Ryotaro Tsunoda

{{short description|Japanese footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Ryotaro Tsunoda <br/> 角田涼太朗 | image = | full_name =  | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|06|27|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Saitama Prefecture|Saitama]], Japan | height = 1.85 m | position = [[Centre-back]], [[left-back]] | currentclub = [[Yokohama F. Marinos]] | clubnumber = 22 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Kitaurawa SSS | youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = [[Urawa Red Diamonds]] | youthyears3 = 2015–2017 | youthclubs3 = Maebashi Ikuei High School | collegeyears1 = 2018–2020 | college1 = [[University of Tsukuba]] | years1 = 2020–2024 | clubs1 = [[Yokohama F. Marinos]] | caps1 = 36 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2024–2025 | clubs2 = [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]] | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2024 | clubs3 = → [[K.V. Kortrijk|Kortrijk]] (loan) | caps3 = 9 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2025 | clubs4 = → [[K.V. Kortrijk|Kortrijk]] (loan) | caps4 = 12 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2025– | clubs5 = [[Yokohama F. Marinos]] | caps5 = 2 | goals5 = 1 | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = [[Japan national under-18 football team|Japan U18]] | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | nationalyears2 = 2019 | nationalteam2 = [[Japan national under-20 football team|Japan U20]] | nationalcaps2 = 2 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | club-update = 16 September 2025 | nationalteam-update = 17:04, 13 October 2020 (UTC) }} {{nihongo|'''Ryotaro Tsunoda'''|角田涼太朗|Tsunoda Ryotaro|born 27 June 1999}} is a Japanese professional [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[centre-back]] or a [[left-back]] for [[Yokohama F. Marinos]].

==Club career== On 23 January 2024, Tsunoda signed for [[EFL Championship|Championship]] club [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]]. Upon his arrival at the club, he immediately joined [[Belgian Pro League]] club [[K.V. Kortrijk|KV Kortrijk]] on loan for the remainder of the season.<ref> {{cite web|url=https://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news/tsunoda-completes-transfer-and-loan-out-deal|title=Tsunoda completes transfer and loan out deal|website=www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk|date=23 January 2024|accessdate=23 January 2024}}</ref> On 16 March, Tsunoda suffered a hamstring injury in match against [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]] and missed the remainder of the season.<ref>{{Cite web|date=16 April 2024|title=Tsunoda setback for Bluebirds after suffering 'De Bruyne' injury|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/c84z7yx3157o|access-date=13 December 2024|website=BBC Sport|language=en-GB}}</ref>

On 6 January 2025, Tsunoda returned to [[K.V. Kortrijk|Kortrijk]] on a new loan.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Kortrijk|url=https://www.kvk.be/nieuws/volgende-winteraanwinst-voor-kvk/|title=Tsunoda is terug een Kerel|trans-title=Tsunoda is back to being a guy|date=6 January 2025|access-date=9 January 2025|language=nl}}</ref>

==International career== In March 2023, Tsunoda was called up to the [[Japan national football team|Japan national team]] for the first time by manager [[Hajime Moriyasu]] to play in the 2023 [[Kirin Cup Soccer|Kirin Challenge Cup]].<ref>{{cite web |title=SAMURAI BLUE (Japan National Team) squad - KIRIN CHALLENGE CUP 2023 vs Uruguay (3/24＠Tokyo) vs Colombia (3/28＠Osaka) |url=http://www.jfa.jp/eng/news/00031763/ |website=www.jfa.jp |language=ja |date=15 March 2023}}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Club=== {{updated|16 March 2024}}<ref>{{Soccerway|ryotaro-tsunoda/608212|accessdate=7 December 2024}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes [[Emperor's Cup]], [[FA Cup]], [[Belgian Cup]]}} !colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes [[J.League Cup]], [[EFL Cup]]}} !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |[[University of Tsukuba]] |2020 |colspan="3"|–||5||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||5||0 |- |rowspan="5"|[[Yokohama F. Marinos]] |[[2020 J1 League|2020]] |[[J1 League]] |1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0 |- |[[2021 J1 League|2021]] |J1 League |1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0 |- |[[2022 J1 League|2022]] |J1 League |18||0||2||0||2||0||5{{efn|name=AC|Appearances in the [[AFC Champions League]]}}||1||27||1 |- |[[2023 J1 League|2023]] |J1 League |16||0||0||0||3||0||4{{efn|One appearance in [[Japanese Super Cup]], three appearances in [[AFC Champions League]]}}||0||23||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !36!!0!!2!!0!!5!!0!!9!!1!!52!!1 |- |rowspan="3"|[[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]] |[[2023–24 Cardiff City F.C. season|2023–24]] |[[EFL Championship]] |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |[[2024–25 Cardiff City F.C. season|2024–25]] |EFL Championship |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0 |- |[[K.V. Kortrijk|Kortrijk]] (loan) |[[2023–24 K.V. Kortrijk season|2023–24]] |[[Belgian Pro League|Belgian First Division]] |9||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||9||0 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !45!!0!!7!!0!!5!!0!!9!!1!!66!!1 |}

==Honours==

'''Yokohama F. Marinos''' * [[J1 League]]: [[2022 J1 League|2022]]<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.kanaloco.jp/sports/soccer/marinos/article-947971.html|title= J1横浜M 3年ぶりリーグ制覇最終節で決める|access-date= 15 November 2022|work= Kanagawa Shimbun}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{J.League player}}

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