Hajime Hosogai
{{short description|Japanese footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Hajime Hosogai
| image = Hajime hosogai.jpg
| caption = Hosogai with VfB Stuttgart in 2016
| full_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1986|6|10}}
| birth_place = Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
| height = 1.77 m{{cite web|title=National Team Squad|url=http://www.jfa.or.jp/eng/national_team/squad/|work=jfa.or.jp|publisher=Japan Football Association|access-date=15 January 2014}}
| position = Defensive midfielder, full-back
| currentclub = Thespa Gunma
| clubnumber = 33
| youthyears1 = 1999–2001
| youthclubs1 = FC Maebashi
| youthyears2 = 2002–2004
| youthclubs2 = Maebashi Ikuei High School
| years1 = 2005–2010
| clubs1 = Urawa Red Diamonds
| caps1 = 98
| goals1 = 5
| years2 = 2011–2013
| clubs2 = Bayer Leverkusen
| caps2 = 17
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2011–2012
| clubs3 = → FC Augsburg (loan)
| caps3 = 39
| goals3 = 3
| years4 = 2013–2016
| clubs4 = Hertha BSC
| caps4 = 53
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2015–2016
| clubs5 = → Bursaspor (loan)
| caps5 = 20
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2016–2017
| clubs6 = VfB Stuttgart
| caps6 = 10
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2017–2018
| clubs7 = Kashiwa Reysol
| caps7 = 22
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2019–2021
| clubs8 = Buriram United
| caps8 = 27
| goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2020–2021
| clubs9 = → Bangkok United (loan)
| caps9 = 28
| goals9 = 1
| years10 = 2021–
| clubs10 = Thespakusatsu Gunma/Thespa Gunma
| caps10 = 36
| goals10 = 1
| nationalyears1 = 2006–2008
| nationalteam1 = Japan U23
| nationalcaps1 = 10
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 2010–2014
| nationalteam2 = Japan
| nationalcaps2 = 30
| nationalgoals2 = 1
| medaltemplates=
{{Medal|Team|Urawa Red Diamonds}}
{{Medal|W|AFC Champions League|2007}}
{{Medal|W|Emperor's Cup|2005}}
{{Medal|W|Emperor's Cup|2006}}
{{Medal|Country|{{Fb|JPN}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|AFC Asian Cup}}
{{Medal|G|2011 Qatar|}}
| club-update = 18:57, 23 October 2024 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update =
}}
{{Nihongo|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.
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.{{cite web|title=FCA leiht Japaner Hosogai aus|trans-title=FCA loans Japanese player Hosogai|language=de|date=23 December 2010|access-date=23 December 2010|publisher=DFL|url=http://www.bundesliga.de/de/liga2/news/2010/index.php?f=0000171714.php|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929122646/http://www.bundesliga.de/de/liga2/news/2010/index.php?f=0000171714.php|archive-date=29 September 2012}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.vfb.de/en/vfb/latest/newsarchive/2016/330064-hajime-hosogai-signs-for-vfb/|title=Hajime Hosogai signs for VfB|work=vfb.de|publisher=VfB Stuttgart|date=25 July 2016|access-date=25 July 2016}} He joined Kashiwa Reysol on 24 March 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.vfb.de/en/vfb/latest/news/professionals/2017/hajime-hosogai-abgang-/|title=Hajime Hosogai makes Japan move|work=vfb.de|publisher=VfB Stuttgart|date=24 March 2017|access-date=24 March 2017}}
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.{{cite news |title=Football: Former Japan, Bundesliga midfielder Hajime Hosogai to retire |url=https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241023/p2g/00m/0sp/036000c |access-date=23 October 2024 |work=The Mainichi |date=23 October 2024}}
International career
Hosogai has represented Japan at numerous youth levels. He was a member of the Japan team for the 2008 Summer Olympics finals,{{Cite web|publisher=Sports Reference|title=Hajime Hosogai Biography and Statistics|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/hajime-hosogai-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417212116/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/hajime-hosogai-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|access-date=11 June 2009}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/sw20100903a1.html|title=Zaccheroni issues challenge to Blue Samurai|author=Gus Fielding|agency=Kyodo News|date=3 September 2010|access-date=5 September 2010}}{{Cite web|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/sw20100905a1.html|title=Kagawa's goal lifts Japan in rematch against Paraguay|author=Andrew McKirdy|work=The Japan Times|date=5 September 2010|access-date=5 September 2010}}
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=
