Masaaki Higashiguchi

Masaaki Higashiguchi
	Higashiguchi with Japan in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth	12 May 1986
Place of birth	Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Gamba Osaka
Number	1
Youth career
1999–2001	Gamba Osaka
2002–2004	Rakunan High School
2005–2006	Fukui University of Technology
2007–2008	Niigata University of Management
Senior career*
National team‡
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 June 2018; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 October 2018

Masaaki Higashiguchi (東口順昭, Higashiguchi Masaaki, born 12 May 1986) is a Japanese footballer who currently plays for Gamba Osaka.^[2]

International career

On 23 July 2015, Japan's coach Vahid Halilhodžić called him for the upcoming 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup.^[3] He debuted against China, in the last match of the tournament. In May 2018 he was named in Japan's preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.^[4]

As of 11 June 2018^[2]

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other¹		Total
Club	Season	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		League Cup		Asia				Total
Niigata University of Management	2008		-		1	0	-		-		-		1	0
Albirex Niigata	2009	J1	0	0	0	0	1	0	-		-		1	0
	2010		25	0	2	0	5	0	-		-		32	0
	2011		14	0	0	0	0	0	-		-		14	0
	2012		24	0	0	0	4	0	-		-		28	0
	2013		21	0	0	0	0	0	-		-		21	0
	Total		84	0	2	0	10	0	-		-		96	0
Gamba Osaka	2014	J1	34	0	6	0	10	0	-		-		50	0
	2015		34	0	4	0	1	0	12	0	4	0	55	0
	2016		34	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	1	0	41	0
	2017		33	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	-		41	0
	2018		11	0	0	0	3	0	-		-		14	0
	Total		146	0	12	0	15	0	23	0	5	0	201	0
Career total			230	0	15	0	25	0	23	0	5	0	298	0

As of 2 July 2018^[5]

Gamba Osaka^[2]

↑ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
1 2 3 "Masaaki Higashiguchi Soccerway Player Statistics". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
↑ http://www.jfa.jp/national_team/news/00006836/ EAFF東アジアカップ2015（8/2～9＠中国／武漢） SAMURAI BLUE（日本代表）メンバー・スケジュール
↑ "World Cup 2018: All the confirmed squads for this summer's finals in Russia".
↑ Japan National Football Team Database(in Japanese)

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Personal information
Higashiguchi with Japan in 2018
Date of birth	(1986-05-12) 12 May 1986
Place of birth	Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)^[1]
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Gamba Osaka
Number	1
Youth career
1999–2001	Gamba Osaka
2002–2004	Rakunan High School
2005–2006	Fukui University of Technology
2007–2008	Niigata University of Management
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2013	Albirex Niigata	84	(0)
2014–	Gamba Osaka	146	(0)
National team^‡
2015–	Japan	6	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 June 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 October 2018