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Joel Chima Fujita

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Joel Chima Fujita
Personal information
Full name Joel Chima Fujita[1]
Date of birth (2002-02-16) 16 February 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Tokyo, Japan
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Sint-Truiden
Number 8
Youth career
2008–2013 Machida Okura FC
2014–2019 Tokyo Verdy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 Tokyo Verdy 45 (3)
2021 Tokushima Vortis 28 (1)
2022–2023 Yokohama F. Marinos 46 (3)
2023– Sint-Truiden 33 (1)
International career
2019 Japan U17 4 (0)
2022– Japan 2 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Japan
EAFF Championship
Winner 2022 Japan Team
AFC U-23 Asian Cup
Third place 2022 Uzbekistan Team
Winner 2024 Qatar Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 July 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 July 2022

Joel Chima Fujita (藤田 譲瑠 チマ, Fujita Joeru Chima, born 16 February 2002) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Belgian Pro League club Sint-Truiden and the Japan national team.

Career

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Sint-Truiden

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On 27 July 2023, Fujita left Japan for the first time to join Sint-Truiden on a permanent deal.[2]

Personal life

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Fujita was born in Tokyo on 16 February 2002 to an Igbo Nigerian father and Japanese mother, and chose to represent the Japan national football team.[3][4]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 3 July 2024[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Tokyo Verdy 2019 J2 League 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2020 41 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 3
Total 45 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 3
Tokushima Vortis 2021 J1 League 28 1 0 0 5[a] 0 0 0 33 1
Yokohama F. Marinos 2022 J1 League 29 1 1 0 2[a] 0 7 0 39 1
2023 17 2 0 0 4[a] 0 1 0 22 2
Total 74 4 1 0 11 0 8 0 94 4
Sint-Truiden 2023–24 Belgian Pro League 25 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 27 1
Career total 144 8 3 0 11 0 8 0 166 8
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in the J.League Cup

Honours

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Yokohama F. Marinos

Japan

Japan U23

Individual

References

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  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. ^ "Japanse kampioen wordt een Kanarie" (in Dutch). Sint-Truidense V.V. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  3. ^ Dachen, Isaac (21 October 2019). "Nigeria loses prodigious football talent to Japan". Naija Online TV Blog. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Joel Chima Fujita – Japanese-Nigerian Midfielder Who Helped Japan U17 To Win Over Nigeria Ahead Of WYC". OwnGoal Nigeria. 21 October 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  5. ^ Joel Chima Fujita at Soccerway
  6. ^ "J1横浜M 3年ぶりリーグ制覇 最終節で決める". Kanagawa Shimbun. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
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