Keigo Higashi
 Higashi playing for Omiya Ardija | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Keigo Higashi | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | July 20, 1990 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | FC Tokyo | |||||||||||||
| Number | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Oita Trinita | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Oita Trinita | 52 | (8) | |||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Omiya Ardija | 53 | (9) | |||||||||||
| 2013– | FC Tokyo | 213 | (15) | |||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Japan U-23 | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of end of the 2020 season | ||||||||||||||
Keigo Higashi (東 慶悟, Higashi Keigo, born July 20, 1990) is a Japanese football player.
Biography
Higashi was born in Kitakyushu on July 20, 1990. He joined J1 League club Oita Trinita from their youth team in 2009. He played many matches as offensive midfielder from first season. However Oita was relegated to J2 League end of the 2009 season. In 2011, he moved to Omiya Ardija and played in 2 seasons. In 2013, he moved to FC Tokyo.
In July 2012, Higashi was selected to the Japan U-23 national team for 2012 Summer Olympics. At this tournament, he wore the number 10 shirt for Japan and played all 6 matches. The team finished 4th place.
Club statistics
Updated to 5 November 2022.[1][2][3][4]
| Club | Season | League | Cup1 | League Cup2 | Asia3 | Other4 | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Oita Trinita | 2009 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | 29 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 31 | 7 | ||||
| Omiya Ardija | 2011 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 29 | 8 | ||
| 2012 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 32 | 3 | |||
| FC Tokyo | 2013 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 43 | 3 | ||
| 2014 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | 28 | 1 | |||
| 2015 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 29 | 3 | |||
| 2016 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | - | 29 | 3 | ||
| 2017 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | 34 | 1 | |||
| 2018 | 34 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 39 | 5 | |||
| 2019 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | 39 | 1 | |||
| 2020 | 7 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | 14 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | - | - | 45 | 1 | |||
| 2022 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | 31 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 374 | 30 | 30 | 6 | 48 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 465 | 40 | |
1Includes Emperor's Cup.
2Includes J. League Cup.
3Includes AFC Champions League.
3Includes Suruga Bank Championship.
National team statistics
- As of 23 June 2011
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan U23 | |||
| 2010 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 6 | 1 | |
| Total | 12 | 2 |
| International appearances and goals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Goal | Competition |
| 2010 | ||||||
| 8 November | Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou |  China U21 |
3–0 | 0 | 2010 Asian Games / Japan U21 | |
| 10 November | Huadu Stadium, Guangzhou |  Malaysia U23 |
2–0 | 0 | 2010 Asian Games / Japan U21 | |
| 16 November | Huangpu Sports Center, Guangzhou |  India U21 |
5–0 | 0 | 2010 Asian Games / Japan U21 | |
| 19 November | Huangpu Sports Center, Guangzhou |  Thailand U23 |
1–0 | 1 | 2010 Asian Games / Japan U21 | |
| 23 November | Yuexiushan Stadium, Guangzhou |  Iran U23 |
2–1 | 0 | 2010 Asian Games / Japan U21 | |
| 25 November | Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou |  United Arab Emirates U23 |
1–0 | 0 | 2010 Asian Games / Japan U21 | |
| 2011 | ||||||
| 9 February | Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Hawalli |  Kuwait |
0–3 | 0 | Friendly[5] / Japan U22 | |
| 26 March | Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent |  Uzbekistan U22 |
0–1 | 0 | Friendly[6] / Japan U22 | |
| 29 March | JAR Stadium, Tashkent | Uzbekistan U22 |
2–1 | 1 | Friendly[7] / Japan U22 | |
| 1 June | Niigata Stadium, Niigata |  Australia U22 |
3–1 | 0 | Friendly[8] / Japan U22 | |
| 19 June | Toyota Stadium, Toyota | Kuwait U22 |
3–1 | 0 | 2012 Summer Olympics qualification / Japan U22 | |
| 23 June | Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Hawalli | Kuwait U22 |
1–2 | 0 | 2012 Summer Olympics qualification / Japan U22 | |
Honours
Japan
- Asian Games : 2010
Club
FC Tokyo
- J.League Cup : 2020
References
- ↑ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 108 out of 289)
- ↑ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 76 out of 289)
- ↑ Keigo Higashi > Club matches worldfootball.net
- ↑ Japan - Keigo Higashi - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway
- ↑ "Ｕ－22日本代表 中東遠征 国際親善試合（vsクウェート代表）試合結果、監督・選手コメント". Japan Football Association (in Japanese). 10 February 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
- ↑ "国際親善試合 U-22日本代表 vs. U-22ウズベキスタン代表 第1戦 試合結果". Japan Football Association (in Japanese). 26 March 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ↑ "国際親善試合 U-22日本代表 vs. U-22ウズベキスタン代表 第2戦 試合結果". Japan Football Association (in Japanese). 29 March 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ↑ "U-22日本代表 国際親善試合 2011_06_01 オーストラリア". Japan Football Association (in Japanese). 1 June 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
Other websites
- Keigo Higashi at Soccerway.com
- Keigo Higashi at WorldFootball.net
- Keigo Higashi at Soccerbase.com
- Keigo Higashi at kicker (in German)
- Keigo Higashi at FBref.com
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