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is a Japanese professional
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who plays as an
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for club
Kashima Antlers are a football club in Kashima, Ibaraki, currently playing in the J1 League, top tier of Japanese professional football leagues. The name ''Antlers'' is derived from the city name, Kashima, which literally means "deer island". The club has fi ...
. He has 2 caps for the
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.


Club career

Doi is currently a one-club player, having played exclusively for
Kashima Antlers are a football club in Kashima, Ibaraki, currently playing in the J1 League, top tier of Japanese professional football leagues. The name ''Antlers'' is derived from the city name, Kashima, which literally means "deer island". The club has fi ...
so far in his career. After graduating from Nakayama Municipal Nagasaki Elementary School, he left his hometown of Yamagata and joined Kashima Antlers' youth setup and became part of the first team squad in 2011. Doi made his Kashima debut aged 19 in a 3-0 league win against
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, appearing as an 85th minute substitute. Despite a small amount of gametime in his first two seasons, he was part of the squad that won back-to-back
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titles and the 2012 J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship. Doi was given more game time in the 2013 season and he scored his first goal for Kashima in a 3-2 victory over
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. He also started in the 2013 J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship, which Kashima went on to win again after a 3-2 victory over
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. His breakout season was in 2014, where he scored 9 goals in all competitions from midfield, playing in 41 matches. For the 2015 season, he changed from the number 28 shirt to the number 8, previously worn by long-term Kashima players
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and
Takuya Nozawa is a Japanese former football player. Playing career Nozawa was born in Kasama on August 12, 1981. He joined J1 League club Kashima Antlers in 1999. On April 10, when he was 17 years old, he debuted against Kyoto Purple Sanga. In early 2000s, h ...
, displaying his rise in importance to the team. During this season, he made his debut in the
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where he scored Kashima's only goal in a 3-1 defeat to
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. The 2016 season was an extremely successful one for both Doi and Kashima. Doi was a key contributor in Kashima winning the league title and the
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. He scored 10 goals in all competitions, finishing as Kashima's second top scorer. Winning the league meant Kashima were to participate in the
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, which had been a dream for Doi since his first year of turning pro. Kashima made it all the way to the final, narrowly losing in extra-time to
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with Doi winning plaudits for his performance during the competition, contributing with 1 goal and 3 assists. In Kashima's 3-0 semi-final victory over
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, Doi made history as the first player to score a penalty from a decision made by
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at a FIFA competition. Doi and Kashima added another trophy in 2017, winning the
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after a 3-2 victory over 2016 runners-up
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. Doi again was a key part of the team with 46 appearances and 5 goals across all competitions, almost winning back-to-back league titles if not for a final day 0-0 draw with
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to lose out on goal difference. His performances earned him a national team call-up in 2017. In the 2018 season, he played 54 games across all competitions, scoring an impressive 13 goals, second in the scoring charts only to forward
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as Kashima finished the league season in 3rd place. In cup competitions, Doi scored the only goal of the
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quarter-final against
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, where Kashima eventually lost in the semi-finals. He also scored in the second leg of the 2018 J.League Cup semi-final against
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, but it wasn't enough to avoid an agonising 4-3 aggregate defeat. The overriding achievement of the year was the
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win – the first time Kashima had won the competition. Doi played a part in 13 of the 14 games on the road to the finals, scoring 3 goals – including at the quarter final stage in a 3-0 victory over Tianjin Quanjian. He also started both games in the finals against
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. The victory meant that Kashima would once again take part in the
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, where after a 3-2 victory over
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in which Doi won the man of the match award, they progressed to the semi-final to once again play
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. Before the semi-final, Doi himself said he was "delighted" to play against Real Madrid again. Madrid ended up as comfortable 3-1 winners, but Doi managed to score a consolation goal, in spite of a VAR review. Doi was again ever-present during the 2019 season as Kashima again finished 3rd in the league, again reached the
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semi-finals and were runners-up in the 2019 Emperor's Cup after a 2-0 defeat to
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. Doi scored his 50th goal for the club in the 2019 season, in the 3-0 league victory over
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. He also scored two important goals (including a strike from 40 metres out) in an
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game against
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, which put them through on away goals into the quarter finals. Despite the efforts of Doi, both the 2019 and 2020 seasons ended trophyless for Kashima.


International career

After his sterling 2017 season, Doi was called up to the national team by coach Vahid Halilhodzic for the first time to replace
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. He would be part of the squad taking part in the
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. Wearing the number 13 shirt and starting the game from the left-wing, Doi made his international debut in a 2-1 win for
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over
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, where he played 82 minutes before being replaced by Hiroyuki Abe. He then went on to play one more game for the national team in the same competition, in a 4-1 defeat to
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. He has not been called up again since the 2017 season.


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References


External links

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Profile at Kashima Antlers
{{DEFAULTSORT:Doi, Shoma 1992 births Living people Association football people from Yamagata Prefecture Japanese footballers J1 League players Kashima Antlers players Association football midfielders Japan international footballers