Yuta Kinowaki

Yuta Kinowaki
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-01-22) 22 January 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Japan
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Kyoto Sanga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Energetyk Gryfino 15 (0)
2014 Daugavpils 21 (0)
2015 Kyoto Sanga 3 (1)
2015–2016 Aizawl 15 (2)
2016−2017 Shillong Lajong 18 (2)
2017−2019 Mohun Bagan 20 (1)
Total 92 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yuta Kinowaki (木脇 悠太, Kinowaki Yūta, born 22 January 1991) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Kinowaki, after spending his youth with Kyoto Sanga, moved to Poland to play with Energetyk Gryfino.[1] After a season in Poland, Kinowaki moved to Latvia to play for Virslīga side BFC Daugavpils.[1] After a season with Daugavpils, Kinowaki moved to India and signed for newly promoted I-League club, Aizawl.[1]

Kinowaki made his debut for Aizawl in the I-League on 9 January 2016 against the reigning champions, Mohun Bagan. He played the full match as Aizawl lost 3–1. After missing a home game against Bengaluru, he scored a goal against DSK Shivaijans, his first goal for Aizawl.[2]

In August 2017 he joined Mohun Bagan as their second Asian player.[3] On 4 December 2017, Kinowaki made his debut for Mohun Bagan against arch-rivals East Bengal in the I-league. He suffered a shoulder injury in his second match against Churchill Brothers and eventually had to leave the stadium in an ambulance. He was ruled out for a month after dislocating a collarbone.[4]

Statistics

As of 30 April 2017[5]
Club Season League League Cup Domestic Cup International Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
BFC Daugavpils 2014 Latvian Higher League 21 0 — — 0 0 — — 21 0
Kyoto Shiko S.C. 2015 KSL2 3 1 — — — — — — 3 1
Aizawl 2015–16 I-League 15 2 — — 5 0 — — 20 2[6][circular reference]
Shillong Lajong 2016–17 I-League 18 2 — — 3 2 — — 21 5
Mohun Bagan 2017-18 I-League 2 0 - - - - - -
Career total 57 4 0 0 8 2 0 0 65 8

Honours

Mohun Bagan

References

  1. ^ a b c Bhattacharjee, Nilotpal (27 October 2015). "Japanese recruit for Aizawl FC". Telegraph India. Archived from the original on 8 May 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Mohun Bagan 3-1 Aizawl". Soccerway.
  3. ^ "I-LEAGUE 2017/18: MOHUN BAGAN SIGN YUTA KINOWAKI, FILL UP ASIAN QUOTA". goal.com.
  4. ^ "Mohun Bagan's Yuta Kinowaki ruled out for a month after dislocating collarbone". Zee News. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  5. ^ Yuta Kinowaki at Soccerway
  6. ^ 2015–16 Indian Federation Cup
  7. ^ "Mohun Bagan Win Calcutta Football League After Eight Years". sports.ndtv.com. Retrieved 15 September 2018.