Keiya Sento

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| name = Keiya Sento
仙頭啓矢

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| fullname = Keiya Sento

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|12|29}}

| birth_place = Hirataka, Osaka, Japan

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| height = {{Height|m=1.71}}

| position = Attacking midfielder, winger

| currentclub = FC Machida Zelvia

| clubnumber = 8

| youthyears1 = 2010–2012

| youthclubs1 = Kyoto Tachibana High School

| collegeyears1 = 2013–2016

| college1 = Toyo University

| clubs1 = Kyoto Sanga | years1 = 2017–2019 | caps1 = 99 | goals1 = 16

| clubs2 = Yokohama F. Marinos | years2 = 2020 | caps2 = 3 | goals2 = 0

| clubs3 = → Kyoto Sanga (loan) | years3 = 2020 | caps3 = 19 | goals3 = 6

| clubs4 = Sagan Tosu | years4 = 2021 | caps4 = 38 | goals4 = 3

| clubs5 = Nagoya Grampus | years5 = 2022 | caps5 = 34 | goals5 = 2

| clubs6 = Kashiwa Reysol | years6 = 2023 | caps6 = 26 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2024–

| clubs7 = Machida Zelvia

| caps7 = 12

| goals7 = 0

| club-update = 00:06, 11 May 2024(UTC)

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{{Nihongo|Keiya Sento|仙頭啓矢|Sentō Keiya|born December 29, 1994}} is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for J1 League club Machida Zelvia.{{J.League player|23193}}{{cite web |title=仙頭啓矢：柏レイソル：Ｊリーグ.jp |url=https://www.jleague.jp/player/1607204/#attack |website=Ｊリーグ.jp（日本プロサッカーリーグ） |access-date=4 March 2023 |language=ja}}

Career

Keiya Sento joined J2 League club Kyoto Sanga FC in 2017 and played 99 games for the club over three seasons.

In May 2019, he won the J2 League Monthly MVP award after scoring three goals and providing two assists in five games.{{cite web |title=横浜FM喜田がJ1月間MVP初受賞! J2は京都MF仙頭、J3はG大阪U-23高木に決定 |url=https://web.gekisaka.jp/news/detail/?276850-276850-fl |website=ゲキサカ |access-date=31 March 2022 |language=ja}}

After three seasons, he joined J1 League club Yokohama F. Marinos in 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.f-marinos.com/news/category=5_id=6705|title = 仙頭啓矢選手完全移籍加入のお知らせ | ニュース}} After playing only three games for the Marinos, Sento was loaned back to Kyoto Sanga in the same season and eventually moved on at the end of the season to Sagan Tosu.{{cite web |author1=SAGAN DREAMS Co., Ltd |title=仙頭啓矢選手完全移籍加入のお知らせ |url=https://www.sagan-tosu.net/news/p/5152/ |website=サガン鳥栖 [公式] オフィシャルサイト |access-date=31 March 2022 |language=ja}}

Sento then joined Nagoya Grampus for the 2022 season.{{cite web |title=仙頭啓矢選手、移籍加入のお知らせ｜ニュース｜名古屋グランパス公式サイト |url=https://nagoya-grampus.jp/news/pressrelease/2021/1225post-1846.php |website=名古屋グランパス公式サイト |access-date=31 March 2022 |language=ja}} After playing 45 games for Nagoya, Sento then moved on again after one season, this time joining fellow J1 League team Kashiwa Reysol for the 2023 season.{{cite web |title=お知らせ情報｜柏レイソル Official Site |url=https://www.reysol.co.jp/news/topteam/035401.html |website=柏レイソル Official site |access-date=4 March 2023 |language=ja}}

Club statistics

{{updated|4 March 2023}}Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, [https://www.amazon.co.jp/J1-J3%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E5%90%8D%E9%91%91%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E7%89%88-2018-NSK-MOOK/dp/4905411521 "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)"], 7 February 2018, Japan, {{ISBN|978-4905411529}} (p. 201 out of 289){{cite web |title=Soccer D.B. : 2022 Keiya Sento Result by Season |url=https://soccer-db.net/player/index.php?pl=24383&la=e |website=Soccer D.B. |access-date=31 March 2022 |language=en}}

rowspan=2 \| Club ! rowspan=2 \| Season ! colspan=3 \| League ! colspan=2 \| National cup ! colspan=2 \| League cup ! colspan=2 \| Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Division ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals
colspan=3 \| Japan ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| Emperor's Cup ! colspan=2 \| J. League Cup ! colspan=2 \| Total
rowspan="4"\|Kyoto Sanga	2017	rowspan="3"\|J2 League	24	5	0	0	colspan="2"\|–	24	5
2018	39	1	0	0	colspan="2"\|–	39	1
2019	36	10	0	0	colspan="2"\|–	36	10
colspan="2"\|Total !99\|\|16\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|99\|\|16
Yokohama F. Marinos	2020	J1 League	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Kyoto Sanga (loan)	2020	J2 League	19	6	0	0	colspan="2"\|–	19	6
Sagan Tosu	2021	rowspan="3"\|J1 League	38	3	3	0	1	0	42	3
Nagoya Grampus	2022	34	2	3	0	8	0	45	2
Kashiwa Reysol	2023	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
colspan=3 \| Career total !196\|\|27\|\|6\|\|0\|\|9\|\|0\|\|211\|\|27