Sugi

Yukiya Sugita (杉田 祐希也, Sugita Yukiya, born 22 April 1993), commonly known as a Sugi, is a Japanese footballer who plays as a winger for IK Sirius

Club Career

Early career and stint in Spain

Sugi was born in Saitama, and joined Kashiwa Reysol's youth setup in 2009, aged 16. In the 2011 summer the Spanish agent Javier Subirats decided to represent him, after a friendly match between Kashiwa and Elche CF's reserves.

However, after failing to join the Valencians, Sugi returned to Japan to play for Sendai University until October 2012, when Gaspar Campillo, coach and sporting director of FC Jove Espanol San Vicente, decided to sign him after positive reports written by Subirats. He signed an 18-month deal with the Valencian side, but due to bureaucratic problems, was unable to play with the main squad in Tercera Division, and was assigned to the B-team in the regional levels.

After Jove Espanol's assignment as a farm team of Hercules CF, Sugi was called up to the latter's first-team, by manager Quique Hernandez.

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