Kohei Tezuka
手塚 康平
Personal information
Full name Kohei Tezuka
Date of birth (1996-04-06) April 6, 1996
Place of birth Utsunomiya, Japan
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Sagan Tosu
Number 7
Youth career
2009–2014 Kashiwa Reysol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Onehunga Sports 22 (4)
2016–2020 Kashiwa Reysol 52 (3)
2020Yokohama FC (loan) 28 (0)
2021–2022 Yokohama FC 37 (2)
2022– Sagan Tosu 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:55, 5 November 2022 (UTC)

Kohei Tezuka (手塚 康平, Tezuka Kohei, born April 6, 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for J1 League club Sagan Tosu.[1]

Club career

Onehunga Sports

While playing in Kashiwa Reysol youth ranks, Kohei opted for an abroad experience in New Zealand, where he signed for Onehunga Sports on 26 March 2015.

Returns to Kashiwa Reysol

On 8 January 2016, Kohei then came back to Reysol, finding his first cap only after a year of orientation. He debuted on 15 March 2017 in a J. League Cup match against Shimizu S-Pulse and he even scored the winning-goal for Reysol.[2]

Yokohama FC

On 1 February 2020, Kohei joined J1 League outfits, Yokohama FC on loan however on 1 February 2021, he joined the club on free after his loan contract expired.

Sagan Tosu

On 25 July 2022, Kohei joined J1 League club, Sagan Tosu. On 10 May 2023, he scored his first goal for the club in a 2-0 away win against Urawa Red Diamonds. Kohei than went on to contribute 3 consecutive assists in 3 games throughout the season.


Personal life

Kohei is the older brother of fellow professional footballer, Takahiro Tezuka who is currently playing in the Singapore Premier League club, Geylang International.

Club statistics

As of 30 August 2022.[3][4][5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Other Total
Division AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J. League Cup Other Total
Kashiwa Reysol 2016 J1 League 000000-00
2017 1620021-183
2018 18100401[lower-alpha 1]0231
2019 J2 League 1802130-231
Total 523219110645
Yokohama FC (loan) 2020 J1 League 2800020-300
Yokohama FC 2021 1520050-202
2022 J2 League 22010--230
Total 652107000732
Sagan Tosu 2022 J1 League 200000-20
Total 119531161101397
  1. Appearances in the AFC Champions League

References

  1. "手塚 康平:横浜FC:Jリーグ.jp".
  2. "J.league.jp Japan Professional Football League".
  3. 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. 34 out of 289)
  4. 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. 67 out of 289)
  5. "Soccer D.B. : 2022 Kohei Tezuka Result by Season". Soccer D.B. Retrieved 30 August 2022.


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