Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 14 September 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Kanagawa, Japan | ||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward / Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Trat | ||
Number | 20 | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Tokai University | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2020 | Albirex Niigata (S) | 19 | (6) |
2020–2023 | Kaya–Iloilo | 27 | (15) |
2024– | Trat | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 January 2024 (UTC) |
Daizo Horikoshi (堀越 大蔵, Horikoshi Daizo, born 14 September 1996[1]) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Thai League 1 club Trat.
After graduating from Tokai University, Horikoshi signed for Albirex Niigata Singapore of the Singapore Premier League (SPL) for their 2019 season.[1] He started in the 2019 Singapore Community Shield, where they lost to Home United, 5–4 on penalties.[2] He scored the opening goal on their 2–1 away league win over Warriors FC on 13 April.[3]
In February 2020, it was announced that Horikoshi had signed for Kaya–Iloilo of the Philippines Football League (PFL).[4] He scored his first goal for the club on 7 November 2021 in their Copa Paulino Alcantara opening match, a 2–0 win over the Azkals Development Team.[5] He was named the man of the match that night.[6] Kaya went on to win the 2021 Copa Paulino Alcantara.[7]
Horikoshi was the top goalscorer in the 2022 Copa Paulino Alcantara with six goals in the tournament, earning him the Golden Boot award. Kaya finished as the competition's runners-up.[8] In the 2022–23 PFL season, he won the league's Golden Ball (best player of the season) and Golden Boot awards, scoring 15 goals and providing 19 assists as Kaya won the league title for the first time.[9][10] Kaya went on to complete a domestic double by winning the 2023 Copa Paulino Alcantara. Horikoshi registered the most assists in the Copa, with 15, and was awarded the Golden Ball.[11][12] In the 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage, he scored an equalizer against J1 League champions Yokohama F. Marinos. However, the match ended as a 2–1 home loss.[13] Horikoshi departed Kaya in January 2024.[14]
In January 2024, Horikoshi joined Thai League 1 club Trat for the second half of the 2023–24 season.[15]
Horikoshi's younger brother, Tamon, is also a footballer. He also attended Tokai University and had been Daizo's teammate at Kaya in 2023.[16]
Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League Cup | Asia | Other | Total | |||||||
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League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Albirex Niigata (S) | 2019 | Singapore Premier League | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 23 | 8 |
Total | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 8 | ||
Kaya–Iloilo | 2020 | Philippines Football League | 5 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||
2021 | 4 | 2 | 7[d] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | ||||||
2022–23 | 22 | 15 | 17[e] | 12[f] | 6[d] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 28 | ||||
Total | 27 | 15 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 30 | ||||
Trat | 2023–24 | Thai League 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career total | 46 | 21 | 24 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 87 | 38 |
Kaya–Iloilo
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