Ayumu Seko | |
Fullname: | Ayumu Seko[1] |
Birth Date: | 7 June 2000 |
Birth Place: | Taishō-ku, Osaka, Japan |
Height: | 1.85 m |
Position: | Centre back |
Currentclub: | Grasshopper Club Zürich |
Clubnumber: | 15 |
Youthclubs1: | Cerezo Osaka |
Years1: | 2016–2019 |
Clubs1: | Cerezo Osaka U-23 |
Caps1: | 35 |
Goals1: | 1 |
Years2: | 2016–2022 |
Clubs2: | Cerezo Osaka |
Caps2: | 67 |
Goals2: | 2 |
Years3: | 2022– |
Caps3: | 80 |
Goals3: | 1 |
Nationalyears1: | 2015 |
Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 2017 |
Nationalcaps2: | 4 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Nationalyears3: | 2018 |
Nationalcaps3: | 4 |
Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
Nationalyears4: | 2019 |
Nationalcaps4: | 5 |
Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
Nationalyears5: | 2019–2022 |
Nationalcaps5: | 1 |
Nationalgoals5: | 0 |
Nationalyears6: | 2023– |
Nationalcaps6: | 3 |
Nationalgoals6: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 23 May 2024 |
Nationalteam-Update: | 20 June 2023 |
is a Japanese footballer who plays for Grasshopper Club Zürich.
Seko joined Cerezo Osaka in 2016. On 13 November, he debuted for their U-23 squad in J3 League (v Kataller Toyama).[2] [3] He gave his J1 League debut for the main squad on 7 December 2019, in 2–0 victory over Ōita.
He signed a three-year contract with Swiss Super League team Grasshopper Club Zürich on 18 January 2022.[4]
Seko was called up to give his debut for the Japan national team in a friendly against Uzbekistan on 21 January 2022.[5] However, the match was cancelled by the JFA due to COVID restrictions.[6]
In March 2023, he was called up by Hajime Moriyasu for friendlies against Uruguay and Colombia. This time, he was able to make his debut, having played a full match against Uruguay on 24 March 2023, which ended in a 1–1 draw.[7]
Individual
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Cerezo Osaka | 2017 | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
2018 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
2019 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 20 | 1 | ||||
2020 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 1 | |||||
2021 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |||
Total | 67 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 89 | 2 | |||
Cerezo Osaka U-23 | 2018 | J3 League | 16 | 1 | — | — | — | 16 | 1 | ||||
2019 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||||||
Total | 23 | 1 | — | — | — | 23 | 1 | ||||||
Grasshopper | 2021-22 | Swiss Super League | 13 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||||
2022-23 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 33 | 2 | |||||
2023-24 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 0 | |||||
Total | 70 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 73 | 2 | |||||
Career Total | 160 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 188 | 5 |