is a Japanese

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who plays as a

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. He represented his country at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Club career

Suzuki joined

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as an apprentice professional in 2007. He turned full-time professional with Albirex at the start of the 2008 season and made his first team debut against

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in the second round of the

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. His first

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appearance was in the 2–1 away win over

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on 1 May 2010. He made 24 appearances during the 2010 season, scoring his first goal against

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on 28 May 2011. In January 2016, he announced the departure from

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after three seasons to look for new opportunities for his career. On 16 February, he signed for Spanish

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club

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National team career

In 2007, Suzuki received a call-up to the Japan U-17 national team squad for the 2007 U-17 World Cup. He played 2 matches. He was then also selected as part of the Japan U-23 national team for the

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and

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. He played all 6 matches as center back with

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and Japan won the 4th place. In July 2013, Suzuki was elected Japan national team for 2013 East Asian Cup. At this tournament, on 25 July, he debuted against

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. He played 2 games for Japan until 2014.

Club statistics

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Japanese Super Cup The , known as the for sponsorship reasons, is an annual one-match association football competition in Japan organised by J. League and the Japan Football Association (JFA). This competition serves as the season opener and is played between the r ...

National team statistics

Honours

Club

Kashiwa Reysol *

J. League Cup The is a Japanese Association football, football (soccer) competition organized by J.League. It has been sponsored by Yamazaki Biscuits (YBC) of Yamazaki Baking (formerly Yamazaki Nabisco) since its inception in 1992. It is also known as the or ...

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Suruga Bank Championship The J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship was an annual intercontinental football match held in Japan, contested by the reigning champions of the J.League Cup and the Copa Sudamericana. The tournament was previously officially called the ...

：

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International

Japan U21 *

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：

Individual

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Dream team：

References

External links

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Japan National Football Team Database
* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Suzuki, Daisuke 1990 births Living people Association football central defenders Association football people from Ishikawa Prefecture Japanese footballers Japan youth international footballers Japan international footballers J1 League players Albirex Niigata players Kashiwa Reysol players Segunda División players Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers Urawa Red Diamonds players JEF United Chiba players Olympic footballers of Japan Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games Japanese expatriate footballers Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in Spain Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games