Masashi Oguro
大黒 将志
Oguro in 2010
Personal information
Full name Masashi Oguro[1]
Date of birth (1980-05-04) 4 May 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Gamba Osaka (youth coach)
Youth career
1993–1998 Gamba Osaka
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2005 Gamba Osaka 111 (48)
2001 → Consadole Sapporo (loan) 4 (0)
2006 Grenoble 19 (6)
2006–2008 Torino 10 (0)
2008–2009 Tokyo Verdy 53 (23)
2010 Yokohama FC 16 (12)
2010 FC Tokyo 22 (7)
2011–2013 Yokohama F. Marinos 53 (12)
2013 Hangzhou Greentown 24 (3)
2014–2017 Kyoto Sanga 110 (49)
2016 → Montedio Yamagata (loan) 26 (9)
2018 → Tochigi SC (loan) 40 (12)
2019–2020 Tochigi SC 29 (6)
Total 517 (181)
International career
2005–2008 Japan 22 (5)
Managerial career
2021– Gamba Osaka (youth coach)
Medal record
Gamba Osaka
Winner J1 League 2005
Runner-up J.League Cup 2005
Yokohama F. Marinos
Runner-up J1 League 2013
Winner Emperor's Cup 2013
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Masashi Oguro (大黒 将志, Ōguro Masashi, born 4 May 1980) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a forward.[3] He made 22 appearances scoring 5 goals for Japan national team between 2005 and 2008.

Club career

Oguro joined the J1 League in 1999, with Gamba Osaka. He was loaned to Consadole Sapporo for the 2001 season, and returned to Gamba having impressed many[who?] in Osaka. In 2004, Oguro scored the second-highest number of goals in the J1 League, and the highest number of all Japanese-born players. In Chinese characters, Oguro's name resembles that of the god Daikokuten, giving him that nickname. Gamba Osaka's official merchandise store has come to be called the Shrine of Daikokuten.[citation needed] In 2005, Oguro was the sixth top J1 League scorer, and helped lead Gamba Osaka to the J1 League championship.

In December 2005, Oguro was signed by French club Grenoble, where he appeared in 17 Ligue 2 matches.[4]

In August 2006, Oguro was transferred to Italian club Torino.[5]

In June 2008, Oguro returned to Japan and moved to J1 League side Tokyo Verdy.[6] However he could scored only two goals[7] and Verdy was relegated to J2 League. In 2009, he played in J2 League first time and scored 21 goals.[7] However the club finished at 7th place and could not return to J1. In 2010, Oguro moved to J2 club Yokohama FC and scored 12 goals in 16 matches until June.[7] In June 2010, Oguro moved to J1 club FC Tokyo. In 2011, Oguro transferred to J1 club Yokohama F. Marinos. He scored ten goals in 2011 season.[7] However he could scored only two goals in 2012 season.[7]

In 2013, initially Oguro was registered in Yokohama F. Marinos (His registration was deleted in March).[8] However on 4 February, Oguro moved to Chinese Super League side Hangzhou Greentown for the 2013 season, and rejoined manager Takeshi Okada, whom he played under at Consadole Sapporo and Japan national team.[9]

In January 2014, Oguro returned to Japan and signed with J2 club Kyoto Sanga FC.[10] he scored 42 goals in two seasons.[7] In 2016, he moved to Montedio Yamagata on loan.[11] In 2017, he returned to Sanga. In 2018, he moved to Tochigi SC.[12]

International career

Oguro was chosen for the Japan national team in 2005 for the 2006 World Cup qualifying games. During his second game for the team on 9 February, Oguro scored the second goal in injury time to help Japan to a 2–0 win over North Korea in the final game of Asian qualification.[13] In 2005, Oguro was the fifth top scorer for the Japan national team.[14] In May 2006, Oguro was called up to play for Japan in the 2006 World Cup in Germany.[15] He played 22 games and scored 5 goals for Japan until 2008.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of end of 2018 season[16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Gamba Osaka 1999 11 0 0 0 2 0 13 0
2000 7 1 1 0 2 0 10 1
2002 6 1 0 0 2 1 8 2
2003 26 10 2 0 5 3 33 13
2004 30 20 2 6 7 4 39 30
2005 31 16 2 2 4 0 37 18
Total 111 48 7 8 22 8 140 64
Consadole Sapporo (loan) 2001 4 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
Grenoble 2005–06 17 5 0 0 0 0 17 5
2006–07 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 1
Total 19 6 0 0 1 0 20 6
Torino 2006–07 7 0 0 0 – 7 0
2007–08 3 0 1 0 – 4 0
Total 10 0 1 0 0 0 11 0
Tokyo Verdy 2008 14 2 0 0 0 0 14 2
2009 39 21 0 0 – 39 21
Total 53 23 0 0 0 0 53 23
Yokohama FC 2010 16 12 0 0 – 16 12
FC Tokyo 2010 22 7 2 0 2 0 26 7
Yokohama F. Marinos 2011 28 10 3 4 5 3 36 17
2012 25 2 1 0 3 1 29 3
2013 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 53 12 4 4 8 4 65 20
Hangzhou Greentown 2013 24 3 2 3 – 26 6
Kyoto Sanga FC 2014 42 26 2 1 – 44 27
2015 40 16 3 0 – 43 16
2017 28 6 1 0 – 29 6
Total 110 48 6 1 0 0 116 49
Montedio Yamagata (loan) 2016 26 9 1 1 – 27 10
Tochigi SC 2018 40 12 0 0 – 40 12
2019 –
Total
Career total 488 180 22 17 35 12 545 209

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Japan 2005 15 5
2006 6 0
2007 0 0
2008 1 0
Total 22 5
Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Oguro goal.
List of international goals scored by Masashi Oguro
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 9 February 2005 Saitama Stadium, Saitama, Japan  North Korea 2–1 2–1 2006 FIFA World Cup Qualification
2 8 June 2005 Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand  North Korea 2–0 2–0 2006 FIFA World Cup Qualification
3 19 June 2005 Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany  Greece 1–0 1–0 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
4 22 June 2005 RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany  Brazil 2–2 2–2 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
5 17 August 2005 International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan  Iran 2–0 2–1 2006 FIFA World Cup Qualification

Honors

Gamba Osaka

FC Tokyo

Individual

References

  1. ^ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Japan" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
  2. ^ "World Cup history 2006". Japan Football Association.
  3. ^ Masashi Oguro at J.League (archive) (in Japanese) Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ Masashi Oguro – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
  5. ^ "Oguro seals move to Torino, Inamoto close to Galatasaray switch". Asian Football Confederation. 1 September 2006. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  6. ^ "Stats Centre: Masashi Oguro Facts". Guardian.co.uk. Archived from the original on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
  7. ^ a b c d e f Masashi Oguro at J.League (archive) (in Japanese) Edit this at Wikidata
  8. ^ J.League
  9. ^ "大黒将志選手に関するお知らせ". Yokohama F. Marinos. Archived from the original on 6 February 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  10. ^ Kyoto Sanga FC(in Japanese)
  11. ^ Montedio Yamagata(in Japanese)
  12. ^ Tochigi SC(in Japanese)
  13. ^ a b Japan National Football Team Database
  14. ^ Japan National Football Team Database
  15. ^ Masashi Oguro – FIFA competition record (archived) Edit this at Wikidata
  16. ^ 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. 191 out of 289)

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