Junnosuke

Watanabe

DM JIPPO #6

Defensive Midfield – Midfielder

Junnosuke Watanabe

JIPPO Ykkösliiga

#854 defensive midfielder aged 26–29

Date of birth / Age: 5 Jun 1999 (27)
Citizenship: Japan
Foot: Right
Height: 1.82 m
Main position: Defensive Midfield
Contract until: 2027

Benchmarks

defensive midfielders with 900+ minutes, last two seasons

World rank

#2921

defensive midfielder in the world by TSH Score

In his age group

#854

among defensive midfielders aged 26–29

In his league

31%

of Ykkösliiga defensive midfielders rank below him

Finishing

−0.8

goals below expected · better than 36% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons (no penalties)

Goals

1 Expected

1.8

33 shots. He scores about what the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

5 Expected

1.4

Teammates converted more of his chances than expected.

Season 2026

Appearances: 15
Starting eleven: 15
Goals: 1
Assists: 1
Yellow cards: 4
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 1,323

Starting eleven100%

15 of 15 appearances

Minutes played1,323

88 per appearance

Goal involvement2

1 goals · 1 assists

Positions played

59 matches · since 2024

AMCMDM

Position	Apps	G	A
Defensive Midfield	37	0	3
Central Midfield	21	1	2
Attacking Midfield	1	0	0

Career stats

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026	Ykkösliiga	JIPPO	15	15	1	1	4	0	0	1,323
2025	Ykkösliiga	JIPPO	19	19	0	0	2	1	0	1,627
2024	Ykkösliiga	JIPPO	25	25	0	4	7	0	0	2,191
2023	Kakkonen	JIPPO	19	18	1	–	5	–	0	1,597
2022	Suomen Cup	EPS	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			79	78	2	5^*	18	1^*	0	6,828

By competition	Apps	G	A
Ykkösliiga	59	1	5
Kakkonen	19	1	–
Suomen Cup	1	0	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 2 Nov 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Apr 2023 Apr 2023 · Transfer EPS JIPPO Transfer
Apr 2022 Apr 2022 · Transfer Biwako Seikei Sport College EPS Transfer
Apr 2018 Apr 2018 · Transfer Yokkaichi University FC EPS Transfer

Clubs

ClubAppsGoals
JIPPO 2023–2026 78 2
EPS 2022 1 0

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