Hajime Hosogai

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

## Biography

Hosogai was born in Maebashi on June 10, 1986. After graduating from Maebashi Ikuei High School, he joined J1 League club Urawa Reds in 2005. He played several matches as defensive midfielder from first season. Urawa won the champions in the 2006 J1 League and 2007 AFC Champions League. He became a regular player from 2008. In January 2011, he moved to German 2. Bundesliga club Augsburg. The club was promoted to Bundesliga end of the 2010/11 season. From summer 2012, he played Bayer Leverkusen, Hertha, Bursaspor and Stuttgart. In March 2018, he returned to Japan and joined Kashiwa Reysol. In 2019, he moved to Thailand and played Buriram United and Bangkok United.

In 2008, Hosogai was selected the Japan U-23 national team for 2008 Summer Olympics. He played 2 matches as defensive midfielder. On September 4, 2010, he debuted for the Japan national team against Paraguay. In 2011, he participated 2011 Asian Cup. He played 2 matches and scored a goal, and Japan won the champions. He also played at 2013 Confederations Cup. He played 30 games and scored 1 goals for Japan until 2014.

## Statistics

|-
|2005||rowspan="6"|Urawa Reds||rowspan="6"|J1 League||3||0||3||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||8||0
|-
|2006||2||0||4||0||6||0||colspan="2"|-||12||0
|-
|2007||8||0||1||0||2||1||5||0||16||1
|-
|2008||26||2||1||0||4||0||3||1||34||3
|-
|2009||31||2||1||0||6||0||colspan="2"|-||38||2
|-
|2010||28||1||1||0||5||0||colspan="2"|-||34||1

|-
|2010/11||rowspan="2"|Augsburg||2. Bundesliga||7||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||7||0
|-
|2011/12||Bundesliga||32||3||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||33||3
|-
|2012/13||Bayer Leverkusen||Bundesliga||17||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||4||0||23||0
|-
|2013/14||rowspan="2"|Hertha||rowspan="2"|Bundesliga||33||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||34||0
|-
|2014/15||20||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||22||0

|-
|2015/16||Bursaspor||Süper Lig||20||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||20||0

|-
|2016/17||Stuttgart||2. Bundesliga||10||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||10||0

|-
|2017||rowspan="2"|Kashiwa Reysol||rowspan="2"|J1 League||14||0||3||0||5||0||colspan="2"|-||22||0
|-
|2018||8||0||1||0||0||0||1||0||10||0

|-
|2019||Buriram United||League 1||27||0||||||||||||||27||0
|-
|2020/21||Bangkok United||League 1||||||||||||||||||||
120||5||15||0||30||1||8||1||173||7
119||3||6||0||colspan="2"|-||4||0||129||3
20||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||20||0
27||0||||||||||||||27||0
286||8||21||0||30||1||12||1||349||10
|}

|-
|2010||3||0
|-
|2011||7||1
|-
|2012||8||0
|-
|2013||7||0
|-
|2014||5||0
|-
!Total||30||1
|}

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Hajime Hosogai
- **image**: Hajime hosogai.jpg
- **image size**: 200
- **caption**: Hosogai playing for VfB Stuttgart, Stuttgart
- **fullname**: Hajime Hosogai
- **birth place**: Maebashi, Gunma, Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, Gunma, Japan
- **position**: Midfielder
- **currentclub**: Bangkok United FC, Bangkok United
- **youthyears1**: 2002–2004
- **youthclubs1**: Maebashi Ikuei High School
- **years1**: 2005–2010
- **clubs1**: Urawa Reds
- **caps1**: 98
- **goals1**: 5
- **years2**: 2011–2012
- **clubs2**: FC Augsburg, Augsburg
- **caps2**: 39
- **goals2**: 3
- **years3**: 2012–2013
- **clubs3**: Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bayer Leverkusen
- **caps3**: 17
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2013–2015
- **clubs4**: Hertha BSC, Hertha
- **caps4**: 53
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2015–2016
- **clubs5**: Bursaspor
- **caps5**: 20
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2016–2017
- **clubs6**: VfB Stuttgart, Stuttgart
- **caps6**: 10
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2017–2018
- **clubs7**: Kashiwa Reysol
- **caps7**: 22
- **goals7**: 0
- **years8**: 2019
- **clubs8**: Buriram United FC, Buriram United
- **caps8**: 27
- **goals8**: 0
- **years9**: 2020–
- **clubs9**: Bangkok United FC, Bangkok United
- **nationalyears1**: 2008
- **nationalteam1**: Japan national under-23 football team, Japan U-23
- **nationalcaps1**: 2
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2010–2014
- **nationalteam2**: Japan national football team, Japan
- **nationalcaps2**: 30
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **club-update**: end of the 2019 season