Shuto Machino Explained

Shuto Machino
町野 修斗
Fullname:Shuto Machino[1]
Birth Date:30 September 1999
Birth Place:Iga, Mie, Japan
Height:1.85 m
Position:Striker
Currentclub:Holstein Kiel
Clubnumber:13
Youthclubs1:FC Nakase SS
Youthclubs2:FC Avenida Sol
Youthclubs3:Riseisha High School
Years1:2018–2019
Clubs1:Yokohama F. Marinos
Caps1:0
Goals1:0
Years2:2019
Clubs2:Giravanz Kitakyushu (loan)
Caps2:30
Goals2:8
Years3:2020
Clubs3:Giravanz Kitakyushu
Caps3:32
Goals3:7
Years4:2021–2023
Clubs4:Shonan Bellmare
Caps4:79
Goals4:24
Years5:2023–
Clubs5:Holstein Kiel
Caps5:31
Goals5:5
Nationalyears1:2022–
Nationalteam1:Japan
Nationalcaps1:5
Nationalgoals1:3
Club-Update:22 May 2024
Nationalteam-Update:28 March 2023, 18:22 (UTC)

is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club, Holstein Kiel and the Japan national team. He was called-up for the national team to represent Japan at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, as a replacement for the injured Yuta Nakayama.[2]

Club career

Before turning professional

Influenced by his older brother, he started playing soccer at the age of 3. During Junior High School, he played at FC Avenida Sol. Machino entered Riseisha High School in Osaka and became a regular player in there since the first grade.[3] In his second year, he was selected for the high school selection, which caught the attention of Yokohama F. Marinos, who invited the young player in his third year to participate in trainings with the club. After successfully concluding his trainings, he was evaluated, and officially joined Yokohama F. Marinos from the 2018 season, after his High School graduation.[4]

Giravanz Kitakyushu

On 1 February 2019, Machino earned a loan transfer to Giravanz Kitakyushu from Yokohama F. Marinos. On Matchweek 11, he scored his first professional goal in his first time starting a match for the club in five games. On Matchweek 12, he scored another goal, scoring then, two goals in two consecutive games. Following decent performances for his club, he became a starting member after the 21st round, when the J3 League resumed, right after the first wave COVID-19 global threat. He became the team's top scorer at the end of the season.

Permanent move

On 6 January 2020, he permanently transferred to Giravanz Kitakyushu.[5] After participating in the opening game of the same season, he started 5 consecutive games on the bench. After another league break due to another COVID-19 wave, from the 7th round, he participated in 29 consecutive games. Although he recorded 7 goals and 7 assists in the first half of the season, he was not able to replicate his performances for the remaining of it, having directly contributed to just 2 goals.

Shonan Bellmare

On 26 December 2020, he was signed to Shonan Bellmare in a permanent transfer.[6] On 21 and 25 May 2022, he scored two braces in two matches, scoring it on Shonan's 2–1 win over Vissel Kobe, and on a 4–0 win against Kawasaki Frontale, becoming the second player in club history since Wagner Lopes in 1998 to score braces in consecutive matches.[7] [8] At the end of the 2022 season, he finished second in the J1 League goalscoring rankings, scoring 13 goals, just one goal behind Brazilian Thiago Santana. Machino ended the season as the Japanese player with most goals scored during the season.

Holstein Kiel

On 29 June 2023, Machino was announcement officially permanent transfer to 2. Bundesliga club, Holstein Kiel from 2023–24 season.[9] [10]

International career

On 13 July 2022, Machino was selected for the first time as a member of the Japan national team, which is composed only of domestic groups participating in the 2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship.[11] On 19 July 2022, he scored two goals, including his first goal for the national team, against Hong Kong in the first match of the EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2022.[12] On 27 July of the same year, he scored the game-deciding third goal in a match against South Korea. He was selected to play in the 2022 FIFA World Cup by Hajime Moriyasu, the then Japan national team's manager, after an injury saw left-back Yuta Nakayama being ruled out of it. He did not make an appearance in the tournament.

Career statistics

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Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Yokohama F. Marinos2018J1 League0000000000
Giravanz Kitakyushu (loan)2019J3 League30812003110
Giravanz Kitakyushu2020J2 League32700327
Shonan Bellmare2021J1 League314103000354
202230131082003915
2023199003000229
Total1424132142000015945
Holstein Kiel2023–242. Bundesliga14220162
Total14220000000162
Career total1554352142000017447

International

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Machino goal.

List of international goals scored by Shuto Machino
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1 19 July 2022 Kashima Soccer Stadium, Ibaraki, Japan align=center 2–0 6–0 2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
2 6–0
3 27 July 2022 Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Japan align=center 3–0 3–02022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship

Honours

Japan

Individual

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Japan (JPN) . . 16 . 15 November 2022 . 15 November 2022.
  2. Web site: SAMURAI BLUE 選手変更のお知らせ FIFAワールドカップカタール2022. 8 November 2022 . 8 November 2022 . ja . jfa.jp . Japan Football Association.
  3. http://footies.jp/pickup/6605 町野修斗(履正社高校2年/FW)イブラ系の要注目ストライカー自身の活躍でチームを選手権に導けるか
  4. News: サッカーJ1横浜入団 「感謝忘れず成長」 伊賀市出身・町野修斗君. 伊賀タウン情報ユー. 13 November 2017. 16 January 2018.
  5. 6 January 2020. 町野 修斗 選手 横浜F・マリノスより完全移籍加入のお知らせ. ギラヴァンツ北九州. 6 January 2020. 10 November 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221110175421/https://www.giravanz.jp/news/p34335.html. dead.
  6. 26 December 2020. ギラヴァンツ北九州 町野修斗選手 完全移籍加入のお知らせ. 湘南ベルマーレ. 26 December 2020.
  7. https://www.nikkansports.com/soccer/news/202205250001228.html 【データ】湘南FW町野修斗が呂比須以来の2試合連続2得点 クラブ24年ぶり2人目
  8. https://web.gekisaka.jp/news/jleague/detail/?370024-370024-fl 阿部浩之スーパーミドルに町野は初の2桁弾!!残留争いの中で湘南が5試合ぶりの貴重な白星
  9. Web site: 町野修斗選手 ホルシュタイン・キール(ドイツ2部)へ完全移籍のお知らせ . 2023-06-29 . 湘南ベルマーレ.
  10. Web site: Japanischer Nationalspieler Shuto Machino kommt zu Holstein in die 2. Bundesliga . Kieler Sportvereinigung Holstein von 1900 e. V. . 1 August 2023 . de-DE . 29 June 2023.
  11. Web site: 【日本代表】初選出の湘南FW町野修斗「積み上げてきたものを、すべて発揮してこようと」 . 日刊スポーツ . 13 July 2022 . 14 July 2022.
  12. Web site: 【日本代表】FW町野修斗と西村拓真が代表デビュー戦ともに2ゴール E-1香港戦で結果. 日刊スポーツ. 19 July 2022. 20 July 2022.
  13. Web site: S. Machino . Soccerway. 19 April 2023.