Ryotaro Tsunoda
Japanese footballer
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Ryotaro Tsunoda (角田 涼太朗, Tsunoda Ryotaro; born 27 June 1999) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or a left-back for Yokohama F. Marinos.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 June 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Saitama, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Positions | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Yokohama F. Marinos | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Kitaurawa SSS | |||
| Urawa Red Diamonds | |||
| 2015–2017 | Maebashi Ikuei High School | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | University of Tsukuba | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2024 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 36 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | Cardiff City | 0 | (0) |
| 2024 | → Kortrijk (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2025 | → Kortrijk (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2025– | Yokohama F. Marinos | 2 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| Japan U18 | |||
| 2019 | Japan U20 | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 September 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17:04, 13 October 2020 (UTC) | |||
Club career
On 23 January 2024, Tsunoda signed for Championship club Cardiff City. Upon his arrival at the club, he immediately joined Belgian Pro League club KV Kortrijk on loan for the remainder of the season.[1] On 16 March, Tsunoda suffered a hamstring injury in match against Anderlecht and missed the remainder of the season.[2]
On 6 January 2025, Tsunoda returned to Kortrijk on a new loan.[3]
International career
In March 2023, Tsunoda was called up to the Japan national team for the first time by manager Hajime Moriyasu to play in the 2023 Kirin Challenge Cup.[4]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 16 March 2024[5]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| University of Tsukuba | 2020 | – | 5 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Yokohama F. Marinos | 2020 | J1 League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | J1 League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022 | J1 League | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5[c] | 1 | 27 | 1 | |
| 2023 | J1 League | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4[d] | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Total | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 52 | 1 | ||
| Cardiff City | 2023–24 | EFL Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024–25 | EFL Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kortrijk (loan) | 2023–24 | Belgian First Division | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Career total | 45 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 66 | 1 | ||
- Includes Emperor's Cup, FA Cup, Belgian Cup
- Includes J.League Cup, EFL Cup
- Appearances in the AFC Champions League
- One appearance in Japanese Super Cup, three appearances in AFC Champions League
