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+1⁄2 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)
2018 →Avispa 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
2017Kashiwa ReysolJ1 League902150161
201800000000
2018Avispa FukuokaJ2 League21000-210
2019Kashiwa ReysolJ2 League3721040422
2020J1 League330-50380
2021
CountryJapan 1002311401173
Total 1002311401173

[3]

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
201910
Total10

References

  1. 1 2 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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