Daigo Kobayashi

is a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

## Biography

Kobayashi was born in Fuji on February 19, 1983. After graduating from Shimizu Commercial High School, he joined J1 League club Tokyo Verdy in 2001. He played many matches from 2002 and the club won the champions in the 2004 Emperor's Cup. However the club was relegated to J2 League end of the 2005 season. In 2006, he moved to Omiya Ardija with teammate Yoshiyuki Kobayashi. He played 90 matches and scored 14 goals for Omiya in 3 seasons. In 2009, he moved to Norwegian Tippeligaen club Stabæk. In 2010, he moved to Super League Greece club Iraklis Thessaloniki. In 2011, he returned to Japan and joined Shimizu S-Pulse. He won the 2nd place at the 2012 J.League Cup. In 2013, he moved to Major League Soccer club Vancouver Whitecaps. In 2014, he moved to New England Revolution and played until 2017. From 2018, he played USL Championship club Las Vegas Lights and Birmingham Legion.

In 2003, Kobayashi was selected the Japan U-20 national team for 2003 World Youth Championship and played 4 matches. On August 9, 2006, he debuted for the Japan national team under new manager Ivica Osim against Trinidad and Tobago which is Japan's first match after the 2006 World Cup.

## Statistics

|-
|2001||rowspan="5"|Tokyo Verdy||rowspan="5"|J1 League||5||0||0||0||0||0||5||0
|-
|2002||21||1||1||0||6||0||28||1
|-
|2003||19||0||2||0||5||0||26||0
|-
|2004||27||0||5||0||7||4||39||4
|-
|2005||32||3||1||1||5||1||38||5
|-
|2006||rowspan="3"|Omiya Ardija||rowspan="3"|J1 League||33||9||2||0||5||1||40||10
|-
|2007||24||2||1||0||3||1||28||3
|-
|2008||33||3||1||0||6||1||40||4

|-
|2009||Stabæk||Tippeligaen||29||8||4||3||colspan="2"|-||33||11

|-
|2009/10||rowspan="2"|Iraklis Thessaloniki||rowspan="2"|Super League||8||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||8||0
|-
|2010/11||6||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||7||0

|-
|2011||rowspan="2"|Shimizu S-Pulse||rowspan="2"|J1 League||12||0||1||0||0||0||13||1
|-
|2012||17||0||7||2||1||0||25||2

|-
|2013||Vancouver Whitecaps||Major League Soccer||30||2||2||1||colspan="2"|-||32||3

|-
|2014||rowspan="4"|New England Revolution||rowspan="4"|Major League Soccer||34||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||36||0
|-
|2015||21||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||22||0
|-
|2016||27||1||1||0||colspan="2"|-||28||1
|-
|2017||12||1||1||0||colspan="2"|-||13||1
|-
|2018||Las Vegas Lights||USL||32||4||2||0||colspan="2"|-||34||4
|-
|2019||rowspan="3"|Birmingham Legion||rowspan="3"|USL Championship||19||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||20||0
|-
|2020||13||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||13||0
|-
|2021||||||||||||||||
223||18||14||1||45||10||282||29
29||8||4||3||colspan="2"|-||33||11
14||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||15||0
30||2||2||1||colspan="2"|-||32||3
158||6||8||0||colspan="2"|-||166||6
454||34||29||5||45||10||528||49
|}

|-
|2006||1||0
|-
!Total||1||0
|}

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Daigo Kobayashi
- **image**: Daigo Kobayashi 04.JPG
- **image size**: 200
- **caption**: Kobayashi at Stabæk Fotball, Stabæk in 2009
- **fullname**: Daigo Kobayashi
- **birth place**: Fuji, Shizuoka, Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture, Shizuoka, Japan
- **position**: Midfielder
- **currentclub**: Birmingham Legion FC, Birmingham Legion
- **youthyears1**: 1998–2000
- **youthclubs1**: Shimizu Commercial High School
- **years1**: 2001–2005
- **clubs1**: Tokyo Verdy
- **caps1**: 104
- **goals1**: 4
- **years2**: 2006–2008
- **clubs2**: Omiya Ardija
- **caps2**: 90
- **goals2**: 14
- **years3**: 2009
- **clubs3**: Stabæk Fotball, Stabæk
- **caps3**: 29
- **goals3**: 8
- **years4**: 2010
- **clubs4**: Iraklis Thessaloniki FC, Iraklis Thessaloniki
- **caps4**: 14
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2011–2012
- **clubs5**: Shimizu S-Pulse
- **caps5**: 29
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2013
- **clubs6**: Vancouver Whitecaps FC, Vancouver Whitecaps
- **caps6**: 30
- **goals6**: 2
- **years7**: 2014–2017
- **clubs7**: New England Revolution
- **caps7**: 94
- **goals7**: 2
- **years8**: 2018
- **clubs8**: Las Vegas Lights FC, Las Vegas Lights
- **caps8**: 32
- **goals8**: 4
- **years9**: 2019–
- **clubs9**: Birmingham Legion FC, Birmingham Legion
- **caps9**: 32
- **goals9**: 0
- **nationalyears1**: 2003
- **nationalteam1**: Japan national under-20 football team, Japan U-20
- **nationalcaps1**: 4
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2006
- **nationalteam2**: Japan national football team, Japan
- **nationalcaps2**: 1
- **nationalgoals2**: 0