# Shunya Suganuma

Shunya Suganuma (菅沼 駿哉, Suganuma Shun'ya, born 17 May 1990) is a Japanese professional footballer who currently plays as a centre back for Thai League 1 club Khon Kaen United.
Suganuma previously had spells with Roasso Kumamoto, Júbilo Iwata, Kyoto Sanga, Montedio Yamagata and Gamba Osaka in Japan.

## Club career

A native of Osaka, Suganuma came through the youth team ranks at Gamba Osaka and earned his first professional contract ahead of the 2009 season. In total, he spent 3 years in the Gamba first-team squad and had only 2 AFC Champions League appearances to show for it. He was loaned out to J2 League club Roasso Kumamoto for the second half of the 2011 season and played 17 times as the men from Kyushu finished in 11th place.
Suganuma joined Júbilo Iwata in 2012 and played 21 league games in his first season which saw them finish mid-table. However, the following year he featured just 16 times as Júbilo were relegated to J2. The club would stay in Japan's second tier for just one season with Suganuma featuring 17 times as they were promoted via the playoffs.
Júbilo moved up to J1 League in 2015. However, Suganuma spent the next 3 seasons in J2, first with Kyoto Sanga before moving north to link up with Montedio Yamagata in 2017. His consistent performances once again brought him to the attention of Gamba Osaka who re-signed him in 2018.
Suganuma spent most of his first season back in Osaka on the substitutes bench as a backup to the first-choice centre-back pairing of Genta Miura and Fábio. Still, he did manage to rack up 16 appearances in total, 11 in the league and 5 in the J.League Cup, helping Gamba to finish 9th and reach the quarter-finals in those respective competitions. Additionally, he had a brief spell playing with Gamba's Under-23 side in J3 League, making 5 appearances and scoring once.
On 23 August 2024, Suganuma joined Hong Kong Premier League club HK Rangers.

## International career

Suganuma was a member of the Japan squad for the 2009 East Asian Games and won a gold medal with Japan under-23 in the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou.

## Career statistics
### Club

Updated to 2 December 2018.
| Club performance | Club performance | Club performance | League | League | Cup | Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Continental | Continental | Total | Total |
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | Japan | Japan | League | League | Emperor's Cup | Emperor's Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Asia | Asia | Total | Total |
| 2009 | Gamba Osaka | J1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | Gamba Osaka | J1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | Gamba Osaka | J1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2011 | Roasso Kumamoto | J2 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 18 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 18 | 0 |
| 2012 | Jubilo Iwata | J1 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 1 |
| 2013 | Jubilo Iwata | J1 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 1 |
| 2014 | Jubilo Iwata | J2 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 19 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 54 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | – | – | 71 | 2 |
| 2015 | Kyoto Sanga | J2 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 37 | 1 |
| 2016 | Kyoto Sanga | J2 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 41 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 74 | 2 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 78 | 2 |
| 2017 | Montedio Yamagata | J2 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 40 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 40 | 0 |
| 2018 | Gamba Osaka | J1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 0 |
| 2019 | Gamba Osaka | J1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 196 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 225 | 4 |

### Reserves

Updated to 2 December 2018
| Club performance | Club performance | Club performance | League | League | Total | Total |
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | Japan | Japan | League | League | Total | Total |
| 2018 | Gamba Osaka U-23 | J3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |