Full name Daniel Schmidt Height 1.96 m Current team Vegalta Sendai | Playing position Weight 90 kg Position Goalkeeper | |
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Date of birth (1992-02-03) February 3, 1992 (age 25) Place of birth Illinois, United States 2007–2009 Tohoku Gakuin Junior High School 2010–2013 Chuo University Football Club Similar Masaki Iida, Hiroki Yamamoto, Kohei Kudo, Hiroyuki Takasaki, Kohei Kiyama | ||
Daniel Schmidt (シュミット・ダニエル, Schmidt, Daniel, born February 3, 1992) is an American football of Japanese descent, who plays for Vegalta Sendai of the J1 League as a goalkeeper.
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Career
Born from a union between American father and Japanese mother, Schmidt moved to Sendai at the age of 2, he went to Chuo University before signing for a professional Japanese club. After three consecutive seasons as Special Designated Player of Kawasaki Frontale, he decided to try the pro world in 2013.
He later signed for Vegalta Sendai, but Schmidt played his first pro match during a one month-loan to Roasso Kumamoto in April 2014. After playing his first ever game with Vegalta in J. League Cup, he was again loaned to Roasso, this time until the end of 2015 season. A third loan was established in 2016, this time to Matsumoto Yamaga.
Club statistics
Updated to 23 February 2016.