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Yōsuke Kashiwagi
柏木陽介

Personal information

Full name

Yōsuke Kashiwagi

Date of birth

15 December 1987 (age 36)

Place of birth

Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Height

1.76 m

Playing position

Central midfielder

Club information

Current club

FC Gifu

Number

Youth career

2003–2005

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Senior career*

Years

Team

Apps^†

(Gls)^†

2006–2009

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

112

(18)

2010–2021

Urawa Red Diamonds

311

(42)

2021–

FC Gifu

(1)

National team

2005–2007

Japan U20

(3)

2007

Japan U22

(0)

2010–2016

Japan

(0)

Honours


Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Runner-up	Emperor's Cup	2007
Urawa Reds
Winner	AFC Champions League	2017
Runner-up	J1 League	2014
Runner-up	J1 League	2016
Winner	J.League Cup	2016
Runner-up	J.League Cup	2011
Runner-up	J.League Cup	2013
Winner	Emperor's Cup	2018
Runner-up	Emperor's Cup	2015
Representing Japan
AFC Asian Cup
Gold	2011 Qatar
AFC U-19 Championship
Silver	2006 India

Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 November 2022.

† Appearances (Goals).

Yōsuke Kashiwagi (柏木陽介, Kashiwagi Yōsuke, born 15 December 1987) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a central midfielder for FC Gifu.

Club career
National team career
Club statistics
National team statistics
Honours
Personal life
See also

Club career

He played for Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Urawa Red Diamonds before moving to Gifu. He won the 2017 AFC Champions League with the Reds. In 2023 announced his retired for the end of 2023 J3 League.

National team career

In July 2007, Kashiwagi played for the Japan national U-20 team in the 2007 U-20 World Cup. 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 Japan national team for the 2011 Asian Cup qualifiers. He debuted against Yemen on 6 January 2011.

Club statistics

Club	Season	League		Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		ACL		Other¹		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2005	0	0	0	0	1	0	-		-		1	0
	2006	17	1	1	0	1	0	-		-		19	1
	2007	31	5	4	1	7	0	-		2	0	44	6
	2008	31	4	4	0	-		-		-		35	4
	2009	33	8	2	1	5	3	-		-		40	12
	Total	112	18	11	2	14	3	-		2	0	139	23
Urawa Red Diamonds	2010	34	4	3	0	6	0	-		-		43	4
	2011	31	5	2	1	6	1	-		-		39	7
	2012	30	6	3	0	6	1	-		-		39	7
	2013	34	8	0	0	5	0	6	1	–		45	9
	2014	33	3	2	0	8	1	–		–		43	4
	2015	34	5	2	0	2	0	5	0	2	0	45	5
	2016	35	5	1	0	1	0	7	0	2	0	46	5
	2017	27	5	0	0	0	0	10	1	1	0	28	6
	2018	30	0	6	0	2	0	-		-		38	0
	Total	288	41	19	1	36	3	82	2	5	0	366	47
Career total		400	59	30	3	50	6	28	2	7	0	478	70

¹Includes J. League promotion/relegation Series, J. League Championship and Japanese Super Cup.

National team statistics

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Japan U20
	2005	2	0
	2006	6	3
	2007	4	0
	Total	12	3
Japan U22
	2007	6	0
	Total	6	0
Japan
	2010	1	0
	2011	2	0
	2012	1	0
	2013	0	0
	2014	0	0
	2015	3	0
	2016	4	0
	Total	11	0

International appearances and goals
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Goal	Competition
2005
	23 November	KKWing Stadium, Kumamoto, Japan	Chinese Taipei U18	5–0	0	2006 AFC Youth Championship qualification / Japan U18
	27 November	KKWing Stadium, Kumamoto, Japan	North Korea U18	1–0	0	2006 AFC Youth Championship qualification / Japan U18
2006
	29 October	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore, India	North Korea U19	2–0	1	2006 AFC Youth Championship / Japan U19
	31 October	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore, India	Tajikistan U19	4–0	1	2006 AFC Youth Championship / Japan U19
	2 November	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore, India	Iran U19	1–2	0	2006 AFC Youth Championship / Japan U19
	6 November	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore, India	Saudi Arabia U19	2–1	0	2006 AFC Youth Championship / Japan U19
	9 November	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, India	South Korea U19	2–2	0	2006 AFC Youth Championship / Japan U19
	12 November	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, India	North Korea U19	1–1	1	2006 AFC Youth Championship / Japan U19
2007
	1 July	Royal Athletic Park, Victoria, Canada	Scotland U20	3–1	0	2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup / Japan U20
	4 July	Royal Athletic Park, Victoria, Canada	Costa Rica U20	1–0	0	2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup / Japan U20
	7 July	Royal Athletic Park, Victoria, Canada	Nigeria U20	0–0	0	2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup / Japan U20
	11 July	Royal Athletic Park, Victoria, Canada	Czech Republic U20	2–2	0	2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup / Japan U20
	22 August	National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	Vietnam U22	1–0	0	2008 Summer Olympics qualification / Japan U22
	8 September	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam, Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia U22	0–0	0	2008 Summer Olympics qualification / Japan U22
	12 September	National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	Qatar U22	1–0	0	2008 Summer Olympics qualification / Japan U22
	17 October	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Qatar U22	1–2	0	2008 Summer Olympics qualification / Japan U22
	17 November	Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam	Vietnam U22	4–0	0	2008 Summer Olympics qualification / Japan U22
	21 November	National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	Saudi Arabia U22	0–0	0	2008 Summer Olympics qualification / Japan U22
2010
1.	6 January	Ali Muhesen Stadium, Sana'a, Yemen	Yemen	3–2	0	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2011
2.	17 January	Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	5–0	0	2011 AFC Asian Cup
	29 March	Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan	Selection of J. League	2–1	0	Tōhoku earthquake Charity Match
3.	2 September	Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan	North Korea	1–0	0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification