is a Japanese
footballer
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who plays as a
central midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for
FC Gifu
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Hi ...
.
Club career
He played for
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Sanfrecce Hiroshima ( ja, サンフレッチェ広島, translit=''Sanfuretche Hiroshima'') is a Japanese professional football club based in Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the coun ...
and
Urawa Red Diamonds
, colloquially Urawa Reds (浦和レッズ), also known as Mitsubishi Urawa Football Club from April 1992 to January 1996, is a professional football club in the city of Saitama, part of the Greater Tokyo Area in Japan. The club plays in the J ...
before moving to Gifu. He won the
2017 AFC Champions League
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Urawa Red Diamonds defeated Al-Hilal ...
with the Reds.
National team career
In July 2007, Kashiwagi played for the
Japan U-20 national team in the
2007 U-20 World Cup
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. At this tournament, he wore the number 10 shirt and played all 4 matches as the starting offensive midfielder.
In January 2010, Kashiwagi was called up to the
Japanese national team for the
2011 Asian Cup qualifiers. He debuted against
Yemen
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on the 6th of January 2011.
Club statistics
1Includes J. League promotion/relegation Series, J. League Championship
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and Japanese Super Cup
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.
National team statistics
Honours
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
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J.League Division 2
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2008
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Urawa Red Diamonds
*
J. League Cup
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:
2016
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*
Emperor's Cup
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:
2018
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*
AFC Champions League
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:
2017
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Japan
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AFC Asian Cup
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2011
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Individual
*
J.League Best XI The J.League Best XI is an acknowledgement of the best eleven players in J.League.
J1 League (1993–present)
Multiple appearances
Appearances by club
Appearances by country
* Only in two occasions there was a full-Japanese Best XI (200 ...
:
2016
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*
AFC Champions League
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Best Player:
2017
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Personal life
In March 2016, he announced that he had married Nagisa Sato, a
TBS announcer.
References
External links
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Profile at Urawa Red Diamonds
Yosuke Kashiwagiat
Yahoo! Japan
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sports
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kashiwagi, Yosuke
1987 births
Living people
Men's association football midfielders
Association football people from Hyōgo Prefecture
Japanese men's footballers
Japan men's youth international footballers
Japan men's international footballers
J1 League players
J2 League players
J3 League players
Sanfrecce Hiroshima players
Urawa Red Diamonds players
FC Gifu players
2011 AFC Asian Cup players
AFC Asian Cup-winning players