Yu Kimura (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yu Kimura | ||
| Date of birth | 3 June 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2012 | Kashiwa Reysol Youth | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2016 | Kashiwa Reysol | 11 | (0) |
| 2014 | → J. League U-22 (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | → V-Varen Nagasaki (loan) | 51 | (5) |
| 2017–2018 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 18 | (5) |
| 2018 | → Kataller Toyama (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | Nagano Parceiro | 26 | (1) |
| Total | 123 | (13) | |
Medal record | |||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:25, 1 December 2023 (UTC) | |||
Yu Kimura (木村 裕, Kimura Yū; born 3 June 1994) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a forward.
On 4 August 2012, Kimura scored the winning goal against Yokohama F. Marinos youth to win the championship.[1]
Career
Kashiwa Reysol
Kimura made his debut for Kashiwa against Ventforet Kofu on 13 April 2013.[2]
Loan to V-Varen Nagasaki
Yu made his debut for V-Varen against JEF United on 8 March 2015.[3] He scored his first goal for the club against Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo on 15 March 2015, scoring the only goal in the 20th minute.[4] On 11 April 2015, Kimura scored V-Varen's 100th goal in the J2 League.[5]
V-Varen Nagasaki
On 29 December 2016, Kimura was announced at V-Varen Nagasaki.[6]
Loan to Kataller Toyama
On 19 June 2018, Kimura was announced at Kataller Toyama.[7] He scored on his debut for Kataller against Thespakusatsu Gunma on 1 July 2018, scoring the only goal in the 86th minute.[8]
Nagano Parceiro
On 21 December 2018, Kimura was announced at Nagano Parceiro.[9] He made his debut for Nagano against Roasso Kumamoto on 10 March 2019.[10] Kimura scored his first goal for the club against Thespakusatsu Gunma on 31 August 2019, scoring in the 82nd minute.[11]
On 17 December 2020, Kimura announced his retirement.[12]
Club statistics
Updated to 23 February 2018.[13][14]
| Club | Season | League | Emperor's Cup | J. League Cup | AFC | Other1 | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Kashiwa Reysol | 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2014 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 0 | |||
| V-Varen Nagasaki | 2015 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 28 | 4 | ||
| 2016 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | 26 | 4 | ||||
| 2017 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 18 | 5 | ||||
| Career total | 79 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 85 | 13 | |
1Includes Japanese Super Cup.