Daichi Kamada 鎌田大地

Daichi Kamada (鎌田 大地, Kamada Daichi, born 5 August 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt and the Japan national team.

Club Career

Early career

Born in Ehime, Japan, Kamada began playing football at "Kids FC" (now FC Zebra Kids) and helped the side win TV Ehime Cup Ehime Prefectural Youth Soccer Championship U-12 when he was in 6th grade of elementary school. When Kamada was in junior high school, he then joined Gamba Osaka and was selected for the U-13 J League. However due to injuries, Kamada was let go from the club and he returned to school, joining Higashiyama High School in 2012. Kamada quickly made an impact at the school, playing in the midfield position, as well as, scoring goals. He went on to make eighteen appearances and scored twenty–times at the end of the 2013 season.

In his third year at Higashiyama High School, Kamada was appointed captain for the school, but they finished at the bottom of the table with 2 wins and 13 losses. Despite this, he continued to impress, having scored ten goals, making him the fourth top scorer in the 2014 season. At the end of the 2014 season, Kamada's performance at from Higashiyama High School attracted interests from at "least" five J. League clubs following his graduation. It was announced on 17 November 2014 that Kamada would be joining Sagan Tosu at the start of the 2015 season. Ahead of the 2015 season, he was given a number twenty–four shirt.

Sagan Tosu

At the start of the 2015 season, Kamada was loaned out to J.League U-22, where he made two appearances for the side. He made his Sagan Tosu debut, coming on as a 75th minute substitute, in a 1–0 loss against Albirex Niigata in the J.League Cup on 8 April 2015. A month later on 10 May 2015, Kamada scored his first goal on his J.League debut, having come on as a 72nd minute substitute, in a 1–1 draw against Matsumoto Yamaga. This was followed up by setting up the winning

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