 2018.[16] Finally, Shimura scored his third season goal in 2–0 away victory over Vojvodina on 22 April 2018.[17]

Career statistics

As of 25 December 2023[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Berane 2014–15[7] Montenegrin First League 11 0 0 0 — — — 11 0
Mornar 2015–16[7] 30 1 5 0 — — — 35 1
Bokelj 2016–17 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0
Sutjeska Nikšić 2016–17[7] 31 1 7 1 — — — 38 2
Spartak Subotica 2017–18[18] Serbian SuperLiga 34 3 1 0 — — — 35 3
2018–19[19] 18 1 2 0 — 6 0 — 26 1
2020–21[20] 34 5 2 1 — — — 36 6
2021–22[21] 30 0 1 0 — — — 31 0
2022–23[22] 31 2 1 0 — — — 32 2
Total 147 11 7 1 0 0 6 0 — 160 12
Port 2023–24 Thai League 1 9 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 — 11 3
Total 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 11 3
Career total 228 16 20 2 0 0 7 0 — 255 18

Honours

Sutjeska Nikšić

References

  1. ^ a b c "Noboru Shimura". FK Sutjeska Nikšić official website. August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Shimura, Noboru". srbijafudbal.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Noboru Shimura 2016/2017". YouTube (in Serbian). 18 May 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Јапанац Шимура појачао Спартак, стигли и Вукчевић, Дунђерски..." Sportski žurnal. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Noboru Shimura (志村 謄) FK Berane". YouTube (in Serbian). 18 May 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Суботичани у сјајном расположењу пред Партизан: На победу!". Sportski žurnal. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Player Information – Noboru Shimura". Football Association of Montenegro. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  8. ^ a b c Noboru Shimura at Soccerway
  9. ^ a b "Sutjeska osvojila Kup, Vlaisavljević heroj". RTCG. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  10. ^ "Sutjeska u Sofiji, Rakojević Bugarima: Ne pobjeđuje uvijek bolji". Vijesti. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  11. ^ "Predstavljene novajlije". FK Spartak Subotica official website. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  12. ^ ""FUDBAL", vanredni broj 12/17 – page 14" (PDF). Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 25 July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  13. ^ "Fudbaleri Spartaka pobedom započeli novu sezonu". subotica.info. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  14. ^ "Нобору први Јапанац у историји Спартака из Суботице". Sportski žurnal. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  15. ^ "Spartak izbio na treće mesto Superlige". FK Spartak Subotica official website. 14 August 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  16. ^ "Druga pobeda u nizu". FK Spartak Subotica official website. 18 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  17. ^ "Otišli nosioci igre, otišao trener koji je sve to posložio, a Spartak i dalje igra evropski fudbal!". mozzartsport.com. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  18. ^ "Shimura, Noboru 2017–18 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  19. ^ "Shimura, Noboru 2018–19 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  20. ^ "Shimura, Noboru 2018–19 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  21. ^ "Shimura, Noboru 2018–19 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  22. ^ "Shimura, Noboru 2018–19 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 3 January 2019.