Rio Sakuma
Rio Sakuma is a Japanese professional footballer who currently plays as a centre-back or right-back for Singapore Premier League Club Geylang International FC, whom his the vice-captain.
Club career
Rio was a product of Albirex Niigata U18 team before joining and playing for Ryutsu Keizai University school team.
Ryutsu Keizai Dragons Ryugasaki
In 2018, Rio joined Ryutsu Keizai Dragons Ryugasaki which the club consisted largely of student players from Ryutsu Keizai University and served as a farm team of Ryutsu Keizai University.
On 4 January 2020, Rio joined Albirex Niigata Singapore, a satellite team of his former club, Albirex Niigata. On 8 November 2020, he scored his first goal for the club against Hougang United in a 4-0 home win. Rio won his first ever piece of silverware en route to helping the club to win the 2020 Singapore Premier League title.
Tiffy Army
On 14 January 2021, Rio joined Cambodian Premier League club, Tiffy Army playing in the top tier of the Cambodia league.
On 27 November 2021, Geylang International announced that Rio as their third foreign signing for the 2022 season. This marked his return to Singapore after spending one season in Cambodia. He changed his jersey to no.9 for the 2023 Singapore Premier League season where on 28 February 2023, he scored a brace against Young Lions in a 4-2 home win.
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Honours
Club
Albirex Niigata Singapore