Sogahata was born in Kashima on August 2, 1979. He joined J1 League club Kashima Antlers based in his local from youth team in 1998. He debuted against Avispa Fukuoka on May 8, 1999 and played several matches until 2000. Although he could not play many matches behind Japan national team player Daijiro Takakuwa until 2000, Sogahata played in semifinals and final at 2000 J.League Cup and Antlers won the champions. He was also selected "New Hero Awards". In 2001, he became a regular goalkeeper instead Takakuwa and Sogahata played as regular goalkeeper for long time. Antlers won the champions in 2001 J1 League for 2 years in a row. In 2002 season, he was selected Best Eleven award. Antlers also won the champions in 2002 J.League Cup. In 2007, Antlers won the champions in J1 League for the first time in 6 years. Antlers also won the champions in 2007 Emperor's Cup. Antlers won the champions in J1 League for 3 years in a row (2007-2009). From 2010 season, Antlers won the champions 2010 Emperor's Cup, 2011 and 2012 J.League Cup. He also played all matches from 2008 season to 2014 season. He played for 244 consecutive matches until last match in 2014 season which is J1 League record. In 2015, although he could not play all matches in J1 League, Antlers won the champions in J.League Cup. In 2016, Antlers won the champions in J1 League and qualified for 2016 Club World Cup as host country champions. At Club World Cup, he played all 4 matches and won the 2nd place. In 2017, Antlers gained new goalkeeper Kwoun Sun-tae and Sogahata battles for the position with Kwoun Sun-tae. However Sogahata could not play many matches behind Kwoun Sun-tae from 2017. In 2018 AFC Champions League, he played 4 matches and Antlers won the champions first Asian title in the club history. He retired end of the 2020 season.
On November 7, 2001, Sogahata debuted for the Japan national team against Italy. However he could not play many matches behind Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi and Seigo Narazaki. Sogahata was a member of Japan for 2002 World Cup. He played 3 games for Japan until 2003. In August 2004, Sogahata was selected the Japan U-23 national team as over aged player for 2004 Summer Olympics. At this tournament, he played full time in all 3 matches.
533||0||66||0||83||0||46||0||728||0
533||0||66||0||83||0||46||0||728||0
!Total||4||0
Justice Christopher
Justice Christopher (born 24 December 1981) is a former Nigerian football player. He has played for Nigeria national team.
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2||0
13||0
7||0
11||0
47||1
!Total||11||0
Haruna Babangida
Haruna Babangida (born 1 October 1982) is a Nigerian football player. He plays for Kuban Krasnodar.
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10||2
33||3
54||18
14||1
163||29
!Total||1||0
Guus Hiddink
Guus Hiddink (born 8 November 1946) is a Dutch football player turned manager.
Hiddink is better known as a trainer. He is a very successful trainer. He trained the Russia national team, and Zenit St. Petersburg club. He also coached the Netherlands national team (Oranje, Orange) and won several tournaments. He is generally considered one of the greatest football trainers of all time.
After he made the Russian National team almost World Champion (even defeating the renowned Dutch team) he became a national Russian hero.
He got a statue in Moscow and several newborn boys in Russia were given "Guus" as a first name to honour him.
Hiddink has coached the Korea Republic national team in the early 2000s. He managed to get the team in the semi-finals for the first time in South Korean football history. For this, the South Koreans built a stadium in his honour. It was build in the cityn of Gwangju and was named ""Guus Hiddink Stadium"".
Hiddink coached the British club Chelsea in 2009. He succeeded their former coach Luiz Felipe Scolari. He did a much better job and thanks to Hiddink Chelsea made many victories. Commentators said that Hiddink: ""had rejuvenated Chelsea following Scolari's departure"". Hiddink won the FA Cup with Chelsea that year, beating Everton 2-1 in the final.
Hiromi Hara
Hara was born in Nasushiobara on October 19, 1958. After graduating from Waseda University, he joined Japan Soccer League club Mitsubishi Motors (later "Urawa Reds") in 1981. The club won 1981 JSL Cup and 1982 Japan Soccer League. He played as a regular player from first season and played in all matches in the league until 1987/88 season. After that, club performance was not good and also played in Division 2. He retired in 1992. He played 192 games and scored 65 goals in the league.
On November 19, 1978, when Hara was a Waseda University student, he debuted for the Japan national team against Soviet Union. He also played at 1978 Asian Games and 1982 World Cup qualification in 1980. From 1983, he played in Japan's all matches until 1987. He played 75 games and scored 37 goals for Japan until 1987.
After the retirement, Hara started coaching career at Urawa Reds in 1992. He served as an assistant coach until 1997. In 1998, he was promoted to a manager. However he was sacked for poor performance in summer 1999. In 2002, he signed with FC Tokyo. He led the club to win the 2004 J.League Cup which was first major title in the club history. He resigned end of 2005 season. In 2007, he managed FC Tokyo in one season again. In February 2009, He was appointed by Japan Football Association as its new technical director. After 2010 World Cup, he managed Japan national team as caretaker in 2 matches until Alberto Zaccheroni became a new manager.
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192||65
!Total||75||37
Naohiro Ishikawa
Ishikawa was born in Yokosuka on May 12, 1981. He joined J1 League club Yokohama F. Marinos from youth team in 2000. However he could not play many matches in the club. He moved to FC Tokyo in April 2002. He got many opportunities to play soon. In 2000s, the club won the champions 2004 and 2009 J.League Cup. In 2009, he also scored 15 goals and was selected Best Eleven. In 2010s, the club was relegated to J2 League end of the 2010 season. In 2011, the club won the champions J2 League and Emperor's Cup. From 2012, the club played in J1 League. However he could not played many matches for injury from 2014. He retired end of 2017 season.
In June 2001, Ishikawa was selected the Japan U-20 national team for 2001 World Youth Championship. He wore the number 10 shirt and played full time in all 3 matches. In December 2003, he was selected the Japan national team for 2003 East Asian Football Championship. At this tournament, on December 7, he debuted against Hong Kong. He also played Japan for in 2004. In August, he was also selected the Japan U-23 national team for 2004 Summer Olympics. In August 2009, he was selected Japan for the first time in 5 years. He played 6 games for Japan until 2012.
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!Total||6||0
Yukihiko Sato
Yukihiko Sato (born 11 May 1976) is a Japanese football player. He plays for V-Varen Nagasaki. In 2009 there was a story in the newspapers saying that Australia's Newcastle United Jets were interested in getting the midfielder to play for them.
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Eisuke Nakanishi
Nakanishi was born in Suzuka on June 23, 1973. After graduating from Yokkaichi Chuo Technical High School, he joined J1 League club JEF United Ichihara in 1992. Although he mainly played as defender, he played many position including midfielder and forward in mid 1990s. The club won the 2nd place at 1998 J.League Cup and 3rd place at 2001 and 2003 J1 League. He moved to Yokohama F. Marinos in 2004. The club won the champions at 2004 J1 League. He retired end of 2006 season.