Yoshiaki Takagi
高木 善朗
Personal information
Full name Yoshiaki Takagi
Date of birth (1992-12-09) 9 December 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Albirex Niigata
Number 33
Youth career
–2004 Azamino FC
2005–2010 Tokyo Verdy Youth
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Tokyo Verdy 43 (6)
2011–2013 FC Utrecht 34 (1)
2014–2016 Shimizu S-Pulse 13 (0)
2015–2016 → Tokyo Verdy (loan) 55 (9)
2017 Tokyo Verdy 37 (7)
2018– Albirex Niigata 174 (22)
International career‡
2008–2009 Japan U17 8 (1)
2010 Japan U19 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:09, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 June 2010

Yoshiaki Takagi (高木 善朗, Takagi Yoshiaki, born 9 December 1992) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for J1 League club Albirex Niigata.[1][2]

Career

He is noted for being a free-kick specialist[citation needed] and emerging as a regular member at Tokyo Verdy in his debut season at the age of 17.[3] Alongside Arsenal winger Ryo Miyaichi and FC Bayern Munich forward Takashi Usami, Takagi is considered part of what has been termed by the Japanese media as the "Platinum Generation."[3]

National team career

In October 2009, Takagi was elected Japan U-17 national team for 2009 U-17 World Cup. He played all 3 matches and scored a goal against Brazil in first match.

Family

He comes from a sports family, with his father Yutaka being a former professional baseball player, notably for Yokohama BayStars, and brother Toshiyuki is also a professional footballer.

Career statistics

Club

As of 27 November 2022.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Tokyo Verdy 2010 J2 League 33 5 1 0 – – 34 5
2011 10 1 0 0 – – 10 1
Total 43 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 44 6
FC Utrecht 2011–12 Eredivisie 15 1 0 0 – - 15 1
2012–13 8 0 0 0 – - 8 0
2013–14 11 0 1 0 – 2[a] 0 14 0
Total 34 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 243 6
Shimizu S-Pulse 2014 J1 League 9 0 5 3 3 0 – 17 3
2015 4 0 0 0 4 1 – 8 1
Total 13 0 5 3 7 1 0 0 25 4
Tokyo Verdy (loan) 2015 J2 League 18 1 2 1 – – 20 2
2016 37 8 2 2 – – 39 10
Tokyo Verdy 2017 37 7 0 0 – 1[b] 0 38 7
Total 92 16 4 3 0 0 1 0 97 19
Albirex Niigata 2018 J2 League 32 0 0 0 4 1 – 36 1
2019 33 2 0 0 – – 33 2
2020 35 1 0 0 – – 35 1
2021 42 10 0 0 – – 42 10
2022 32 9 1 0 – – 33 9
Total 174 22 1 0 4 1 0 0 179 23
Career total 356 45 12 6 11 2 3 0 382 53
  1. ^ Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearance in J1/J2 play-off

International

As of 29 June 2010

Honours

Albirex Niigata
Individual

References

  1. ^ "Yoshiaki Takagi". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  2. ^ "高木 善朗：アルビレックス新潟：Ｊリーグ.jp". Ｊリーグ.jp（日本プロサッカーリーグ） (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Verdy's teenage midfielder Takagi close to Utrecht switch". Mainichi Shimbun. 15 June 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  4. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 161 out of 289)
  5. ^ 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. 223 out of 289)
  6. ^ "MF　背番号8　高木　善朗". Tokyo Verdy (in Japanese).
  7. ^ "Jリーグ – 東京ヴェルディ 高木　善朗". Yahoo! Japan sports (in Japanese).
  8. ^ "Japan – Yoshiaki Takagi – Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway.com.
  9. ^ "Soccer D.B. : 2022 Yoshiaki Takagi Result by Season". Soccer D.B. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  10. ^ Ｕ－17日本代表チーム　ブルキナファソ遠征（6/13～23）第3試合 試合結果. Japan Football Association (in Japanese). 22 June 2009. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  11. ^ Ｕ－19日本代表 イラン・中国遠征　親善試合第1試合　試合結果. Japan Football Association (in Japanese). 21 June 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  12. ^ Ｕ－19日本代表 イラン・中国遠征　親善試合第3試合　試合結果. Japan Football Association (in Japanese). 28 June 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  13. ^ Ｕ－19日本代表 イラン・中国遠征　親善試合第4試合　試合結果. Japan Football Association (in Japanese). 29 June 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  14. ^ "最優秀選手賞（Ｊ２）は小川 航基選手（横浜ＦＣ）が初受賞！得点王（Ｊ２）とのＷ受賞に！！～優勝クラブのアルビレックス新潟からは6名がベストイレブン（Ｊ２）に選出～【Ｊ２リーグアウォーズ】：Ｊリーグ.jp". Ｊリーグ.jp（日本プロサッカーリーグ） (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 November 2022.

External links

Albirex Niigata – current squad
2022 J2 League Best XI
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