Personal information | |||
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Full name | Yoshiaki Takagi | ||
Date of birth | 9 December 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Albirex Niigata | ||
Number | 33 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2004 | Azamino FC | ||
2005–2010 | Tokyo Verdy Youth | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2011 | Tokyo Verdy | 43 | (6) |
2011–2013 | FC Utrecht | 34 | (1) |
2014–2016 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 13 | (0) |
2015–2016 | → Tokyo Verdy (loan) | 55 | (9) |
2017 | Tokyo Verdy | 37 | (7) |
2018– | Albirex Niigata | 198 | (24) |
International career‡ | |||
2008–2009 | Japan U17 | 8 | (1) |
2010 | Japan U19 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:09, 27 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 June 2010 |
Yoshiaki Takagi (高木 善朗, Takagi Yoshiaki, born 9 December 1992) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for J1 League club Albirex Niigata.[1][2]
He is noted for being a free-kick specialist[citation needed] and emerging as a regular member at Tokyo Verdy in his debut season at the age of 17.[3] Alongside Arsenal winger Ryo Miyaichi and FC Bayern Munich forward Takashi Usami, Takagi is considered part of what has been termed by the Japanese media as the "Platinum Generation."[3]
In October 2009, Takagi was elected Japan U-17 national team for 2009 U-17 World Cup. He played all 3 matches and scored a goal against Brazil in first match.
He comes from a sports family, with his father Yutaka being a former professional baseball player, notably for Yokohama BayStars, and brother Toshiyuki is also a professional footballer.
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Tokyo Verdy | 2010 | J2 League | 33 | 5 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 5 | ||
2011 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 1 | ||||
Total | 43 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 6 | ||
FC Utrecht | 2011–12 | Eredivisie | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | - | 15 | 1 | ||
2012–13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | - | 8 | 0 | ||||
2013–14 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 2[a] | 0 | 14 | 0 | |||
Total | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 243 | 6 | ||
Shimizu S-Pulse | 2014 | J1 League | 9 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | – | 17 | 3 | |
2015 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | 8 | 1 | |||
Total | 13 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4 | ||
Tokyo Verdy (loan) | 2015 | J2 League | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 20 | 2 | ||
2016 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 39 | 10 | ||||
Tokyo Verdy | 2017 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 0 | – | 1[b] | 0 | 38 | 7 | ||
Total | 92 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 97 | 19 | ||
Albirex Niigata | 2018 | J2 League | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | 36 | 1 | |
2019 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 33 | 2 | ||||
2020 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 1 | ||||
2021 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 42 | 10 | ||||
2022 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 33 | 9 | ||||
Total | 174 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 179 | 23 | ||
Career total | 356 | 45 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 382 | 53 |