Shunya Suganuma (菅沼 駿哉, Suganuma Shun'ya, born 17 May 1990) is a Japanese proessional footballer who currently plays as a centre back for Hong Kong Premier League club Rangers.

Shunya Suganuma
菅沼 駿哉
Personal information
Full name Shunya Suganuma
Date of birth (1990-05-17) 17 May 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
Rangers
Number 13
Youth career
2003–2008 Gamba Osaka
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Gamba Osaka 0 (0)
2011Roasso Kumamoto (loan) 17 (0)
2012–2014 Júbilo Iwata 54 (2)
2015–2016 Kyoto Sanga FC 74 (2)
2017 Montedio Yamagata 40 (0)
2018–2021 Gamba Osaka 11 (0)
2018Gamba Osaka U-23 (loan) 5 (1)
2022 FC Machida Zelvia 19 (0)
2023 Taichung FUTURO 4 (0)
2024 Khon Kaen United 14 (0)
2024– Rangers 0 (0)
Medal record
Gamba Osaka
Runner-up J1 League 2010
Winner Emperor's Cup 2009
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 August 2024

Suganuma previously had spells with Roasso Kumamoto, Júbilo Iwata, Kyoto Sanga, Montedio Yamagata and Gamba Osaka in Japan.[1][2]

Club career

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A native of Osaka, Suganuma came through the youth team ranks at Gamba Osaka and earned his first professional contract ahead of the 2009 season. In total, he spent 3 years in the Gamba first-team squad and had only 2 AFC Champions League appearances to show for it. He was loaned out to J2 League club Roasso Kumamoto for the second half of the 2011 season and played 17 times as the men from Kyushu finished in 11th place.

Suganuma joined Júbilo Iwata in 2012 and played 21 league games in his first season which saw them finish mid-table. However, the following year he featured just 16 times as Júbilo were relegated to J2. The club would stay in Japan's second tier for just one season with Suganuma featuring 17 times as they were promoted via the playoffs.

Júbilo moved up to J1 League in 2015. However, Suganuma spent the next 3 seasons in J2, first with Kyoto Sanga before moving north to link up with Montedio Yamagata in 2017. His consistent performances once again brought him to the attention of Gamba Osaka who re-signed him in 2018.[3]

Suganuma spent most of his first season back in Osaka on the substitutes bench as a backup to the first-choice centre-back pairing of Genta Miura and Fábio. Still, he did manage to rack up 16 appearances in total, 11 in the league and 5 in the J.League Cup, helping Gamba to finish 9th and reach the quarter-finals in those respective competitions. Additionally, he had a brief spell playing with Gamba's Under-23 side in J3 League, making 5 appearances and scoring once.[1]

On 23 August 2024, Suganuma joined Hong Kong Premier League club Rangers.[4]

International career

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Suganuma was a member of the Japan squad for the 2009 East Asian Games and won a gold medal with Japan under-23 in the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou.

Career statistics

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Club

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Updated to 2 December 2018.[5][1]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup League Cup Asia Total
2009 Gamba Osaka J1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
2011 Roasso Kumamoto J2 17 0 1 0 18 0
Total 17 0 1 0 18 0
2012 Jubilo Iwata J1 21 1 3 0 6 0 30 1
2013 16 1 2 0 4 0 22 1
2014 J2 17 0 2 0 19 0
Total 54 2 7 0 10 0 71 2
2015 Kyoto Sanga J2 34 1 3 0 37 1
2016 40 1 1 0 41 1
Total 74 2 4 0 78 2
2017 Montedio Yamagata J2 40 0 0 0 40 0
Total 40 0 0 0 40 0
2018 Gamba Osaka J1 11 0 0 0 5 0 16 0
2019 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
Total 11 0 0 0 5 0 16 0
Career total 196 4 12 0 15 0 2 0 225 4

Reserves

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Updated to 2 December 2018

Club performance League Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Total
2018 Gamba Osaka U-23 J3 5 1 5 1
Career total 5 1 5 1

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Shunya Suganuma Soccerway Player Statistics". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Shunya Suganuma Gamba Osaka Player Profile". Gamba Osaka (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Gamba Osaka News – Shunya Suganuma arrival". Gamba Osaka (in Japanese). 21 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  4. ^ 港超聯 標準流浪簽入前日本國腳菅沼駿哉 on.cc 23 August 2024
  5. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑", 10 February 2016, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411338 (p. 223 out of 289)
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