Keiya Sento
Japanese footballer (born 1994)
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Keiya Sento (仙頭 啓矢, Sentō Keiya; born December 29, 1994) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for J1 League club Machida Zelvia.[1][2]
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Keiya Sento playing for Kashiwa Reysol in 2023. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Keiya Sento | ||
| Date of birth | December 29, 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Hirataka, Osaka, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Machida Zelvia | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2012 | Kyoto Tachibana High School | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2016 | Toyo University | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2019 | Kyoto Sanga | 99 | (16) |
| 2020 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 3 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Kyoto Sanga (loan) | 19 | (6) |
| 2021 | Sagan Tosu | 38 | (3) |
| 2022 | Nagoya Grampus | 34 | (2) |
| 2023 | Kashiwa Reysol | 26 | (0) |
| 2024– | Machida Zelvia | 57 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 September 2025 | |||
Career
Keiya Sento joined J2 League club Kyoto Sanga FC in 2017 and played 99 games for the club over three seasons.
In May 2019, he won the J2 League Monthly MVP award after scoring three goals and providing two assists in five games.[3]
After three seasons, he joined J1 League club Yokohama F. Marinos in 2020.[4] After playing only three games for the Marinos, Sento was loaned back to Kyoto Sanga in the same season and eventually moved on at the end of the season to Sagan Tosu.[5]
Sento then joined Nagoya Grampus for the 2022 season.[6] After playing 45 games for Nagoya, Sento then moved on again after one season, this time joining fellow J1 League team Kashiwa Reysol for the 2023 season.[7]
Club statistics
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J. League Cup | Total | ||||||
| Kyoto Sanga | 2017 | J2 League | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | 24 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 39 | 1 | |||
| 2019 | 36 | 10 | 0 | 0 | – | 36 | 10 | |||
| Total | 99 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 16 | ||
| Yokohama F. Marinos | 2020 | J1 League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Kyoto Sanga (loan) | 2020 | J2 League | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | – | 19 | 6 | |
| Sagan Tosu | 2021 | J1 League | 38 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 3 |
| Nagoya Grampus | 2022 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 45 | 2 | |
| Kashiwa Reysol | 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Career total | 196 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 211 | 27 | ||
Honours
Club
Machida Zelvia