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Full name | Shogo Taniguchi[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 15 July 1991 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Sint-Truiden | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
Kumamoto United SC | |||||||||||||||||
2007–2009 | Ohzu High School | ||||||||||||||||
College career | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2010–2013 | University of Tsukuba | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2022 | Kawasaki Frontale | 289 | (20) | ||||||||||||||
2023–2024 | Al-Rayyan | 37 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2024– | Sint-Truiden | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2015– | Japan | 29 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 September 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 September 2024 |
Shogo Taniguchi (谷口 彰悟, Taniguchi Shōgo, born 15 July 1991) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Belgian Pro League club Sint-Truiden and the Japan national team.
Born in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Taniguchi began his career with Tsukuba University.
Taniguchi began his professional career with Kawasaki Frontale in 2014.[2][3] He lift the J1 League Trophy for four times in 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2021 respectively. He announced his departure from the club after nine years at Kawasaki in 2022 season making a total of 377 appearances for the club.
On 28 December 2022, Taniguchi joined Al Rayyan in Qatar.[4]
On 7 May 2015, Japan's coach Vahid Halilhodžić called him for a two-days training camp.[5] On 23 July 2015, he was called again for 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup.[6] He was called again for 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[7]
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Kawasaki Frontale | 2014 | J. League Division 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 40 | 1 | |
2015 | 34 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 41 | 2 | ||||
2016 | 34 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | – | – | 45 | 4 | ||||
2017 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | – | 46 | 8 | |||
2018 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 43 | 4 | |||
2019 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1[a] | 0 | 44 | 1 | ||
2020 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 36 | 3 | ||||
2021 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
2022 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 41 | 3 | ||
Total | 289 | 20 | 23 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 377 | 26 | ||
Al Rayyan | 2022–23 | QSL | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
2023–24 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
Total | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
Sint-Truiden | 2024–25 | Belgian Pro League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
Career total | 319 | 20 | 24 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 409 | 26 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Japan | 2015 | 2 | 0 |
2016 | 0 | 0 | |
2017 | 1 | 0 | |
2018 | 0 | 0 | |
2019 | 0 | 0 | |
2020 | 0 | 0 | |
2021 | 2 | 0 | |
2022 | 11 | 0 | |
2023 | 8 | 1 | |
2024 | 5 | 1 | |
Total | 29 | 1 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 15 June 2023 | Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Japan | El Salvador | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2023 Kirin Challenge Cup |
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