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Sota Kitano

Sota Kitano

Midfielder · Red Bull Salzburg · 22 · Japan

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Season score
44.8
UEFA Europa League 26/27, 3 matches
Last 5 weeks
46.2
average of weeks with 60+ minutes
Market value
€6.0M
+€1.5M (+33%) since 22 Dec 2025
Transfermarkt, 26 May 2026

Photo: Werner100359, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Born
13 Aug 2004
Height
172 cm
Foot
R
Contract until
30 Jun 2029
Wikipedia views
1,088 4 weeks

Wikipedia Wikidata Transfermarkt

Every week

1–7 Jul 2025 to 20–26 Oct 2026

8 of 69 weeks with 60+ minutes, averaging 42.4 (minutes-weighted); 0 of them 70 or better.

no matchunder 60′under 4545–5555–7070+

Every week as a table
WeekMatchesMinutesScoreExpectedUnderlying
20–26 Oct 202616551.247.044.5
13–19 Oct 202616043.047.242.7
15–21 Sep 202616339.947.641.6
27 Jan – 2 Feb 202618847.247.551.8
20–26 Jan 202617548.747.252.2
4–10 Nov 202516832.948.435.9
21–27 Oct 202512742.648.542.4
30 Sep – 6 Oct 202513259.747.960.1
23–29 Sep 202512562.847.263.3
5–11 Aug 202517539.847.942.1
29 Jul – 4 Aug 202518536.249.742.8
22–28 Jul 202511031.750.040.1

Against expectation

How it's expected

Each week's score beside what the player's earlier matches led to expect. Over the last 8 weeks with 60+ minutes: −5.5 a week below expectation.

30.035.040.045.050.055.029 Jul5 Aug4 Nov20 Jan27 Jan15 Sep13 Oct20 OctScore 51.2Expected 47.0

Market value

Where these come from
Transfermarkt €6.0M +€1.5M (+33%) since 22 Dec 2025 26 May 2026 · its own valuation, revised a few times a year
Current estimate €6.2M no change recorded 22 Oct 2026 · BSD, seen when squads refresh
0€2.0M€4.0M€6.0M€8.0M2023202420252026€6.0M€6.2M
Every value as a table
DateSourceValue
22 Oct 2026Current estimate (BSD)€6.2M
26 May 2026Transfermarkt€6.0M
22 Dec 2025Transfermarkt€4.5M
22 Sep 2025Transfermarkt€2.5M
29 May 2025Transfermarkt€600k
10 Dec 2024Transfermarkt€450k
12 Jun 2024Transfermarkt€350k
22 Feb 2024Transfermarkt€350k
28 Jun 2023Transfermarkt€300k
6 Jan 2023Transfermarkt€300k
28 Jun 2022Transfermarkt€200k

Two different estimates, so each is its own line and each change is measured within its own line.

Moves

All transfers
DateMoveFee
9 Jun 2025Cerezo Osaka SalzburgUndisclosed
1 Feb 2023Cerezo U18 Cerezo OsakaUndisclosed

What the score is made of

UEFA Europa League 26/27: each part per 90 minutes against the average midfielder in the top five leagues (0), in standard deviations.

  • Shooting +0.66
  • Creating −0.40
  • Progressing −0.33
  • Keeping the ball −0.35
  • Defending −0.51
  • Aerial −0.69
  • Finishing +0.60

Attention

English Wikipedia views per week, the article and its redirects, last 52 weeks.

05001.0K1.5K28 Oct16 Dec3 Feb24 Mar12 May30 Jun18 Aug6 Oct

Seasons

SeasonCompetitionTeamMatchesMinutesScoreUnderlying
UEFA Europa League 26/27Europa LeagueRed Bull Salzburg318844.843.0
UEFA Europa League 25/26Europa LeagueRed Bull Salzburg631546.649.4
UEFA Champions League 25/26Champions LeagueRed Bull Salzburg317037.542.3

Latest matches

12 since July 2025
DateCompetitionOpponentResultMinGoalsAssistsxGxAScore
22 Oct 2026Europa Leagueat NK CeljeD 2–265100.440.0151.2
15 Oct 2026Europa LeagueAC MilanL 0–46000–0.0243.0
17 Sep 2026Europa Leagueat Levski SofiaW 1–063000.160.0139.9
29 Jan 2026Europa Leagueat Aston VillaL 2–388000.530.0347.2
22 Jan 2026Europa LeagueBaselW 3–175000.340.1248.7
6 Nov 2025Europa LeagueGo Ahead EaglesW 2–068000.310.0132.9
23 Oct 2025Europa LeagueFerencváros TCL 2–32701–0.0742.6
2 Oct 2025Europa Leagueat Olympique LyonnaisL 0–23200–0.0559.7
25 Sep 2025Europa LeagueFC PortoL 0–12500–0.3262.8
6 Aug 2025Champions LeagueClub Brugge KVL 0–175000.25–39.8
All 12 matches
DateCompetitionOpponentResultMinGoalsAssistsxGxAScore
22 Oct 2026Europa Leagueat NK CeljeD 2–265100.440.0151.2
15 Oct 2026Europa LeagueAC MilanL 0–46000–0.0243.0
17 Sep 2026Europa Leagueat Levski SofiaW 1–063000.160.0139.9
29 Jan 2026Europa Leagueat Aston VillaL 2–388000.530.0347.2
22 Jan 2026Europa LeagueBaselW 3–175000.340.1248.7
6 Nov 2025Europa LeagueGo Ahead EaglesW 2–068000.310.0132.9
23 Oct 2025Europa LeagueFerencváros TCL 2–32701–0.0742.6
2 Oct 2025Europa Leagueat Olympique LyonnaisL 0–23200–0.0559.7
25 Sep 2025Europa LeagueFC PortoL 0–12500–0.3262.8
6 Aug 2025Champions LeagueClub Brugge KVL 0–175000.25–39.8
30 Jul 2025Champions LeagueSK BrannD 1–185000.78–36.2
23 Jul 2025Champions Leagueat SK BrannW 4–110000.12–31.7