Shunsuke Mito

Shunsuke Mito

Mito (2024)
Personal information
Full name	Shunsuke Mito[1]
Date of birth	(2002-09-28) 28 September 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth	Yamaguchi, Japan
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Sparta Rotterdam
Number	7
Youth career
2011–2014	Hara SSS
2015–2020	JFA Academy Fukushima
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020–2023	Albirex Niigata	80	(12)
2024–	Sparta Rotterdam	32	(3)
International career^‡
	Japan U15
2018	Japan U16	13	(2)
2019	Japan U17	3	(0)
2019–2022	Japan U18	8	(0)
2023–	Japan U22	2	(0)
2022–	Japan U23	13	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:11, 22 December 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 August 2024

Shunsuke Mito (三戸 舜介, Mito Shunsuke, born 28 September 2002) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eredivisie club Sparta Rotterdam.

Club career

On 21 December 2023, Mito signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Eredivisie club Sparta Rotterdam.^[2] He scored on his debut on 13 January 2024, helping Sparta to a 2–0 away win over Fortuna Sittard.^[3]

Career statistics

As of match played 22 December 2024^[4]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Albirex Niigata	2021	J2 League	25	2	2	1	0	0	—		27	3
	2022	J2 League	24	6	0	0	0	0	—		24	6
	2023	J1 League	31	4	3	0	1	0	—		35	4
	Total		80	12	5	1	1	0	—		86	13
Sparta Rotterdam	2023–24	Eredivisie	18	2	—		—		1[c]	0	19	2
	2024–25	Eredivisie	14	1	2	0	—		—		16	1
	Total		32	3	2	0	—		1	0	35	3
Career total			112	15	7	1	1	0	1	0	121	16

1. Includes Emperor's Cup
2. Includes J.League Cup
3. Appearance in Eredivisie play-offs

Honours

Team

Japan U16

• AFC U-16 Championship: 2018

Albirex Niigata

• J2 League: 2022

Individual

• J.League Best Young Player: 2023^[5]

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. "Sparta haalt Shunsuke Mito naar Het Kasteel". Sparta Rotterdam (Press release) (in Dutch). 21 December 2023. Archived from the original on 29 December 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
3. Reedijk, Tim (13 January 2024). "Debutant Shunsuke Mito helpt Sparta aan zakelijke overwinning op Fortuna Sittard". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 January 2024.
4. Shunsuke Mito at Soccerway
5. "Jリーグベストヤングプレーヤー新潟MF三戸舜介は代表活動で世界を知る…高まる海外挑戦への意欲「やっぱり海外に行きたい」". Gekisaka. 5 December 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.

External links

• Shunsuke Mito at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)