Mitsuo Ogasawara
Mitsuo Ogasawara (小笠原 満男, Ogasawara Mitsuo, born April 5, 1979) is a *anese former. professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for *an national team.
Contents
- 1 Club career
- 2 International career
- 3 Career statistics
- 3.1 Club
- 3.2 International
- 4 Honours
- 5 References
- 6 External links
Club career
Ogasawara was born in Morioka on April 5, 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 *le in *an; 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. 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. 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. Antlers also won the champions in 2016 Emperor's Cup. From 2017, his opportunity to play decreased. In 2018, Antlers won the champions in AFC Champions League first Asian *le in the club history. He retired end of 2018 season.
International career
In April 1999, Ogasawara was selected *an U-20 national team for 1999 World Youth Championship. At this tournament, he played all 7 matches as offensive midfielder and *an won the 2nd place.
On March 21, 2002, Ogasawara debuted for *an national team under manager Philippe Troussier against Ukraine. In June, he was selected *an for 2002 World Cup. He played a match against Tunisia. *an qualified to the knockout stage first time in *an's history.
After 2002 World Cup, Ogasawara played many matches as starting member under manager Zico. He was selected *an for 2003 Confederations Cup and 2004 Asian Cup. At 2004 Asian Cup, although he played only 2 matches, *an won the champions. In 2005, he was selected *an for 2005 Confederations Cup and played all 3 matches. In 2006, he was selected *an for 2006 World Cup. Although he played 2 matches, *an was eliminated in the group stages.
After 2006 World Cup, Ogasawara was not selected *an for generational change. In February 2010, he was selected *an by manager Takeshi Okada. He played for *an for the first time in 4 years. He played 55 games and scored 7 goals for *an until 2010.
Career statistics
Club
International
Scores and results list *an's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ogasawara goal.Honours
Kashima Antlers
- J1 League – 1998, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2016
- Emperor's Cup – 2000, 2007, 2010, 2016
- J.League Cup – 2000, 2002, 2011, 2012, 2015
- *anese Super Cup – 1999, 2009, 2010, 2017
- A3 Champions Cup – 2003
- AFC Champions League - 2018
*an
- FIFA World Youth Championship – 1999 (Runner-up)
- AFC Asian Cup – 2004
Individual
- J.League Most Valuable Player – 2009
- *anese Footballer of the Year – 2009
- J.League Best Eleven – 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009
- J. League Cup MVP – 2002
References
External links
- Mitsuo Ogasawara – FIFA compe*ion record (archived)
- Mitsuo Ogasawara at National-Football-Teams.com
- Mitsuo Ogasawara at Soccerway
- *an National Football Team Database
- Mitsuo Ogasawara at J.League (in *anese)
- Mitsuo Ogasawara at Kashima Antlers