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Hajime Hosogai

Hajime Hosogai (細貝 萌, Hosogai Hajime, born 10 June 1986) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays for Thespa Gunma. He is a flexible player, able to play as a full-back or defensive midfielder. He made 30 appearances for the Japan national team scoring once.

Hajime Hosogai
Hosogai with VfB Stuttgart in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-06-10) 10 June 1986 (age 38)
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
 Thespa 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/Thespa Gunma 36 (1)
International career
2006–2008 Japan U23 10 (1)
2010–2014 Japan 30 (1)
Medal record
Urawa Red Diamonds
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 18:57, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

Club career

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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.

In October 2024 he announced he would retire at the end of the season.[5]

International career

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Hosogai has represented Japan at numerous youth levels. He was a member of the Japan team for the 2008 Summer Olympics finals,[6] 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.[7][8] 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

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Club

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As of 23 February 2017[9][10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental[c] Other[d] 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
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
VfB Stuttgart 2016–17 10 0 – – – 10 0
Career total 237 8 17 0 25 1 10 1 6 0 295 10
  1. ^ Includes Emperor's Cup and DFB-Pokal.
  2. ^ Includes J. League Cup.
  3. ^ Includes AFC Champions League and UEFA Europa League.
  4. ^ Includes Japanese Super Cup, A3 Champions Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Japan U23 2006 1 0
2007 6 1
2008 3 0
Total 10 1
Japan[11] 2010 3 0
2011 7 1
2012 8 0
2013 7 0
2014 5 0
Total 30 1
Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first.
# 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

Honours

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Urawa Red Diamonds

Japan

Individual

References

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  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. ^ "Football: Former Japan, Bundesliga midfielder Hajime Hosogai to retire". The Mainichi. 23 October 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Hajime Hosogai Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
  7. ^ Gus Fielding (3 September 2010). "Zaccheroni issues challenge to Blue Samurai". Kyodo News. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
  8. ^ Andrew McKirdy (5 September 2010). "Kagawa's goal lifts Japan in rematch against Paraguay". The Japan Times. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
  9. ^ 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)
  10. ^ "Hajime Hosogai". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  11. ^ Japan National Football Team Database
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