is a Japanese

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who plays as a

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for

Shonan Bellmare is a Japanese professional football club based in Hiratsuka, in the west of Kanagawa Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. Their home stadium is Hiratsuka ...

and the Japan national team.

Club career

Shonan Bellmare

Sugioka joined

in 2017 straight from Funabashi Municipal High School, aged 17 and took the number 29 shirt. He was immediately involved in the first XI and was handed his

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debut by

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on 26 February 2017, a 1-0 win over

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where Sugioka played the full 90 minutes. In his first home game, Sugioka scored his first professional goal in a 3-1 win over

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, after running past a number of defenders and scoring with a fine left-footed finish. Sugioka went on to make 37 appearances in his first full season – an integral part of the team that eventually won the league and gained promotion into the

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. Sugioka made his J1 League debut in a 2-1 win over

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and played 30 league games in total, with Shonan Bellmare finishing in 13th position in their first season back in the top-flight. The unquestionable highlight of the season however lifting the 2018 J.League Cup after a 1-0 victory in the final against

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. Sugioka scored the only goal of the game in the 36th minute, an incredible strike from outside of the box into the top corner. This was their first time lifting the trophy. Shonan couldn't carry their cup success of the 2018 season into the 2019 season and struggled throughout, getting knocked out at the group stages of the

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and finishing in 16th place in the league. Only a relegation playoff result against

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saved them from being relegated. Sugioka made 34 appearances in all competitions, scoring two goals. He did appear for the first time in a continental competition, coming on as a second half substitute in Shonan's 4-0 defeat to

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in the J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship.

Kashima Antlers

In January 2020, Sugioka signed for

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. Sugioka struggled to break into the team in his first season at the club, only making eight appearances in all competitions.

International career

In May 2017, Sugioka was selected to play for the Japan U-20 national team for the 2017 U-20 World Cup. At this tournament, he played two full matches at left-back. He continued through the national youth teams, representing the U-21 national team at the

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and the U-23 national team at the

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, where the team finished as runners-up after a 2-1 extra-time defeat to

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. He also represented the U-23s at the

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. On May 24 2019, Sugioka was called up by

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's head coach

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to feature in the

Copa América The Copa América ( en, America Cup) or CONMEBOL Copa América, known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship (''Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol'' in Spanish and ''Campeonato Sul-Americano de Futebol'' in Portuguese), is the t ...

, played in Brazil. He made his debut on 17 June 2019 in a game against Chile, starting the game at left-back and playing the full 90 minutes. Sugioka went on to make two more appearances in the 2019 Copa América, but has not been capped since.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Club

Shonan Bellmare *

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International

* EAFF Championship:

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Runner-up

References

External links

Profile at Shonan Bellmare
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sugioka, Daiki 1998 births Living people Japanese men's footballers Japan men's youth international footballers Japan men's under-20 international footballers Japan men's international footballers J1 League players J2 League players Shonan Bellmare players category:Kashima Antlers players Men's association football defenders Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in football Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games 2019 Copa América players