Joel Chima Fujita
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| Full name | Joel Chima Fujita[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 February 2002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tokyo, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Sint-Truiden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2013 | Machida Okura FC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2019 | Tokyo Verdy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Tokyo Verdy | 45 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Tokushima Vortis | 28 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 46 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Sint-Truiden | 25 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Japan U17 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Japan | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 July 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 July 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Joel Chima Fujita (藤田 譲瑠 チマ, Fujita Joeru Chima, born 16 February 2002) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Belgian Pro League club Sint-Truiden and the Japan national team.
Career
[edit]Sint-Truiden
[edit]On 27 July 2023, Fujita left Japan for the first time to join Sint-Truiden on a permanent deal.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Fujita was born in Tokyo on 16 February 2002 to an Igbo Nigerian father and Japanese mother, and chose to represent the Japan national football team.[3][4]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 3 July 2024[5]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Tokyo Verdy | 2019 | J2 League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2020 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 3 | ||
| Total | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 3 | ||
| Tokushima Vortis | 2021 | J1 League | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 |
| Yokohama F. Marinos | 2022 | J1 League | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 7 | 0 | 39 | 1 |
| 2023 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 2 | ||
| Total | 74 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 94 | 4 | ||
| Sint-Truiden | 2023–24 | Belgian Pro League | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| Career total | 144 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 166 | 8 | ||
- ^ a b c Appearances in the J.League Cup
Honours
[edit]Yokohama F. Marinos
Japan
Japan U23
Individual
- AFC U-23 Asian Cup Most Valuable Player: 2024
References
[edit]- ^ "FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019: List of Players: Japan" (PDF). FIFA. 31 October 2019. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2019.
- ^ "Japanse kampioen wordt een Kanarie" (in Dutch). Sint-Truidense V.V. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ Dachen, Isaac (21 October 2019). "Nigeria loses prodigious football talent to Japan". Naija Online TV Blog. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Joel Chima Fujita – Japanese-Nigerian Midfielder Who Helped Japan U17 To Win Over Nigeria Ahead Of WYC". OwnGoal Nigeria. 21 October 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ Joel Chima Fujita at Soccerway
- ^ "J1横浜M 3年ぶりリーグ制覇 最終節で決める". Kanagawa Shimbun. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
External links
[edit]- Joel Chima Fujita at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
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