Full name Hajime Hosogai Name Hajime Hosogai Career start 2005 1999–2001 FC Maebashi Weight 69 kg | Number 21 Height 1.77 m Role Footballer Spouse Sayaka Nakamura (m. 2011) | |
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Date of birth (1986-06-10) 10 June 1986 (age 29) Playing position Current teams Japan national football team (Defender, Midfielder), Bursaspor (Midfielder) Similar People Sayaka Nakamura, Genki Haraguchi, Hiroki Sakai, Makoto Hasebe, Takashi Inui | ||
Place of birth Maebashi, Gunma, Japan | ||
Hajime hosogai fca 19 mar 2011 before match
Hajime Hosogai (細貝 萌, Hosogai Hajime, born 10 June 1986 in Maebashi, Gunma, Japan) is a Japanese footballer. He is a flexible player, able to play in his natural role as defender, defensive midfielder, and plays for Kashiwa Reysol.
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- Hajime hosogai fca 19 mar 2011 before match
- Hajime hosogai goal japan 2 1 korea
- Club career
- International career
- Club
- International
- International goals
- Japan
- References
Hajime hosogai goal japan 2 1 korea
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. 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. He joined Kashiwa Reysol on 24 March 2017.
International career
Hosogai has represented Japan at numerous youth levels. He was a member of the Japan team for the 2008 Summer Olympics finals, 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. 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.
Club
Updated to 23 February 2017.
1Includes Emperor's Cup and DFB-Pokal.
2Includes J. League Cup.
3Includes AFC Champions League and UEFA Europa League.
4Includes Japanese Super Cup, A3 Champions Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.