Joel Chima Fujita
Personal information
Full name Joel Chima Fujita[1]
Date of birth (2002-02-16) 16 February 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth Tokyo, Japan
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sint-Truiden
Number 8
Youth career
Machida Okura FC
0000–2019 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 5 (0)
International career‡
2019 Japan U17 4 (0)
2022– Japan 2 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Japan
EAFF Championship
Winner 2022 Japan Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 October 2023
‡ 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 Sint-Truiden and the Japan national team.

Career

Sint-Truiden

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

Personal life

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

Career statistics

Club

As of July 15th 2023.[5]
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 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
Career total 119 7 1 0 11 0 8 0 139 7
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in the J.League Cup

Honours

Club

Yokohama F. Marinos

International

References

  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.

External links

Sint-Truidense V.V. – current squad
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