Shogo Taniguchi

Shogo Taniguchi (谷口 彰悟, Taniguchi Shōgo, born 15 July 1991) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays for Qatar Stars League club Al-Rayyan and the Japan national team.

Shogo Taniguchi
谷口 彰悟
Personal information
Full name Shogo Taniguchi[1]
Date of birth (1991-07-15) 15 July 1991
Place of birth Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Al-Rayyan
Number 3
Youth career
2010–2013 Tsukuba University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2022 Kawasaki Frontale 290 (20)
2023– Al-Rayyan 6 (0)
International career‡
2015– Japan 16 (0)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Japan
EAFF Championship
Winner2022 JapanTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 February 2023, 06:16 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 December 2022

Career

Born in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. Taniguchi begin first youth career with Tsukuba University.

Taniguchi begin first professional career with Kawasaki Frontale in 2014.[2][3] He lift the J1 Trophy for four times in 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2021 respectively. He announced leave from the club after nine years at Kawasaki in 2022 season.

On 28 December 2022, Taniguchi joined to Qatari club, Al Rayyan for during mid 2022–23 season.[4]

International career

On 7 May 2015, Japan's coach Vahid Halilhodžić called him for a two-days training camp.[5] On 23 July 2015, he was called again for 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup.[6] He was called again for 2022 World Cup.[7]

Career statistics
As of 15 November 2022[8][9][10]

Club
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Asia Other Total
Division AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Kawasaki Frontale 2014J. League Division 1301104050–401
2015 J1 League3426010––412
2016 J1 League3415162––454
2017 J1 League347004081–468
2018 J1 League343312040–434
2019 J1 League3002050611[lower-alpha 1]0441
2020 J1 League3032040––363
2021 J1 League3004000601[lower-alpha 1]0410
2022 J1 League3330020501[lower-alpha 1]0413
Total 289 20 23 2 28 2 34 2 3 0 377 26
Al Rayyan 2022–23 Qatar Stars League 000000000000
Career total 289202322823423037726
  1. Japanese Super Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[11]

National team YearAppsGoals
Japan 201520
201600
201710
2018 0 0
2019 0 0
2020 0 0
202120
202290
Total140

Honours

Kawasaki Frontale

Japan

Individual

References
  1. "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Japan (JPN)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 16. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. 筑波大ＭＦ谷口を獲得内定 スポーツ報知、2013年8月23日
  3. 谷口彰悟選手加入内定のお知らせ KAWASAKI FRONTALE、2013年8月23日
  4. "日本代表DF谷口彰悟、カタール1部アル・ラーヤン移籍が公式発表。31歳で初の海外挑戦に". GOAL. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  5. "大久保嘉人ら28人日本代表候補合宿メンバー／一覧 : 日刊スポーツ".
  6. http://www.jfa.jp/national_team/news/00006836/ EAFF東アジアカップ2015（8/2～9＠中国／武漢） SAMURAI BLUE（日本代表）メンバー・スケジュール
  7. FIFAワールドカップカタール2022™ SAMURAI BLUE（日本代表）メンバーJFA 2022年11月1日
  8. Shogo Taniguchi at Soccerway. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  9. Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 2015 (NSK MOOK)", 14 February 2015, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411246 (p. 50 out of 298)
  10. Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 2014 (NSK MOOK)", 14 February 2014, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411109 (p. 30 out of 290)
  11. Japan National Football Team Database(in Japanese)
  12. "2022 Jリーグアウォーズ受賞者一覧". Football Channel. 7 November 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.


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