Hajime Hosogai
Personal information
Full name Hajime Hosogai
Date of birth (1986-06-10) 10 June 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder, full back
Team information
Current team
 Thespakusatsu Gunma
Number 33
Youth career
1999–2001 FC Maebashi
2002–2004 Maebashi Ikuei High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2010 Urawa Red Diamonds 98 (5)
2011–2013 Bayer Leverkusen 17 (0)
2011–2012 → FC Augsburg (loan) 39 (3)
2013–2016 Hertha BSC 53 (0)
2015–2016 → Bursaspor (loan) 20 (0)
2016–2017 VfB Stuttgart 10 (0)
2017–2018 Kashiwa Reysol 22 (0)
2019–2021 Buriram United 27 (0)
2020–2021 → Bangkok United (loan) 28 (1)
2021– Thespakusatsu Gunma 26 (1)
International career
2006–2008 Japan U23 10 (1)
2010–2014 Japan 30 (1)
Medal record
Urawa Reds
Winner AFC Champions League 2007
Winner J1 League 2006
Runner-up J1 League 2005
Runner-up J1 League 2007
Winner Emperor's Cup 2005
Winner Emperor's Cup 2006
Representing  Japan
AFC Asian Cup
Gold medal – first place 2011 Qatar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 October 2022

Hajime Hosogai (細貝 萌, Hosogai Hajime, born 10 June 1986) is a Japanese professional footballer. He is a flexible player, able to play in his natural role as defender, defensive midfielder, and plays for Thespakusatsu Gunma, and the Japan national team.

Club career

Hosogai was amongst the most promising players of Urawa Red Diamonds. Having helped the Red Diamonds to the AFC Champions League in 2007, he played for Urawa at the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup.

On 23 December 2010, he left Japan and transferred to the German club Bayer 04 Leverkusen, who promptly loaned him out to FC Augsburg.[2] On 9 September 2011, he scored his first Bundesliga goal against Leverkusen. Playing for the newly promoted Bavarian club, Hosogai helped avoiding relegation before returning to Bayer Leverkusen for the 2012–13 season.

On 25 July 2016, Hosogai moved to VfB Stuttgart.[3] He joined Kashiwa Reysol on 24 March 2017.[4]

On 6 December 2018, it was confirmed that Hosogai would join the Thai league club Buriram United for the 2019 season.

On 12 December 2019, it was announced that Hosogai had joined club Bangkok United on a season-long loan deal.

International career

Hosogai has represented Japan at numerous youth levels. He was a member of the Japan team for the 2008 Summer Olympics finals,[5] and made his debut for the Japan national team in a 1–0 win against Paraguay (playing in his natural role as central midfielder) at his home stadium in Saitama on 4 September 2010, after being called up for the first time by caretaker Hiromi Hara and under the auspices of new manager Alberto Zaccheroni.[6][7] He scored his first goal for the senior national team on 25 January 2011 in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup semi-final match against South Korea.

Career statistics

Club

As of 23 February 2017[8][9]
Club Season League Cup1 League Cup2 Continental3 Other4 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Urawa Red Diamonds 2005 3 0 3 0 2 0 - - 8 0
2006 2 0 4 0 6 0 - 1 0 13 0
2007 8 0 1 0 2 1 3 0 5 0 19 1
2008 26 2 1 0 4 0 3 1 - 34 3
2009 31 2 1 0 6 0 - - 38 2
2010 28 1 1 0 5 0 - - 34 1
Total 98 5 11 0 25 1 6 1 6 0 146 7
FC Augsburg 2010–11 7 0 - - - - 7 0
2011–12 32 3 1 0 - - - 33 3
Total 39 3 1 0 - - - 40 3
Bayer Leverkusen
2012–13 17 0 2 0 - 4 0 - 23 0
Total 17 0 2 0 - 4 0 - 23 0
Hertha BSC
2013–14 33 0 1 0 - - - 34 0
2014–15 20 0 2 0 - - - 22 0
Total 53 0 3 0 - - - 56 0
Bursaspor 2015–16 20 0 - - - - 20 0
Total 20 0 0 0 - - - 20 0
VfB Stuttgart 2016–17 10 0 - - - 10 0
Total 10 0 - - - 10 0
Career total 237 8 17 0 25 1 10 1 6 0 295 10

1Includes Emperor's Cup and DFB-Pokal.

2Includes J. League Cup.

3Includes AFC Champions League and UEFA Europa League.

4Includes Japanese Super Cup, A3 Champions Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.

International

National team Year Apps Goals
Japan U-23
2006 1 0
2007 6 1
2008 3 0
Total 10 1
Japan[10]
2010 3 0
2011 7 1
2012 8 0
2013 7 0
2014 5 0
Total 30 1

International goals

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first.

Under-23

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 17 November 2007 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam  Vietnam
4–0
4–0
 2008 Summer Olympics qualification

Senior team

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 25 January 2011 Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha, Qatar  South Korea
2–1
2–2
 2011 AFC Asian Cup

Appearances in major competitions

Team Competition Category Appearances Goals Team Record
Start Sub
Japan U23 2008 Summer Olympics qualification U-22 5 1 1 Qualified
Japan U23 2008 Summer Olympics U-23 2 0 0 Round 1
Japan 2011 AFC Asian Cup Senior 0 2 1 Champions

Honours

Urawa Red Diamonds

Japan

Individual

References

  1. ^ "National Team Squad". jfa.or.jp. Japan Football Association. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  2. ^ "FCA leiht Japaner Hosogai aus" [FCA loans Japanese player Hosogai] (in German). DFL. 23 December 2010. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
  3. ^ "Hajime Hosogai signs for VfB". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 25 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Hajime Hosogai makes Japan move". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Hajime Hosogai Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
  6. ^ Gus Fielding (3 September 2010). "Zaccheroni issues challenge to Blue Samurai". Kyodo News. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
  7. ^ Andrew McKirdy (5 September 2010). "Kagawa's goal lifts Japan in rematch against Paraguay". The Japan Times. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
  8. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 283 out of 289)
  9. ^ "Hajime Hosogai". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  10. ^ Japan National Football Team Database

External links

Thespakusatsu Gunma – current squad
Japan squads
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