Daniel Schmidt (footballer)
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| Full name | Daniel Yuji Yabuki Schmidt | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 3 February 1992 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Illinois, United States | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Sint-Truiden | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | Tohoku Gakuin Junior High School | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2013 | Chuo University Football Club | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | → Kawasaki Frontale (loan) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2019 | Vegalta Sendai | 57 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | → Roasso Kumamoto (loan) | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | → Roasso Kumamoto (loan) | 26 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | → Matsumoto Yamaga (loan) | 41 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Sint-Truiden | 84 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018– | Japan | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 September 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 September 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Daniel Schmidt (シュミット・ダニエル, Shumitto Danieru, born 3 February 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Belgian First Division A club Sint-Truiden. Born in the United States, he plays for the Japan national team.
Early life
Born in the United States to a German father and Japanese mother, Schmidt moved to Sendai at the age of two. He attended Chuo University.[1]
He can make very accurate passes to forwards.
Club career
Schmidt played three consecutive seasons as a Special Designated Player for Kawasaki Frontale before entering the professional ranks in 2013.[2]
He later signed for Vegalta Sendai,[3] but Schmidt played his first pro match during a one-month loan to Roasso Kumamoto in April 2014.[4] After playing his first ever game with Vegalta in J. League Cup, he was again loaned to Roasso, this time until the end of 2015 season.[5] A third loan was established in 2016, this time to Matsumoto Yamaga.[6]
In 2019, he finally transferred overseas.
International career
On 30 August 2018, Schmidt received his first international callup from the Japan national football team for the Kirin Challenge Cup 2018.[7] He made his debut appearance in a friendly match against Venezuela on 16 November 2018 and played his first competitive match for Japan on 17 January 2019 in the 2-1 win against Uzbekistan during the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.[8]
Career statistics
Club
Updated to 24 September 2022.[9][10][11]
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J. League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 2014 | Vegalta Sendai | J1 League | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Roasso Kumamoto | J2 League | 4 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2015 | Vegalta Sendai | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roasso Kumamoto | J2 League | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 28 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 42 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | Vegalta Sendai | J1 League | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 2018 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Belgium | League | Belgian Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 2019-20 | Sint-Truiden | Jupiler Pro League | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 22 | 0 | |
| 2020-21 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 24 | 0 | |||
| 2021-22 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 31 | 0 | ||
| 2022-23 | ||||||||||
| Total | Japan | J1 | 57 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 68 | 0 |
| Japan | J2 | 71 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 74 | 0 | ||
| Belgium | Jupiler | 75 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 77 | 0 | ||
| Grand total | 203 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 219 | 0 | ||
National team
| Japan national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 10 | 0 |
References
- ^ "Ｊ最長身ダニエル仙台で定位置奪取だ - Ｊ１ニュース".
- ^ "川崎フロンターレ オフィシャルWebサイト".
- ^ "バックナンバー2013 | 中央大学 シュミット ダニエル選手 2014シーズン新加入内定のお知らせ".
- ^ "トップページ｜ロアッソ熊本 公式サイト｜Roasso Kumamoto Official Website".
- ^ "トップページ｜ロアッソ熊本 公式サイト｜Roasso Kumamoto Official Website".
- ^ "シュミット ダニエル選手 ベガルタ仙台から 期限付移籍加入のお知らせ". 24 December 2015.
- ^ "SAMURAI BLUE (Japan National Team) Squad, Schedule - KIRIN CHALLENGE CUP 2018【9/7＠Hokkaido vs Chile】【9/11＠Osaka vs Costa Rica】". jfa.jp. August 30, 2018. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
- ^ "AFCS".
- ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 96 out of 289)
- ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 96 out of 289)
- ^ 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. 159 out of 289)
- ^ Daniel Schmidt at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
- Daniel Schmidt at National-Football-Teams.com
- Daniel Schmidt at Soccerway
- Daniel Schmidt at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Profile at Vegalta Sendai
- Profile at Matsumoto Yamaga
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- 1992 births
- Living people
- Chuo University alumni
- Soccer players from Illinois
- Japanese footballers
- Japan international footballers
- Japanese expatriate footballers
- Japanese people of American descent
- Japanese people of German descent
- American soccer players
- American sportspeople of Japanese descent
- American people of German descent
- J1 League players
- J2 League players
- Belgian First Division A players
- Vegalta Sendai players
- Roasso Kumamoto players
- Matsumoto Yamaga FC players
- Sint-Truidense V.V. players
- Association football goalkeepers
- 2019 AFC Asian Cup players
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Japanese football goalkeeper stubs