| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Noboru Shimura[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1993-03-11)11 March 1993 (age 32)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Kawagoe, Japan[2] | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder,centre-back[4] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Port | ||
| Number | 33 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Saitama Heisei High School | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014 | Japan Soccer College | 0 | (0) |
| 2015 | Berane | 11 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Mornar | 30 | (1) |
| 2016 | Bokelj | 0 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Sutjeska Nikšić | 31 | (1) |
| 2017–2023 | Spartak Subotica | 147 | (11) |
| 2019 | →Machida Zelvia (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2023– | Port | 41 | (6) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 April 2025 | |||
Noboru Shimura (志村 謄,Noboru Shimura, born 11 March 1993)[5] is aJapanese professional footballer who plays forPort in theThai League 1. He mainly operates as adefensive midfielder,[6] while being capable of playing as acentre-back as well.[1]
Born inKawagoe, Saitama,Japan, Shimura moved toMontenegrin First League in February 2015.[5] Previously, he had played with university team in his home country.[2] After six-month period withBerane making 11 appearances,[7] he moved toMornar. Shimura noted 35 appearances in both Montenegrin domestic competitions for the 2015–16 season, scoring a goal in 2–1 away victory overZeta on 20 November 2015.[8] Next the short spell withBokelj in 2016 and both of matches in thefirst qualifying round for 2016–17 UEFA Europa League againstVojvodina he spent on the bench as an unused substitution, Shimura joinedSutjeska Nikšić for the league part of the same season.[8] Playing for the club he noted 31 league matches with 1 goal, as also 7 matches with 1 goal in theMontenegrin Cup,[7] including the final game againstGrbalj after which Sutjeska won the competition.[9] Behind the end of a season, he left the club.[10]
After several season playing in Montenegro, Shimura moved to Serbia and joinedSpartak Subotica in summer 2017,[11] penning a three-year professional contract with new club.[12] Shimura made hisSerbian SuperLiga debut in opening match of the2017–18 season, in 2–1 home win versusOFK Bačka under coachAleksandar Veselinović, when he also noted an assist for a goal.[13] Making an official appearance for Spartak, Shimura became the first Japanese footballer in the club history.[14] Shimura scored his first goal for the club in 2–0 away victory overRad.[15] As a coincidence, Shimura also scored his next goal for the club in 2–0 win against the same opponent on 18 March 2018.[16] Finally, Shimura scored his third season goal in 2–0 away victory overVojvodina on 22 April 2018.[17]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Berane | 2014–15[7] | Montenegrin First League | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| Mornar | 2015–16[7] | 30 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 35 | 1 | ||||
| Bokelj | 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sutjeska Nikšić | 2016–17[7] | 31 | 1 | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | 38 | 2 | ||||
| Spartak Subotica | 2017–18[18] | Serbian SuperLiga | 34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 35 | 3 | |||
| 2018–19[19] | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | — | 26 | 1 | ||||
| 2020–21[20] | 34 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 36 | 6 | |||||
| 2021–22[21] | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 31 | 0 | |||||
| 2022–23[22] | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 32 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 147 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 160 | 12 | |||
| Port | 2023–24 | Thai League 1 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1[a] | 0 | — | 25 | 4 | |
| 2024–25 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4[b] | 1 | — | 27 | 4 | |||
| Total | 41 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 52 | 8 | |||
| Career total | 258 | 19 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 1 | — | 295 | 23 | |||
Sutjeska Nikšić
