RB Salzburg

Sota Kitano

Forward#8

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Key facts

Age: 22
Height: 1.73 m
Weight: 58 kg
Number: #8
Born: 13/8/2004
Position: Forward
Nationality: Japan

Official profile

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Career stats

Season

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	STRT	FC	FA	YC	RC	G	A	SHOT	SOG	OFF
2026-27 Austrian Bundesliga	6	1	1	1	0	1	1	6	3	0
2026-27 Europa League	3	5	0	1	0	1	0	4	2	0

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Every game we hold

Includes finals, playoffs and exhibition games, so totals run higher than regular-season figures.

Season
2026-27 UEFA Europa LeagueRB Salzburg	3	1	0	4	2	188	1	0	0	3	0	5	0	0	–	4	0
2025-26 UEFA Europa LeagueRB Salzburg	6	0	1	7	4	316	1	0	0	6	3	5	2	0	–	5	0
2025 International FriendlyJapan	1	–	–	–	–	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2025 J1 LeagueCerezo Osaka	19	4	4	48	15	1,420	2	0	0	19	5	15	23	0	1	21	0
2024 J1 LeagueCerezo Osaka	18	2	0	29	9	809	0	0	0	18	9	10	3	0	–	10	0
2023 J1 LeagueCerezo Osaka	12	2	–	–	–	277	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2022 J1 LeagueCerezo Osaka	19	–	–	–	–	584	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Career7 seasons	78	9	5	88	30	3,608	4	0	0	46	17	35	28	0	1	40	0

Game log, 2026-27 UEFA Europa League

Game
23 Oct @ NK CeljeD 2-2 23 Oct	1	3	1	65	0	1	0	–	1
16 Oct v AC MilanL 0-4 16 Oct	0	0	0	60	0	1	1	–	3
18 Sept @ Levski SofiaW 1-0 18 Sept	0	1	1	63	1	1	4	–	0

Splits, UEFA Europa League

Split
HomeHome or away · won 2 of 5	5	0.0	0.2	1.0	0.8	51.2	0.2	1.0	0.4	0.6	0.2	–	1.0
AwayHome or away · won 1 of 4	4	0.3	0.0	1.5	0.5	62.0	0.3	1.0	0.3	1.8	0.3	–	1.0
LossesResult	5	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.0	46.4	0.0	1.0	0.6	0.8	0.2	–	1.4
WinsResult	3	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.7	69.0	0.7	1.0	0.0	2.0	0.3	–	0.3
DrawsResult	1	1.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	65.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	–	1.0
Regular seasonStage · won 3 of 9	9	0.1	0.1	1.2	0.7	56.0	0.2	1.0	0.3	1.1	0.2	–	1.0
AC MilanOpponent · won 0 of 1	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	60.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	–	3.0
Aston VillaOpponent · won 0 of 1	1	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	88.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	–	3.0
FC BaselOpponent · won 1 of 1	1	0.0	0.0	3.0	2.0	76.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	–	1.0
FC PortoOpponent · won 0 of 1	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	25.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	–	1.0
FerencvarosOpponent · won 0 of 1	1	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	27.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	–	0.0
Go Ahead EaglesOpponent · won 1 of 1	1	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	68.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	–	0.0
Levski SofiaOpponent · won 1 of 1	1	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	63.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	4.0	0.0	–	0.0
LyonOpponent · won 0 of 1	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	32.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	–	0.0
NK CeljeOpponent · won 0 of 1	1	1.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	65.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	–	1.0
Red Bull Arena SalzburgGround · won 2 of 5	5	0.0	0.2	1.0	0.8	51.2	0.2	1.0	0.4	0.6	0.2	–	1.0
Groupama Stadium, LyonGround · won 0 of 1	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	32.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	–	0.0
Stadion Z'dezele, CeljeGround · won 0 of 1	1	1.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	65.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	–	1.0
Vasil Levski National Stadium, SofiaGround · won 1 of 1	1	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	63.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	4.0	0.0	–	0.0
Villa Park, BirminghamGround · won 0 of 1	1	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	88.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	–	3.0

Recent games

Oct '2626
@ LASK Linz
Did not record a stat
W 3-1
Oct '2618
v SC Rheindorf Altach
Did not record a stat
W 3-0
Oct '2611
@ Grazer AK
Did not record a stat
D 0-0
Sept '2621
v SK Sturm Graz
Did not record a stat
W 3-0
Sept '2612
@ SV Josko Ried
1 YC
D 1-1
Sept '263
v Rapid Vienna
1 A · 3 SHOT · 1 SOG · 1 FC
W 5-1
Aug '2631
v Austria Vienna
1 SHOT
W 4-1
Aug '2617
@ WSG Swarovski Tirol
1 G · 2 SHOT · 2 SOG · 1 FA
W 3-0

Stats from official league and public sports feeds. Updated hourly.