Tsukasa Shiotani

Tsukasa Shiotani (塩谷 司, Shiotani Tsukasa; born 5 December 1988) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

Tsukasa Shiotani
塩谷 司

Shiotani with Al Ain in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Tsukasa Shiotani[1]
Date of birth	(1988-12-05) 5 December 1988 (age 36)[1]
Place of birth	Komatsushima, Tokushima, Japan
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s)	Centre-back, defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Number	3
Youth career
1996–1999	Minami-Komatsushima FC
1999–2001	Omatsu SC
2001–2003	Otsuka FC
2004–2006	Tokushima Shogyo High School
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2010	Kokushikan University
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2012	Mito HollyHock	60	(5)
2012–2017	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	140	(17)
2017–2021	Al Ain	88	(11)
2021–	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	106	(5)
International career‡
2016	Japan Olympic (O.P.)	3	(0)
2014–2019	Japan	7	(1)
Medal record Sanfrecce Hiroshima Winner J1 League 2012 Winner J1 League 2013 Winner J1 League 2015 Runner-up J.League Cup 2014 Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2013 Representing  Japan AFC Asian Cup 2019 United Arab Emirates
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:16, 28 April 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 1 February 2019

Shiotani is a well-decorated player, having won 8 trophies as of 2025, and has been named in the J.League Team of the Year for three years in a row, from 2014 to 2016.

Club career

Sanfreece Hiroshima

On 23 December 2015, Shiotani was selected in the 2015 J.League Best XI.^[2]

Al Ain

On 15 June 2017, Shiotani was announced at Al Ain on a permanent transfer.^[3]

During the final of the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup, Shiotani scored in the 86th minute against Real Madrid as Al Ain finished runners-up.^[4]

Second spell at Sanfreece Hiroshima

On 1 October 2021, Shiotani was announced at Sanfreece Hiroshima on a permanent transfer.^[5] He was part of the Sanfeece Hiroshima team that won the 2022 J.League Cup.^[6]

Shiotani was part of the Sanfreece Hiroshima team that won the 2025 Japanese Super Cup.^[7]

International career

On 15 December 2014, Shiotani was called up to the Japan squad for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.^[8]

On 1 July 2016, Shiotani was called up to the Japan U-23 national team as one of three over-aged players for the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[9] At this tournament, he played the full 90 minutes in all three matches in a centre back partnership with Naomichi Ueda.

On 13 December 2018, Shiotani was called up to the Japan squad for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.^[10] He scored his first international goal against Uzbekistan during the competition, scoring in the 58th minute on 17 January 2019.^[11] The stadium which he scored his first international goal is also the home stadium of Al Ain.^[12] He started in the final as Japan lost to Qatar.^[13]

Club statistics

Updated to 3 December 2023.^[14]

Club	Season	League			Cuo		League Cup		Continental		Other1		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Mito HollyHock	2011	J. League Division 2	35	3	3	0	-		-		-		38	3
	2012		25	2	0	0	-		-		-		25	2
	Total		60	5	3	0	-		-		-		63	5
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2012	J. League Division 1	3	0	1	0	0	0	–		1	0	5	0
	2013		34	3	6	1	2	0	6	0	1	0	49	4
	2014		32	6	3	1	3	0	8	2	1	0	47	9
	2015	J1 League	27	3	2	0	4	0	–		6	2	39	5
	2016		30	5	2	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	37	5
	2017		14	0	0	0	2	0	–		–		16	0
	Total		140	17	14	2	11	0	18	2	10	2	193	23
Al Ain	2017–18	UAE Pro League	18	3	3	0	2	0	11	1	–		34	4
	2018–19		26	4	1	0	6	1	5	1	5	2	43	8
	2019–20		19	2	3	0	7	0	7	0	–		36	2
	2020–21		25	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	–		29	2
	Total		88	11	8	0	17	1	24	2	5	2	142	16
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2021	J1 League	5	1	–		–		–		–		5	1
	2022		26	0	5	1	8	1	–		–		39	2
	2023		27	2	0	0	2	0	–		–		29	2
	Total		58	3	5	1	10	1	–		–		73	5
Career total			346	36	30	3	38	2	42	4	15	4	471	49

¹Includes FIFA Club World Cup, J. League Championship and Japanese Super Cup.

National team statistics

^[15]

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2014	2	0
2015	0	0
2016	0	0
2017	0	0
2018	0	0
2019	5	1
Total	7	1

International goals

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first.^[16]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	17 January 2019	Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates	Uzbekistan	2–1	2–1	2019 AFC Asian Cup

Honours

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

• J. League Division 1: 2012, 2013, 2015
• J.League Cup: 2022
• Japanese Super Cup: 2013, 2014, 2016, 2025

Japan

• AFC Asian Cup runner-up: 2019

Individual

• J. League Best Eleven: 2014, 2015, 2016,