Daichi Kamada

Daichi Kamada (鎌田 大地, Kamada Daichi, born 5 August 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a forward for Serie A club Lazio and the Japan national team.

Daichi Kamada
鎌田 大地
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Kamada with Eintracht Frankfurt in 2022
Personal information
Full nameDaichi Kamada[1]
Date of birth5 August 1996
     (aged 30)
[2][3]
Place of birthIyo, Japan[2]
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[3][4]
Playing positionAttacking midfielder
forward
Club information
Current team
Lazio
Number6
Youth career
0000–2008Kids FC
2009–2012Gamba Osaka
2012–2014Higashiyama High School
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2017Sagan Tosu65(13)
2015→ J.League U-22 (loan)3(0)
2017–2023Eintracht Frankfurt127(20)
2018–2019→ Sint-Truiden (loan)34(15)
2023–Lazio24(1)
National team‡
2016Japan U212(0)
2016Japan U234(0)
2019–Japan31(7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:41, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2023

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 19 April 2024[5][6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sagan Tosu 2015 J1 League 21 3 3 0 4 0 — — 28 3
2016 J1 League 28 7 3 1 3 0 — — 34 8
2017 J1 League 16 3 1 0 1 2 — — 18 5
Total 65 13 7 1 8 2 — — 80 16
J.League U22 (loan) 2015 J3 League 3 0 0 0 — — — 3 0
Eintracht Frankfurt 2017–18 Bundesliga 3 0 1 0 — — — 4 0
2019–20 Bundesliga 28 2 4 2 — 16[c] 6 — 48 10
2020–21 Bundesliga 32 5 2 0 — — — 34 5
2021–22 Bundesliga 32 4 1 0 — 13[c] 5 — 46 9
2022–23 Bundesliga 32 9 6 4 — 8[d] 3 1[e] 0 47 16
Total 127 20 14 6 — 37 14 1 0 179 40
Sint-Truiden (loan) 2018–19 Belgian Pro League 34 15 2 1 — — — 36 16
Lazio 2023–24 Serie A 24 1 2 0 — 7[d] 0 0 0 33 1
Career total 253 49 25 8 8 2 44 14 1 0 330 73
  1. ↑ Includes Emperor's Cup, DFB-Pokal, Belgian Cup, Coppa Italia
  2. ↑ Includes J.League Cup
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ↑ Appearance in UEFA Super Cup

International

As of match played 16 November 2023[7]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Japan 2019 4 1
2020 4 0
2021 8 3
2022 10 2
2023 5 1
Total 31 7
Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kamada goal.[8]
List of international goals scored by Daichi Kamada
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 10 October 2019 Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan  Mongolia 6–0 6–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 25 March 2021 Nissan Stadium, Yokohama, Japan  Korea Republic 2–0 3–0 Friendly
3 30 March 2021 Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba, Japan  Mongolia 3–0 14–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
4 28 May 2021  Myanmar 8–0 10–0
5 2 June 2022 Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan File:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay 2–0 4–1 2022 Kirin Challenge Cup
6 23 September 2022 Merkur Spiel-Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany  United States 1–0 2–0
7 16 November 2023 Suita City Football Stadium, Suita, Japan  Myanmar 2–0 5–0 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Eintracht Frankfurt

Individual

  • Japan Pro-Footballers Association awards: Best XI (2022)[9]

Daichi Kamada Media

References

  1. ↑ FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Japan (JPN) (15 November 2022)FIFA. p. 16. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 D. Kamada. Soccerway. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Daichi Kamada | Playerprofile | Bundesliga. bundesliga.comDFL. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  4. ↑ Daichi Kamada - Eintracht Frankfurt - Spielerprofil - kicker. Kicker. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  5. ↑ D. Kamada. Soccerway. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  6. ↑ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑", 10 February 2016, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411338 (p. 94 out of 289)
  7. ↑ Daichi Kamada at National-Football-Teams.com
  8. ↑ Daichi Kamada at National-Football-Teams.com
  9. ↑ Japan Pro-Footballers Association awards