Sei Muroya
室屋 成
Muroya (right, 2019)
Personal information
Full name Sei Muroya
Date of birth (1994-04-05) 5 April 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Kumatori, Osaka, Japan
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
 Hannover 96
Number 21
Youth career
2013–2015 Meiji University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 FC Tokyo 108 (2)
2016–2017 FC Tokyo U-23 5 (0)
2020– Hannover 96 95 (3)
International career‡
2011 Japan U-17 4 (0)
2012–2014 Japan U-19 2 (0)
2015–2016 Japan U-23 2 (0)
2017– Japan 16 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Japan
AFC Asian Cup
Silver medal – second place 2019 United Arab Emirates
AFC U-23 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2016 Qatar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 September 2021

Sei Muroya (室屋 成, Muroya Sei, born 5 April 1994) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a right back for Hannover 96 in the 2. Bundesliga and for the Japan national team.[1]

Club career

FC Tokyo

Muroya was born in Osaka. He joined FC Tokyo in 2016[2] and made his league debut against Ventforet Kofu on 9 July 2016.[3]

Hannover 96

In August 2020, Muroya joined German club Hannover 96.[1]

International career

In June 2011, Muroya was elected Japan U-17 national team for 2011 U-17 World Cup and he played 4 matches. He has been a member of the Japan national U-23 team since 2015. Muroya was member of Japan U23 team for 2016 AFC U-23 Championship in Qatar and he won the championship. On 1 July 2016, Muroya was called up for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Career statistics

Club

As of 4 February 2024[4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC Tokyo U-23 2016 J3 League 4 0 – – – 4 0
2017 1 0 – – – 1 0
Total 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
FC Tokyo 2016 J1 League 12 0 2 1 4 0 7 0 25 1
2017 26 0 0 0 6 1 – 32 1
2018 30 1 3 0 1 0 – 34 1
2019 30 0 – 6 0 – 36 0
2020 10 1 – – 3 1 13 2
Total 108 2 5 1 17 1 10 1 140 5
Hannover 96 2020–21 2. Bundesliga 32 0 2 0 – – 34 0
2021–22 27 0 3 0 – – 30 0
2022–23 31 3 2 0 – – 33 3
2023–24 16 1 1 0 – – 17 1
Total 106 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 114 5
Career total 218 6 13 1 17 1 10 1 259 9

International

As of 7 September 2021[5]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Japan 2017 1 0
2018 3 0
2019 6 0
2020 2 0
2021 4 0
Total 16 0

Honours

International

Japan U-23

Japan

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b ""Mehrwert" für die Außenbahn: Hannover holt Muroya". kicker.de (in German). kicker. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Football : Sei Muroya". footballdatabase.com. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Japan - S. Muroya - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Japan - S. Muroya - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  5. ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Sei Muroya (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 9 February 2022.

External links


Hannover 96 – current squad
Japan squads
2019 J.League Team of the Year
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