Hideo Hashimoto

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Hideo Hashimoto
Personal information
Full name Hideo Hashimoto
Date of birth May 21, 1979 (1979-05-21) (age 29)
Place of birth    Osaka, Japan
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Gamba Osaka
Youth clubs
1992-1994
1995-1997
Gamba Osaka Junior Youth
Gamba Osaka Youth
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1998- Gamba Osaka 200 00(6)   
National team2
2007- Japan 006 00(0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 16 May 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 16 May 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Hideo Hashimoto (橋本 英郎 Hashimoto Hideo?, born May 21, 1979) is a Japanese football (soccer) player. His place of birth is Osaka. He is a defensive midfielder and currently plays for Gamba Osaka. 

He played for Gamba's junior youth team and youth team before he signed for them as a professional player. He started to break into the first team in 2002 and established himself as a mainstay in Gamba's midfield in 2005, contributing to the club winning the J. League Championship that year.

His first cap as a full international came when he substituted Keita Suzuki on June 1, 2007 in a friendly against Montenegro. He was a member of the Japan team for 2007 AFC Asian Cup and played one game as a substitute.

Hideo is an Osaka City University graduate.