Nozomi Kimura
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nozomi Seijiro Kimura Heredia | ||
| Date of birth | 23 January 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Fernández Vial | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Santiago Morning | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2021 | Santiago Morning | 99 | (3) |
| 2017 | → O'Higgins (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Cobreloa (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Ñublense (loan) | 21 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Ñublense | 7 | (0) |
| 2023– | Fernández Vial | 10 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2017– | Chile U20 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 February 2024 | |||
Nozomi Seijiro Kimura Heredia (Japanese: 木村 のぞみ Kimura Nozomi, born 23 January 1997) is a Chilean footballer who currently plays for Fernández Vial as a centre-back.
Club career[edit]
In 2014, aged 17, he was promoted to Santiago Morning’s first-adult team. Since that year he has played as starter during three years at the Primera B (second-tier).[1]
International career[edit]
In 2017, he was called up to under-20 national team by coach Héctor Robles to face the South American Youth Championship at Ecuador.[2] He made his debut one day after his 20th birthday, on 24 January, against Paraguay.
Personal life[edit]
His paternal great-grandfather Seijiro was the first of his family in came from Japan, arriving the first time to Talcahuano and then definitely settling at Santiago where was born Nozomi's grandfather José Guillermo and his father José Luis.[1][3][2]
In November 2016, Kimura starred in Somos Chile (We are Chile), a web series created by the ANFP which reflects the process of multiculturalism that Chile has been going through that decade, in hopes to combat forms of discrimination such as racism and xenophobia.[4] In the series, Kimura revealed that he was sometimes bullied by his teammates due to his Japanese name.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Kimura, el chileno-japonés que lucha por un lugar en la Sub 20" [Kimura, the Chilean-Japanese which fight for a place in the U20 team]. Chile.As.com. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- ^ a b "Un chileno-japonés es la gran sorpresa de la nómina sub 20 de la selección chilena" [A Chilean-Japanese is the great surprise in the Chile U20 nominee]. Radio Agricultura. 5 November 2016. Archived from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- ^ "[VIDEO] Nozomi Kimura: El "Samurai" que espera brillar con la selección chilena Sub 20" [[VIDEO] Nozomi Kimura: The "Samurai" which hopes to shine with the Chilean Under 20 team]. Chile.As.com. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- ^ "#SomosChile, la web series de la ANFP para luchar contra la discriminación" [#SomosChile, the ANFP web series to fight against discrimination.]. ANFP (in Spanish). 11 November 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ^ "CAP 2 #SomosChile: Nozomi Kimura" (video). Facebook (in Spanish). Santiago: Selección Chilena. 13 November 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
I don't know if I actually felt discriminated, but yes; in some hard jokes or nicknames... there was a little... as you say, they discriminate you sometimes because of the name, the skin color or where I come from.
External links[edit]
- Nozomi Seijiro Kimura at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Nozomi Kimura at PlaymakerStats.com
- Nozomi Kimura at Soccerway
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Chilean people of Japanese descent
- Sportspeople of Japanese descent
- Chilean men's footballers
- Chile men's under-20 international footballers
- Santiago Morning footballers
- O'Higgins F.C. footballers
- C.D. Cobreloa footballers
- Ñublense footballers
- C.D. Arturo Fernández Vial footballers
- Primera B de Chile players
- Chilean Primera División players
- Segunda División Profesional de Chile players
- Men's association football defenders
- Footballers from Santiago