Hajime Hosogai

Hajime Hosogai

Personal information
Full name	Hajime Hosogai
Date of birth	10 June 1986
Place of birth	Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Playing position	Defensive midfielder / Full back
Club information
Current team	VfB Stuttgart
Number	7
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 04 Leverkusen	17	(0)
2011–2012	→ FC Augsburg (loan)	39	(3)
2013–2016	Hertha BSC	53	(0)
2015–2016	→ Bursaspor (loan)	20	(0)
2016–	VfB Stuttgart	1	(0)
National team^‡
2006–2008	Japan U23	10	(1)
2010–2014	Japan	25	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:43, 9 August 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:25, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

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 VfB Stuttgart.^[2]

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.^[3] 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.^[4]

International career

Hosogai has represented Japan at numerous youth levels. He was a member of the Japan team for the 2008 Summer Olympics finals,^[5] 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.^[6][7] 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

As of 15 December 2014^[8]

Club	Season	League		Cup^1		League Cup^2		Continental^3		Other^4		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
	Total	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
	Total	20	0	0	0	-		-		-		20	0
VfB Stuttgart	2016–17					-		-		-
	Total					-		-		-
Career total		227	8	17	0	25	1	10	1	6	0	285	10

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.

International

As of 19 November 2013.

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Japan U-23
	2006	1	0
	2007	6	1
	2008	3	0
	Total	10	1
Japan
	2010	3	0
	2011	7	1
	2012	8	0
	2013	7	0
	Total	25	1

International goals

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first.

Under-23

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	17 November 2007	My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi	Vietnam	4–0	4–0	2008 Summer Olympics qualification

Senior team

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	25 January 2011	Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha	South Korea	2–1	2–2	2011 AFC Asian Cup

Appearances in major competitions

Team	Competition	Category	Appearances		Goals	Team Record
			Start	Sub
Japan	2008 Summer Olympics qualification	U-22	5	1	1	Qualified
Japan	2008 Summer Olympics	U-23	2	0	0	Round 1
Japan	2011 AFC Asian Cup	Senior	0	2	1	Champions

Honours

Japan

• AFC Asian Cup: 2011

Club

Urawa Red Diamonds

• AFC Champions League: 2007
• J. League Division 1: 2006
• Emperor's Cup: 2005, 2006
• Japanese Super Cup: 2006

References

1. "National Team Squad". jfa.or.jp. Japan Football Association. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
2. "Stats Centre: Hajime Hosogai Facts". Guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
3. "FCA leiht Japaner Hosogai aus" [FCA loans Japanese player Hosogai] (in German). DFL. 23 December 2010. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
4. "Hajime Hosogai signs for VfB". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 25 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
5. "Hajime Hosogai Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
6. Gus Fielding (3 September 2010). "Zaccheroni issues challenge to Blue Samurai". Kyodo News. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
7. Andrew McKirdy (5 September 2010). "Kagawa's goal lifts Japan in rematch against Paraguay". The Japan Times. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
8. "Hajime Hosogai". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 May 2013.

External links

• Hajime Hosogai – FIFA competition record
• Hajime Hosogai at National-Football-Teams.com
• Japan National Football Team Database
• Player statistics at J.League Data Site (Japanese)
• Hajime Hosogai profile at Fussballdaten
• Hajime Hosogai at Soccerway