Taiyo Koga

Taiyo Koga
Personal information
Full name Taiyo Koga
Date of birth (1998-10-28) October 28, 1998
Place of birth Niigata, Japan
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Kashiwa Reysol
Youth career
2014–2016 Kashiwa Reysol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Kashiwa Reysol 79 (2)
2018Avispa Fukuoka (loan) 21 (0)
International career
2019 Japan 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of end of the 2020 season

Taiyo Koga (古賀 太陽, Koga Taiyo, born October 28, 1998) is a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography

Koga was born in Niigata Prefecture on October 28, 1998.[1] He joined J1 League club Kashiwa Reysol from their youth team in 2017. In June 2018, he moved to J2 League club Avispa Fukuoka on loan. He played many matches as center back. In 2019, he returned to Kashiwa which was relegated to J2 from 2019. Kashiwa was returned to J1 in a year.

In December 2019, Koga was selected the Japan national team for 2019 E-1 Football Championship. At this tournament, he debuted against Hong Kong on December 14.

Statistics

[1][2]

Club statistics League CupLeague CupTotal
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
JapanLeague Emperor's Cup J.League CupTotal
2017 Kashiwa Reysol J1 League 9 0 2 1 5 0 16 1
2018 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018 Avispa Fukuoka J2 League 21 0 0 0 - 21 0
2019 Kashiwa Reysol J2 League 37 2 1 0 4 0 42 2
2020 J1 League 33 0 - 5 0 38 0
2021
Country Japan 100 2 3 1 14 0 117 3
Total 100 2 3 1 14 0 117 3

[3]

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
2019 1 0
Total 1 0

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Taiyo Koga at J.League (in Japanese)
  2. Taiyo Koga at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. Japan National Football Team Database(in Japanese)

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