Mitsuo Ogasawara

Mitsuo Ogasawara
小笠原満男
	Kashima Antlers lifted 2018 ACL trophy
Personal information
Full name	Mitsuo Ogasawara
Date of birth	April 5, 1979
Place of birth	Morioka, Iwate, Japan
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1995–1997	Ofunato High School
Senior career*
National team
Kashima Antlers
Representing Japan
AFC Asian Cup
FIFA U-20 World Cup
AFC U-19 Championship
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Mitsuo Ogasawara (小笠原満男, Ogasawara Mitsuo, born April 5, 1979) is a former Japanese football player.[1] He played for Japan national team.

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 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 2 goals and contributed to won the champions. The club also won the champions 2001 J1 League for 2 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.[2] He was also selected Best Eleven award in J1 League for 5 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 6 years. Antlers also won the champions in 2007 Emperor's Cup. Antlers won the champions in J1 League for 3 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.[2] 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 3 matches and won the 2nd place.[3] Antlers also won the champions in 2016 Emperor's Cup. From 2017, his opportunity to play decreased.[1] In 2018, Antlers won the champions in AFC Champions League first Asian title in the club history. He retired end of 2018 season.[2]

National team career

In April 1999, Ogasawara was selected Japan U-20 national team for 1999 World Youth Championship.[3] At this tournament, he played all 7 matches as offensive midfielder and Japan won the 2nd place.

On March 21, 2002, Ogasawara debuted for Japan national team under manager Philippe Troussier against Ukraine.[4] In June, he was selected Japan for 2002 World Cup. He played a match against Tunisia.[3] 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.[4] 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.[3] In 2006, he was selected Japan for 2006 World Cup. Although he played 2 matches,[3] 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.[4] He played 55 games and scored 7 goals for Japan until 2010.[4]

Club statistics

[5][6]

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other[Note 1]		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Asia		Other		Total
1998	Kashima Antlers	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
Italy			League		Coppa Italia		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
2006/07	Messina Peloro	Serie A	6	1	2	0	–		–		–		8	1
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Asia		Other		Total
2007	Kashima Antlers	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

Includes Japanese Super Cup, J.League Championship, A3 Champions Cup Suruga Bank Championship and FIFA Club World Cup.

National team

[7]

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
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

National team career statistics

Appearances in major competitions

Team	Competition	Category	Appearances		Goals	Team Record
Team	Competition	Category	Start	Sub	Goals	Team Record
Japan	1999 FIFA World Youth Championship	U-20	7	0	1	2nd Place
Japan	2002 FIFA World Cup	Senior	0	1	0	Round of 16
Japan	2004 AFC Asian Cup	Senior	0	2	0	Champions
Japan	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	Senior			3	Round 1
Japan	2006 FIFA World Cup	Senior	2	0	0	Round 1

Goals for Senior National Team

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	February 7, 2004	Kashima, Japan	Malaysia	4–0	Won	Friendly
2.	June 9, 2004	Saitama, Japan	India	7–0	Won	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.	February 2, 2005	Saitama, Japan	Syria	3–0	Won	Friendly
4.	February 9, 2005	Saitama, Japan	North Korea	2–1	Won	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
5.	June 3, 2005	Madinat 'Isa, Bahrain	Bahrain	1–0	Won	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
6.	September 7, 2005	Rifu, Japan	Honduras	5–4	Won	Friendly
7.	February 18, 2006	Fukuroi, Japan	Finland	2–0	Won	Friendly

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
Japanese Super Cup – 1999, 2009, 2010, 2017
A3 Champions Cup – 2003
AFC Champions League - 2018

International

FIFA World Youth Championship – 1999 (Runner-up)
AFC Asian Cup – 2004

Individual

J.League Most Valuable Player – 2009
Japanese Footballer of the Year – 2009
J.League Best Eleven – 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009
J. League Cup MVP – 2002

References

Mitsuo Ogasawara at J.League (in Japanese)
Kashima Antlers(in Japanese)
Mitsuo Ogasawara – FIFA competition record
Japan National Football Team Database
Kashima Antlers Archived 2018-11-11 at the Wayback Machine until 2017(in Japanese)
Kashima Antlers career total (in Japanese)
"Mitsuo Ogasawara". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.

External links

Mitsuo Ogasawara – FIFA competition record
Mitsuo Ogasawara at National-Football-Teams.com
Mitsuo Ogasawara at Soccerway
Japan National Football Team Database
Mitsuo Ogasawara at J.League (in Japanese)
Mitsuo Ogasawara at Kashima Antlers

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[7] Includes Japanese Super Cup, J.League Championship, A3 Champions Cup Suruga Bank Championship and FIFA Club World Cup.

[J.League-1] Mitsuo Ogasawara at J.League (in Japanese)

[Antlers-2] Kashima Antlers(in Japanese)

[FIFA-3] Mitsuo Ogasawara – FIFA competition record

[JNFTD-4] Japan National Football Team Database

[5] Kashima Antlers Archived 2018-11-11 at the Wayback Machine until 2017(in Japanese)

[6] Kashima Antlers career total (in Japanese)

[8] "Mitsuo Ogasawara". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.