Kohei Tezuka

Kohei Tezuka
手塚康平
Personal information
Full name	Kohei Tezuka
Date of birth	April 6, 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Utsunomiya, Japan
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Sagan Tosu
Number	7
Youth career
2009–2014	Kashiwa Reysol
Senior career*
Years	Team
2015	Onehunga Sports
2016–2020	Kashiwa Reysol
2020	→ Yokohama FC (loan)
2021–2022	Yokohama FC
2022–	Sagan Tosu
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:55, 5 November 2022 (UTC)

Kohei Tezuka (手塚康平, Tezuka Kohei, born April 6, 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays primarily as a defensive-midfielder for J1 League club Sagan Tosu. He is also capable of playing as a central-midfielder or occasionally as an attacking-midfielder.

Club career[edit]

Onehunga Sports[edit]

While playing in Kashiwa Reysol youth ranks, Kohei opted for an abroad experience in New Zealand, where he signed for Onehunga Sports on 26 March 2015.

Return to Kashiwa Reysol[edit]

On 8 January 2016, Kohei then came back to Reysol, finding his first cap only after a year of orientation. He debuted on 15 March 2017 in a J. League Cup match against Shimizu S-Pulse and he even scored the winning-goal for Reysol.^[1]

Yokohama FC[edit]

On 1 February 2020, Kohei joined J1 League outfits, Yokohama FC on loan however on 1 February 2021, he joined the club on free after his loan contract expired.

Sagan Tosu[edit]

On 25 July 2022, Kohei joined J1 League club, Sagan Tosu. On 10 May 2023, he scored his first goal for the club in a 2–0 away win against Urawa Red Diamonds. Kohei than went on to contribute 3 consecutive assists in 3 games throughout the season.

Personal life[edit]

Kohei is the older brother of fellow professional footballer, Takahiro Tezuka who is currently playing for Singapore Premier League club Geylang International.

Club statistics[edit]

As of 30 August 2022.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		Other		Total
Kashiwa Reysol	2016	J1 League	0	0	0	0	0	0	-		0	0
	2017		16	2	0	0	2	1	-		18	3
	2018		18	1	0	0	4	0	1^[a]	0	23	1
	2019	J2 League	18	0	2	1	3	0	-		23	1
	Total		52	3	2	1	9	1	1	0	64	5
Yokohama FC (loan)	2020	J1 League	28	0	0	0	2	0	-		30	0
Yokohama FC	2021	J1 League	15	2	0	0	5	0	-		20	2
	2022	J2 League	22	0	1	0	-		-		23	0
	Total		65	2	1	0	7	0	0	0	73	2
Sagan Tosu	2022	J1 League	2	0	0	0	0	0	-		2	0
Total			119	5	3	1	16	1	1	0	139	7

^ Appearances in the AFC Champions League

References[edit]

^ "J.league.jp Japan Professional Football League".
^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 34 out of 289)
^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 67 out of 289)
^ "Soccer D.B. : 2022 Kohei Tezuka Result by Season". Soccer D.B. Retrieved 30 August 2022.

External links[edit]

Kohei Tezuka at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
Profile at Kashiwa Reysol

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[5] Appearances in the AFC Champions League

[1] "J.league.jp Japan Professional Football League".

[2] Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 34 out of 289)

[3] Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 67 out of 289)

[4] "Soccer D.B. : 2022 Kohei Tezuka Result by Season". Soccer D.B. Retrieved 30 August 2022.

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