player · data as of 2026-08-24 22:21 UTC
Kaoru Mitoma
Be the first in the standsMidfielderage 295' 10"
Japancurrently Brighton & Hove Albion
Japancurrently Brighton & Hove AlbionCareer goals
68
all competitions, from the season archive · club 59 · country 9 — season by season in The Record below
Career appearances
251
all competitions, from the season archive — the same total The Record shows
World Cup 2026
no goals yet
goals and assists land here the moment they happen
Team trophies
3
team silverware — the cabinet below
Career totals from the ESPN season archive — all competitions, the same numbers The Record below shows (Wikidata's senior spells fill in when the archive is thin — never the youth years, which stay listed on their own below); live World Cup stats from our own match timelines. Individual awards are counted separately from team trophies, so the headline count can't inflate.
Kaoru Mitoma is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion and the Japan national team. He is best known for his dribbling ability and pace. — Wikipedia's own summary; its figures are theirs
Honours
3 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updated| Team honours3 | ||||
| Emperor's Cup | ×1 | 2020 | Kawasaki Frontale | |
| J1 League | ×1 | 2020 | Kawasaki Frontale | |
| Japanese Super Cup | ×1 | 2021 | Kawasaki Frontale | |
| Individual honours18 | ||||
| Teams of the season · 3 | ||||
| IFFHS Asian Men's Team of the Year | ×2 | 2023, 2024 | ||
| EA Sports FC Premier League Team of the Season | 2024–25 | |||
| Monthly awards · 5 | ||||
| Premier League Goal of the Month | ×3 | 2023, 2025, 2026 | ||
| BBC Goal of the Month | ×2 | 2023, 2025 | ||
| More honours · 10 | ||||
| Japan Pro-Footballers Association Awards Best XI | ×3 | 2022, 2023, 2024 | ||
| Brighton & Hove Albion Men's Goal of the Season | ×2 | 2023–24, 2024–25 | ||
| Japan Pro-Footballers Association Awards MVP | ×2 | 2022, 2023 | ||
| BBC Goal of the Season | 2024–25 | |||
| J.League Best XI | 2020 | |||
| The Athletic Premier League Goal of the Season | 2024–25 | |||
The Record
season by season · 25 competition-seasons · ESPN archive| Season | Competition | Team | Apps | Goals | Assists | Shots | YC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | all competitions | all teams | 251 | 68 | 26 | 269 | 18 |
| 2026 | Friendlies | Japan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | FA Cup | Brighton & Hove Albion | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | Friendlies | Japan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | Premier League | Brighton & Hove Albion | 25 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 5 |
| 2024 | FA Cup | Brighton & Hove Albion | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024 | League Cup | Brighton & Hove Albion | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | Premier League | Brighton & Hove Albion | 36 | 10 | 4 | 57 | 1 |
| 2023 | AFC Asian Cup | Japan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Europa League | Brighton & Hove Albion | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| 2023 | Friendlies | Japan | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
Career
league apps & goals · Wikidata, community-updated (national-team rows can lag a match or two)| Years | Team | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–2019 | University of Tsukuba Football Club | — | — |
| 2020–2021 | Kawasaki Frontale | — | — |
| 2021–now | Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. | — | — |
| 2021–2022 | Royale Union Saint-Gilloise | — | — |
| ?–now | Japan | — | — |
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