Daiki Sugioka杉岡 大暉

Daiki Sugioka (杉岡 大暉, Sugioka Daiki, born 8 September 1998) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a defender, primarily as a left-back for Kashima Antlers.

Club Career

Shonan Bellmare

Sugioka joined Shonan Bellmare in 2017 straight from Funabashi Municipal High School, aged 17 and took the number 29 shirt. He was immediately involved in the first XI and was handed his J2 League debut by Cho Kwi-jae on 26 February 2017, a 1-0 win over Mito Hollyhock where Sugioka played the full 90 minutes. In his first home game, Sugioka scored his first professional goal in a 3-1 win over Thespakusatsu Gunma, after running past a number of defenders and scoring with a fine left-footed finish. Sugioka went on to make 37 appearances in his first full season – an integral part of the team that eventually won the league and gained promotion into the J1 League.

Sugioka made his J1 League debut in a 2-1 win over V-Varen Nagasaki and played 30 league games in total, with Shonan Bellmare finishing in 13th position in their first season back in the top-flight. The unquestionable highlight of the season however lifting the 2018 J.League Cup after a 1-0 victory in the final against Yokohama F. Marinos. Sugioka scored the only goal of the game in the 36th minute, an incredible strike from outside of the box into the top corner. This was their first time lifting the trophy.

Shonan couldn't carry their cup success of the 2018 season into the 2019 season and struggled throughout, getting knocked out at the group stages of the 2019 J.League Cup and finishing in 16th place in the league. Only a relegation playoff result against Tokushima Vortis saved them from being relegated. Sugioka made 34 appearances in all competitions, scoring two goals. He did appear for the first time in a continental competition, coming on as a second half substitute in Shonan's 4-0 defeat to Athletico Paranaense in the J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship.

Kashima Antlers

In Janu