Yakin Japan a FIFA World Cup 2026 ya ƙare da baƙin ciki — an kawar da su ne ta Brazil a minti na shida na lokacin ƙari a zagaye na 32. Duk da wannan shan kaye mai raɗaɗi, mai tsaron gida Zion Suzuki ya fito a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin 'yan wasa mafi kyau a gasar, kuma labarin sa na karuwa ne kawai.

An haife shi a jihar da za ta karɓi wasan karshe na Kofin Duniya

Suzuki shi ne kawai memba na cikin ƴan wasa 26 na Japan da aka haife shi a wajen Japan. An haife shi a Newark, New Jersey — kusan mil 10 daga New York New Jersey Stadium da ke East Rutherford, inda za a buga wasan karshe na FIFA World Cup 2026 a Lahadi, Yuli 19. Danginsa sun yi ƙaura daga baya zuwa Saitama.

An gina shi a Urawa Red Diamonds

Suzuki ya shiga ƙungiyar horarwa ta Urawa Red Diamonds yana da shekara shida kuma ya zauna a ƙungiyar tsawon shekara 15. Duk da wannan dogon alaƙa da Reds, ya buga wasanni takwas ne kawai a J1 don ƙungiyar farko — a lokuta biyu — kafin a ba da shi aro zuwa ƙungiyar Belgium ta Sint-Truiden, wanda ya ba sana'arsa sabon alkibla. A shekara ta 2024, ya rattaba hannu kan kwantiragin shekara biyar tare da ƙungiyar Serie A ta Parma.

Zakara a matakin nahiya yana da shekara 20

Duk da cewa ba shi ne da ake amfani da shi kullum a ƙungiyar farko ba, Suzuki ya buga wasanni huɗu a AFC Champions League a shekarar 2022 yayin da Urawa Red Diamonds suka lashe taken na uku, suka doke Al-Hilal a wasan karshe. Bai shiga cikin ƙafafun wasan karshe na farko da na biyu ba, amma ya karɓi lambar yabo ta cin nasara, ya zama zakaran nahiya yana da shekara 20 kawai.

Bin sawun fitaccen ɗan wasan Japan a Parma

Suzuki ya zama ɗan wasan Japan na biyu da ya wakilci Parma, yana bin sawun Hidetoshi Nakata, wanda ya shiga Gialloblu daga Roma a shekarar 2001. Nakata — mai kasuwancin sake a yanzu kuma ɗaya daga cikin manyan 'yan wasa da Japan ta taba samarwa — ya kuma buga wa Bologna, Fiorentina, da Bolton Wanderers, a sana'a ta ƙasa da ƙasa ta wasanni 77.

Ya cancanci wakiltar ƙungiyoyin ƙasa uku

An haife shi a Amurka ga mahaifi ɗan Ghana da mahaifiya 'yar Japan, don haka Suzuki yana da cancancin wakiltar United States, Ghana, ko Japan a matakin ƙasa da ƙasa. An yi rahoton cewa US Soccer suna bin sa tun daga matakan matasa, amma Suzuki ya ɗaura alkawari da Japan tun daga matakin ƙasa da ƙasa ta ƙasa da shekara 15 kuma bai koma baya ba.

Lamba ɗaya da babu wanda ya ƙalubalance shi a Japan

Yana da shekara 23, Suzuki yana kusa da wasansa na 30 na ƙasa da ƙasa — ya fi nesa da sauran masu tsaron gida a cikin ƙungiyar, Keisuke Osaka da Tomoki Hayakawa, waɗanda ke da jimillar wasanni 15 tsakaninsu. Mai tsaron gida na Nagoya Grampus Alexandre Pisano, wanda ke da wasa ɗaya na ƙasa da ƙasa yana da shekara 20, na iya canzawa zuwa Canada. Matsayin Suzuki a matsayin zaɓi na farko na Japan ba ya tare da ƙalubalance.

Tarihi da ke cikin gani

Mai tsaron gida da ya fi samun damar buga wasa a Japan shi ne Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi, wanda ya samu damar buga wasanni 116 na ƙasa da ƙasa kafin ya yi ritaya a shekarar 2010. Idan Suzuki — wanda ba zai cika shekara 24 ba sai watan Agusta — ya ci gaba da ci gaban da yake yi yanzu, tarihin Kawaguchi na cikin gani a shekara goma masu zuwa.

Kakar wasa mai wahala a Italiya

Kakar 2025–26 ta Serie A ba ta kasance yadda Suzuki yake so ba. Ya karya ƙasusuwan hannunsa yayin wasa da AC Milan a watan Nuwamba kuma ya rasa watanni huɗu na kwallon ƙafa, lamarin da ya iyakance shi da wasanni 20 na Serie A ne kawai a abin da zai iya zama kakarsa ta ƙarshe da Parma.

Manyan ƙungiyoyi suna nan suna jira

An haɗa sunan Suzuki da Chelsea da Manchester United a baya. Yanzu kuma, ana rahoton cewa Aston Villa da Newcastle United suna cikin ƙungiyoyin da ke son saye shi. Bayan jerin kyawawan ceto a FIFA World Cup 2026 — ciki har da ceto mai ban mamaki wanda ya hana Vinicius Jr abin da zai kasance ɗaya daga cikin kyawawan kwalaye na gasar — sha'awar Suzuki kawai za ta ƙaru.

Gabriel Martinelli ne ya ƙarshe ya ba Brazil nasara a cikin lokacin ƙari, amma aikin Suzuki ya tabbatar da cewa yana cikin manyan matasa masu tsaron gida a duniyar kwallon ƙafa a yau.