Takahiro Ogihara

Takahiro Ogihara
Personal information
Full name	Takahiro Ogihara
Date of birth	(1991-10-05) 5 October 1991
Place of birth	Sakai, Osaka, Japan
Height	1.84 m (6 ft ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team	Cerezo Osaka
Number	2
Youth career
2001–2003	Sakai Kita FC
2004–2009	Cerezo Osaka
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2010–	Cerezo Osaka	78	(8)
National team^‡
2011–	Japan U23	18	(2)
2013–	Japan	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 April 2014. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 July 2013

Takahiro Ogihara (扇原貴宏, Ōgihara Takahiro, born 5 October 1991) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Cerezo Osaka in the J. League Division 1.

Career

Ogihara debuted for Cerezo Osaka in the 2-1 loss to Kashima Antlers on 27 August 2011.

Ogihara debuted for the Japan U-23s during the Qualification process for the 2012 London Olympics, with his first game in a 2-0 win over Malaysia.^[1]

As of 20 April 2014

Club	Season	League		Cup^{[Note 1]}		League Cup^{[Note 2]}		Continental^{[Note 3]}		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Cerezo Osaka	2010	0	0	0	0	0	0	-		0	0
	2011	10	4	3	0	1	0	3	0	17	4
	2012	29	2	2	0	3	1	-		34	3
	2013	32	2	3	0	8	0	-		43	2
	2014	7	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	11	0
	Total	78	8	8	0	12	1	7	0	105	9

Japan men's football squad – 2012 Summer Olympics – Fourth Place

1 Gonda 2 Tokunaga 3 Ohgihara 4 H. Sakai 5 Yoshida 6 Muramatsu 7 Ōtsu 8 Yamamura 9 Sugimoto 10 Higashi 11 Nagai 12 G. Sakai 13 Suzuki 14 Usami 15 Saitō 16 Yamaguchi 17 Kiyotake 18 Andō Coach: Sekizuka

Cerezo Osaka – current squad