Shunsuke Mito

Japanese footballer (born 2002)

Shunsuke MitoPersonal information

Full name|  Shunsuke Mito[1]
Date of birth|  (2002-09-28) 28 September 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth|  Yamaguchi, Japan
Height|  1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s)|  Midfielder
Team information

Current team

|  Sparta Rotterdam
Youth career
0000–2020|  JFA Academy Fukushima
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
2020–2023|  Albirex Niigata|  80|  (12)
2024–|  Sparta Rotterdam|  1|  (1)
International career‡
|  Japan U15|  |
2018|  Japan U16|  2|  (0)
2019|  Japan U17|  3|  (0)
2023–|  Japan U22|  2|  (0)
2022–|  Japan U23|  9|  (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:31, 14 January 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 June 2023

Shunsuke Mito (三戸 舜介, Mito Shunsuke, born 28 September 2002) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eredivisie club Sparta Rotterdam.

## Club career[edit]

On 21 December 2023, Mito signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Eredivisie club Sparta Rotterdam.[2] He scored on his debut on 13 January 2024, helping Sparta to a 2–0 away win over Fortuna Sittard.[3]

## Career statistics[edit]

As of match played 13 January 2024[4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition  Club  | Season  | League  | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Other  | Total

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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals
Albirex Niigata | 2021 | J2 League | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 27 | 3
2022 | J2 League  | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 24 | 6
2023 | J1 League | 31 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 35 | 4
Total  | 80 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 86 | 13
Sparta Rotterdam | 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1
Career total  | 81 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 14

1. ^ Includes Emperor's Cup
2. ^ Includes J.League Cup

## Honours[edit]

### Team[edit]

Japan U16

* AFC U-16 Championship: 2018

Albirex Niigata

* J2 League: 2022

### Individual[edit]

* J.League Best Young Player: 2023[5]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "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.
2. ^ "Sparta haalt Shunsuke Mito naar Het Kasteel". Sparta Rotterdam (Press release) (in Dutch). 21 December 2023. Archived from the original on 29 December 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
3. ^ Reedijk, Tim (13 January 2024). "Debutant Shunsuke Mito helpt Sparta aan zakelijke overwinning op Fortuna Sittard". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 January 2024.
4. ^ Shunsuke Mito at Soccerway
5. ^ "Jリーグベストヤングプレーヤー新潟MF三戸舜介は代表活動で世界を知る…高まる海外挑戦への意欲「やっぱり海外に行きたい」". Gekisaka. Retrieved 5 December 2023.

## External links[edit]

* Shunsuke Mito at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)

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Sparta Rotterdam - current squad

* GK Olij
* GK Schoonderwaldt
* GK Van Crooij
* DF Bakari
* DF de Ligt
* DF Eerdhuijzen
* DF Van der Kust
* DF Meissen
* DF Rosanas
* DF Velthuis
* DF Vianello
* DF Vriends
* DF Warmerdam
* MF Clement
* MF de Guzmán
* MF El Dahri
* MF Kitolano
* MF Metinho
* MF Mito
* MF Saito
* MF Verschueren
* MF Van Wageningen
* FW Anello
* FW Bal
* FW Brym
* FW Lauritsen
* FW Neghli
* FW Yüksel
* FW Zandbergen
* Manager: Rijsdijk

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J.League Rookie of the Year

* 1993: Sawanobori
* 1994: Tasaka
* 1995: Kawaguchi
* 1996: Saito
* 1997: Yanagisawa
* 1998: Ono
* 1999: Nakazawa
* 2000: Morisaki
* 2001: Yamase
* 2002: Tsuboi
* 2003: Nasu
* 2004: Morimoto
* 2005: Cullen
* 2006: Fujimoto
* 2007: Sugeno
* 2008: Ogawa
* 2009: Watanabe
* 2010: Usami
* 2011: Sakai
* 2012: Shibasaki
* 2013: Minamino
* 2014: Caio
* 2015: Asano
* 2016: Ideguchi
* 2017: Nakayama
* 2018: Abe
* 2019: Tanaka
* 2020: Seko
* 2021: Araki
* 2022: Hosoya
* 2023: Mito

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