Mitsuo Ogasawara (小笠原 満男, Ogasawara Mitsuo, born 5 April 1979) is a Japanese former. professional footballer who played as a midfielder.[3] He played for Japan national team.

Mitsuo Ogasawara
小笠原 満男
Ogasawara lifting the 2018 ACL trophy with the Kashima Antlers
Personal information
Full name Mitsuo Ogasawara[1]
Date of birth (1979-04-05) 5 April 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Morioka, Iwate, Japan
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1995–1997 Ofunato High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2018 Kashima Antlers 525 (69)
2006–2007Messina Peloro (loan) 6 (1)
Total 531 (70)
International career
1999 Japan U-20 7 (1)
2002–2010 Japan 55 (7)
Medal record
Kashima Antlers
Winner AFC Champions League 2018
Winner J1 League 1998
Winner J1 League 2000
Winner J1 League 2001
Winner J1 League 2007
Winner J1 League 2008
Winner J1 League 2009
Winner J1 League 2016
Runner-up J1 League 2017
Winner J.League Cup 2000
Winner J.League Cup 2002
Winner J.League Cup 2011
Winner J.League Cup 2012
Winner J.League Cup 2015
Runner-up J.League Cup 1999
Runner-up J.League Cup 2003
Runner-up J.League Cup 2006
Winner Emperor's Cup 2000
Winner Emperor's Cup 2007
Winner Emperor's Cup 2010
Winner Emperor's Cup 2016
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2002
Representing  Japan
AFC Asian Cup
Gold medal – first place 2004 China
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Silver medal – second place 1999 Nigeria
AFC U-19 Championship
Silver medal – second place 1998 Thailand
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career edit

Ogasawara was born in Morioka on 5 April 1979. After graduating from high school, he joined J1 League club Kashima Antlers in 1998. He debuted in April 1998 and played many matches as offensive midfielder from 1999. In 2000, he became a regular midfielder and Antlers won the champions all three major title in Japan; J1 League, J.League Cup and Emperor's Cup first time in J1 League history. At Emperor's Cup Final, he scored two goals and contributed to won the champions. The club also won the champions 2001 J1 League for two years in a row. In Final at 2002 J.League Cup, he scored a winning goal and Antlers won the champions. He was also selected MVP award.[4] He was also selected Best Eleven award in J1 League for five years in a row (2001-2005).

In August 2006, Ogasawara moved to Italy and signed with Serie A club Messina Peloro on loan. However he could not play many matches.

In July 2007, Ogasawara returned to Antlers. He played many matches as defensive midfielder and Antlers won the champions in J1 League for the first time in six years. Antlers also won the champions in 2007 Emperor's Cup. Antlers won the champions in J1 League for three years in a row (2007-2009). In 2009, he was selected MVP award. From 2010 season, Antlers won the champions 2010 Emperor's Cup, 2011, 2012 and 2015 J.League Cup. He was also MVP award in 2015 J.League Cup.[4] In 2016, Antlers won the champions in J1 League and qualified for 2016 Club World Cup as host country champions. At Club World Cup, he played three matches and won the second place.[5] Antlers also won the champions in 2016 Emperor's Cup. From 2017, his opportunity to play decreased.[3] In 2018, Antlers won the champions in AFC Champions League first Asian title in the club history. He retired end of 2018 season.[4]

International career edit

In April 1999, Ogasawara was selected Japan U-20 national team for 1999 World Youth Championship.[5] At this tournament, he played all 7 matches as offensive midfielder and Japan won the 2nd place.

On 21 March 2002, Ogasawara debuted for Japan national team under manager Philippe Troussier against Ukraine.[6] In June, he was selected Japan for 2002 World Cup. He played a match against Tunisia.[5] Japan qualified to the knockout stage first time in Japan's history.

After 2002 World Cup, Ogasawara played many matches as starting member under manager Zico.[6] He was selected Japan for 2003 Confederations Cup and 2004 Asian Cup. At 2004 Asian Cup, although he played only 2 matches, Japan won the champions. In 2005, he was selected Japan for 2005 Confederations Cup and played all 3 matches.[5] In 2006, he was selected Japan for 2006 World Cup. Although he played 2 matches,[5] Japan was eliminated in the group stages.

After 2006 World Cup, Ogasawara was not selected Japan for generational change. In February 2010, he was selected Japan by manager Takeshi Okada. He played for Japan for the first time in 4 years.[6] He played 55 games and scored 7 goals for Japan until 2010.[6]

Career statistics edit

Club edit

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[7][8]
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other[a] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Kashima Antlers 1998 J1 League 5 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 9 2
1999 15 4 1 0 5 0 0 0 21 4
2000 28 3 5 4 5 2 4 1 2 0 44 10
2001 24 7 3 2 3 0 - 3 1 33 10
2002 27 4 5 0 3 1 6 0 1 0 42 5
2003 27 7 4 3 3 1 3 0 3 1 40 12
2004 28 7 3 0 2 0 33 7
2005 30 11 2 0 0 0 32 11
2006 20 3 0 0 2 1 22 4
Messina Peloro 2006/07 Serie A 6 1 2 0 8 1
Kashima Antlers 2007 J1 League 14 4 5 1 3 1 22 6
2008 24 5 0 0 2 0 7 1 1 0 34 6
2009 32 3 4 0 2 1 7 1 45 5
2010 33 3 5 0 2 1 6 1 1 0 47 5
2011 31 1 1 0 3 0 6 0 41 1
2012 31 2 4 0 7 0 1 0 43 2
2013 33 2 3 0 5 0 - 1 0 42 2
2014 33 2 1 0 4 0 38 2
2015 29 1 0 0 5 0 5 0 39 1
2016 30 0 6 0 4 0 8 0 48 0
2017 17 0 3 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 27 0
2018 14 0 2 0 1 0 6 0 1 0 24 0
Career total 531 70 59 11 63 8 56 5 23 2 732 96

International edit

Appearances and goals by national team and year[9]
National team Year Apps Goals
Japan 2002 8 0
2003 8 0
2004 12 2
2005 15 4
2006 10 1
2007 0 0
2008 0 0
2009 0 0
2010 2 0
Total 55 7
Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ogasawara goal.
List of international goals scored by Mitsuo Ogasawara
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 7 February 2004 Kashima, Japan   Malaysia 4–0 Friendly
2 9 June 2004 Saitama, Japan   India 7–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 2 February 2005 Saitama, Japan   Syria 3–0 Friendly
4 9 February 2005 Saitama, Japan   North Korea 2–1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 3 June 2005 Madinat 'Isa, Bahrain   Bahrain 1–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 7 September 2005 Rifu, Japan   Honduras 5–4 Friendly
7 18 February 2006 Fukuroi, Japan   Finland 2–0 Friendly

Honours edit

Kashima Antlers

Japan

Individual

References edit

  1. ^ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Japan" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
  2. ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2016: List of Players: Kashima Antlers" (PDF). FIFA. 14 December 2016. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2017.
  3. ^ a b Mitsuo Ogasawara at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)  
  4. ^ a b c Kashima Antlers(in Japanese)
  5. ^ a b c d e Mitsuo OgasawaraFIFA competition record (archived)  
  6. ^ a b c d Japan National Football Team Database
  7. ^ Kashima Antlers Archived 11 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine until 2017(in Japanese)
  8. ^ Kashima Antlers career total (in Japanese)
  9. ^ Mitsuo Ogasawara at National-Football-Teams.com

External links edit