Mitsuo Ogasawara
| Mitsuo Ogasawara | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| birthday | April 5th 1979 | |
| place of birth | Morioka , Japan | |
| size | 173 cm | |
| position | midfield | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Omiya Middle School | ||
| -1998 | Ofunato high school | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1998-2018 | Kashima Antlers | 533 (70) |
| 2006-2007 | → FC Messina (loan) | 6 (1) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 2002-2010 | Japan | 56 (7) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Mitsuo Ogasawara ( Japanese 小 笠原 満 男 Ogasawara Mitsuo ; born April 5, 1979 in Morioka ) is a Japanese former football player .
Career
After high school, Ogasawara moved to the Kashima Antlers in 1998 . After all, he was used five times in his first year, in which the Antlers were also champions. Just two years later, the center forward had played his way into the team with playmaker qualities and contributed to the fact that the club became champions, Kaiser Cup and League Cup winners in 2000 . Ogasawara contributed 7 goals to defend the 2001 championship title. It was the fourth championship of the club, which made it the record champion in the young J. League history . In 2001 he was also elected for the first time in the "Eleven of the Year", in which he was from then until 2005 without interruption. Another league cup in 2002 and victory in the cross-border A3 Champions Cup 2003, which was held for the first time , were part of his collection of titles.
Ogasawara Mitsuo was also involved internationally in all the successes that the Japanese national selections have achieved. When he came second at the 1999 Junior World Cup in Nigeria, he was a member of the U20. Up until the soccer World Cup in 2002 in his own country, he had also played in the senior national team, where he played his first World Cup. Although he had strong competition in the midfield with the internationally experienced England legionaries Hidetoshi Nakata and Shunsuke Nakamura , he was in all tournaments in the Japanese squad, from the Olympics to the Confederations Cup to the Asian Cup, where he was part of the winning team in 2004. With important goals, he also contributed to qualifying for the 2006 World Cup and was in Japan's squad for Germany, where he played in two of his country's three World Cup games.
Even before the World Cup, Ogasawara had flirted with a move abroad. From the 2006/07 season he switched to the Italian Serie A , where he played on loan for a year for FC Messina , who had just barely escaped relegation . However, after the season he returned to Japan.
successes
With the national team
- Asian champions : 2004
- Vice U20 junior world champion : 1999
- Participation in: World Cup 2002 , Confederation Cup 2003 , Asian Championship 2004 , Confederations Cup 2005 , World Cup 2006
With his clubs
- Japanese champion : 1998, 2000, 2001
- Japanese cup winner : 2000
- Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : 2000, 2002
- A3 Nissan Champions Cup : 2003
Awards
- J. League Footballer of the Year : 2009
- J. League Best Eleven: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009
Web links
- Japanese league statistics
- Mitsuo Ogasawara in the database of FIFA (English)
- Mitsuo Ogasawara in the J.League Data Site database (Japanese)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ogasawara, Mitsuo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 小 笠原 満 男 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 5th 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Morioka , Iwate Prefecture , Japan |