Sergio Escudero (footballer born 1988)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sergio Ariel Escudero | ||
| Date of birth | September 1, 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Granada, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder / Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Kyoto Sanga FC | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–2000 | Vélez Sársfield | ||
| 2001–2002 | Kashiwa Reysol | ||
| 2004–2005 | Urawa Red Diamonds | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2012 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 81 | (7) |
| 2012 | → FC Seoul (loan) | 20 | (4) |
| 2013–2015 | FC Seoul | 86 | (14) |
| 2015 | Jiangsu Sainty | 29 | (6) |
| 2016– | Kyoto Sanga FC | 43 | (5) |
| National team | |||
| 2008 | Japan U23 | 5 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 June 2017. |
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Sergio Escudero (エスクデロ 競飛王 Esukudero Seruhio, born September 1, 1988) is a naturalized Japanese football player. He is the son of Argentine-Japanese footballer Sergio Ariel Escudero.
As the son of a former Argentine-Japanese footballer of the same name, he was born to Argentine parents of Spanish descent in Spain, and thus held dual Argentine and Spanish citizenship. In 2007, he acquired Japanese citizenship automatically as a result of his father's naturalization. Escudero is a cousin of Damián Escudero and nephew of Osvaldo Escudero.
When Escudero was three years old, he moved to Japan because of his father's work and joined the local club team. After living in Japan for five years, he moved to Argentina and Escudero began his career with the Vélez Sársfield youth team, where his father, also named Sergio Ariel Escudero and uncle Osvaldo Salvador Escudero have played. Then he was called up to the U-15 Argentina national team training camp.
In 2001, Escudero returned to Japan and joined Kashiwa Reysol junior youth team in Chiba and later moved to Urawa Red Diamonds junior youth team in Saitama. He scored many goals in youth level league matches and contracted with Urawa Reds in 2005. Playing as a forward, Escudero made his debut as a professional on April 15, 2005, against Albirex Niigata at the age of 16 years, 8 months and 21 days and he became the second youngest J. League Division 1 player after Takayuki Morimoto. In 2006, German outfit VfB Stuttgart were interested in him but Urawa refused to release him.
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