Mitsuo Ogasawara

Mitsuo Ogasawara
小笠原満男
	Ogasawara lifting the 2018 ACL trophy with the Kashima Antlers
Personal information
Full name	Mitsuo Ogasawara
Date of birth	5 April 1979 (age 45)
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*
Years	Team
1998–2018	Kashima Antlers
2006–2007	→ Messina Peloro (loan)
Total
International career
1999	Japan U-20
2002–2010	Japan
Medal record
Kashima Antlers
Representing Japan
AFC Asian Cup
FIFA U-20 World Cup
AFC U-19 Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

Club career

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

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

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[7]^[8]
Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Other^[a]		Total
Club	Season	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

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

International

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	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