{{Updated|23 February 2017}}Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, [https://www.amazon.co.jp/2017-J1-J3%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E5%90%8D%E9%91%91-NSK-MOOK/dp/4905411424/ref=pd_sim_14_1/356-9491148-0114816?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=BA8BN4Y0F97GNWKQM78H "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)"], 8 February 2017, Japan, {{ISBN|978-4905411420}} (p. 283 out of 289){{cite web | url = https://int.soccerway.com/players/hajime-hosogai/5331/ | title = Hajime Hosogai | publisher = Soccerway | access-date = 23 May 2013}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | |||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="2"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes Emperor's Cup and DFB-Pokal.}} !colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes J. League Cup.}} !colspan="2"|Continental{{efn|Includes AFC Champions League and UEFA Europa League.}} !colspan="2"|Other{{efn|Includes Japanese Super Cup, A3 Champions Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.}} !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="7"|Urawa Red Diamonds
|2005 |3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2006
|2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 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 | colspan="2"|– | 34 | 3 | |
| 2009
|31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 38 | 2 | ||
| 2010
|28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 34 | 1 | ||
| colspan="1"|Total
!98 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 146 | 7 |
| rowspan="3"|FC Augsburg
|7 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 7 | 0 | ||||
| 2011–12
|32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 33 | 3 | |||
| colspan="1"|Total
!39 | 3 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 40 | 3 | |||
| Bayer Leverkusen
|17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 23 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Hertha BSC
|33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 34 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15
|20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 22 | 0 | |||
| colspan="1"|Total
!53 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 56 | 0 | |||
| Bursaspor
|20 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 20 | 0 | ||||
| VfB Stuttgart
|10 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 10 | 0 | |||||
| colspan="2"|Career total
!237 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 295 | 10 |
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=International=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="3"|Japan U23
|2006 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total | 10||1 | ||
| rowspan="5"|Japan[http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/hosogai_hajime.html Japan National Football Team Database]
|2010 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total | 30 | 1 |
:Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left"
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition | ||||||
| 1. | 25 January 2011 | Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha, Qatar | {{fb|KOR}} | {{center|2–1}} | {{center|2–2}} | 2011 AFC Asian Cup |
Honours
Urawa Red Diamonds
- AFC Champions League: 2007
- J. League Division 1: 2006
- Emperor's Cup: 2005, 2006
- Japanese Super Cup: 2006
Japan
;Individual
- Thai League 1 Player of the Month (1): February 2020
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{FIFA player|233498}}
- {{NFT player|pid=39868}}
- [http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/hosogai_hajime.html Japan National Football Team Database]
- {{J.League player|7873}}
- [http://www.reysol.co.jp/team/players/2017/37.php Profile at Kashiwa Reysol]
- {{Fussballdaten|hosogaihajime}}
- {{Soccerway|hajime-hosogai/5331}}
{{Thespa Gunma squad}}
{{Navboxes colour
|title= Japan squads
|bg= mediumblue
|fg= white
|bordercolor= red
|list1=
{{Japan men's football squad 2008 Summer Olympics}}
{{Japan squad 2011 AFC Asian Cup}}
{{Japan squad 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hosogai, Hajime}}
Category:Association football people from Gunma Prefecture
Category:Men's association football fullbacks
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Japanese men's footballers
Category:Japan men's international footballers
Category:2. Bundesliga players
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Category:Bayer 04 Leverkusen players
Category:Bursaspor footballers
Category:VfB Stuttgart players
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Category:Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games
Category:Olympic footballers for Japan
Category:Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:2011 AFC Asian Cup players
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