Yuito Suzuki
Active- Current or last club
- SC Freiburg
- Country (nationality)
- Japan
- League or competition
- Bundesliga
- Position
- Attacking midfielder * winger
- Last checked
- 7 October 2026
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What religion is Yuito Suzuki?
Yuito Suzuki is a Japanese professional footballer who has not publicly shared details about his personal religious beliefs. Like many Japanese athletes, he has not made any public declarations regarding a specific faith. In Japan, most people practice a combination of Shinto and Buddhism culturally, though many do not identify strictly with a single organized religion.
Yuito Suzuki plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for German Bundesliga club SC Freiburg and the Japan national team. He is a product of Municipal Funabashi High School’s prestigious football program. In 2020, he joined J1 League side Shimizu S-Pulse to begin his professional career before moving on a permanent transfer to Danish Superliga club Brøndby IF in 2023. SC Freiburg then signed him in 2025 for a transfer fee worth approximately €8 million. Among his career accomplishments, he won the Atlantic Cup with Brøndby IF, finished as a runner-up in the Danish Superliga, and was named the top goalscorer at the 2022 AFC U23 Asian Cup.
Early life
Born on 25 October 2001 in Hayama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, Suzuki began his youth development with the Yokohama F. Marinos Tsurumi primary school team in the third grade. After missing promotion to the club’s junior youth squad, he returned to local grassroots football to play for Hayama Junior High School. He continued a less conventional developmental path outside the traditional professional academy pipeline by attending Ichiritsu Funabashi High School.
Club career
Following his graduation from Ichiritsu Funabashi High School in 2019, Suzuki turned professional by signing with J1 League club Shimizu S-Pulse ahead of the 2020 season. He made his senior professional debut on 4 July 2020, starting as an attacking midfielder during a league fixture against Nagoya Grampus. The following year, in March 2021, he scored his first professional goal against Vegalta Sendai in a 1–0 away victory. Over a four-season tenure with the club, he became a regular first-team contributor and made 96 appearances across all competitions while recording 7 goals and 5 assists.
In January 2023, Suzuki moved abroad for the first time, joining French Ligue 1 club RC Strasbourg Alsace on a six-month loan agreement for the remainder of the 2022–23 campaign. He saw limited first-team minutes in France, making three appearances, but scored his first Ligue 1 goal on 16 April 2023 during a 3–1 victory against AC Ajaccio. He also featured for the club’s reserve side, Strasbourg II, before returning to Shimizu S-Pulse upon the expiration of his loan agreement that summer.
Brøndby
On 12 August 2023, Suzuki completed a permanent transfer to Danish Superliga club Brøndby IF for a reported fee of €600,000, signing a four-year contract running until June 2027. He made his competitive debut for the club later that month and scored his first goal on 27 September 2023 during a 3–0 Danish Cup victory over HIK.
Across his two-season tenure with Brøndby, Suzuki recorded 23 goals and 15 assists in 69 appearances across all competitions. His individual performances earned him a selection in the Danish Superliga Fans’ Team of the Season for the 2023–24 campaign, with his playmaking and finishing widely credited as being at an MVP level within the league prior to his subsequent multi-million-euro transfer move.
SC Freiburg
SC Freiburg signed Suzuki from Brøndby in May 2025, with the transfer finalized on 1 July 2025 for a reported fee of approximately €10 million. He scored his first competitive goal for the club on 23 October 2025, opening the scoring in a 2–0 UEFA Europa League victory over Utrecht. His first Bundesliga goal followed on 9 November 2025, executing a first-time finish to help secure a 2–1 win against FC St. Pauli.
On 13 May 2026, Suzuki underwent surgery for a broken collarbone, an injury that initially jeopardized his participation in the 2026 FIFA World Cup. He was nonetheless named in Japan’s final 26-man tournament squad, successfully returning to fitness to feature in the competition.
On 30 August 2026, Suzuki marked the opening match of the 2026–27 Bundesliga campaign by scoring a hat-trick to lead SC Freiburg to a 4–1 victory over Werder Bremen.
International career
Suzuki represented Japan across various youth international tiers, from the under-18 to the under-23. He made his senior international debut on 6 June 2024, appearing as a second-half substitute during a 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification victory against Myanmar.
On May 12, 2026, Yuito Suzuki was named to the Japan national football team squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. On June 20, in a match against the Tunisia national football team, he made his FIFA World Cup debut by coming on as a substitute in the 79th minute.
