Hiroki Fujiharu

Hiroki Fujiharu
藤春廣輝
Personal information
Full name	Hiroki Fujiharu
Date of birth	November 28, 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth	Higashiōsaka, Osaka, Japan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Team information
Current team	FC Ryukyu
Number	4
Youth career
	Kusaka SS
2001−2003	EXE'90 FC
2004−2006	Tokai Univ. Osaka Gyosei High School
College career
Years	Team
2007−2010	Osaka University H&SS
Senior career*
Years	Team
2011−2024	Gamba Osaka
2024-	FC Ryukyu
International career
2016	Japan Olympic (O.P.)
2015	Japan
Medal record
Gamba Osaka
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 August 2024 @ 13:30(AEST)

Hiroki Fujiharu (藤春廣輝, Fujiharu Hiroki, born November 28, 1988) is a Japanese football player. He plays as a left back for FC Ryukyu in J3 League.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Club career

Born and raised in Osaka, Fujiharu joined local club Gamba Osaka in 2011 after graduating from the Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences. He only played 11 league games during his debut campaign but went on to make the left-back position his own in 2012. He played all 34 league matches that year, however it was not a successful one for his club as they found themselves relegated to J2 League after finishing in 17th place.

Fujiharu was once again an ever present at left back in 2013 and notched a career high total of 4 goals throughout the year as Gamba bounced back at the first time of asking, finishing the season as league champions. Things got even better in 2014 with Gamba completing the domestic treble; winning the league, J.League Cup and Emperor's Cup. Fujiharu played 25 league matches and 34 games in total as he rotated the left-back position with Korean full-back Oh Jae-suk.

2015 saw Gamba lift the Japanese Super Cup and Emperor's Cup, defeating Urawa Red Diamonds in both matches. They also reached the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League before going down to Chinese side Guangzhou Evergrande over 2 legs. Fujiharu played a career high 54 games across all competitions in 2015.

Gamba failed to add any silverware to their trophy cabinet between 2016 and 2018, however Fujiharu was by now fully established as his club's first choice in the left back position. He only missed 6 league games across the 2016 and 2017 seasons before a short spell out with injury in 2018 restricted him to just 25 league appearances.^[2]

National team career

Fujiharu received his first call up to the Japan national team in March 2015 and made his debut in a 2-0 home victory over Tunisia on March 27. Later on in the year he was part of the squad which competed in the 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup. He played once in the 2-1 defeat to North Korea on August 2. His final international involvement that year came in a World Cup qualifier away to Cambodia on November 17. He started and played the full 90 minutes in a 2-0 away victory.^[4]

In August 2016, he was selected in the Japan Under-23 squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics. At this tournament, he played 2 matches at left back as Japan were eliminated in the group stages after finishing 3rd in Group B.

Club statistics

Last update: 4 December 2021^[2]

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other¹		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		League Cup		Asia				Total
2011	Gamba Osaka	J1 League	11	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	-		14	1
2012		J1 League	34	1	5	0	2	0	5	0	-		46	1
2013		J2 League	42	4	2	0	-		-		-		44	4
2014		J1 League	25	0	5	0	4	0	-		-		34	0
2015			32	0	2	0	4	1	11	0	5	1	54	2
2016			29	2	2	0	5	0	5	0	1	0	42	2
2017			33	2	3	0	4	0	7	0	-		47	2
2018			25	0	1	0	5	0	-		-		31	0
2019			17	2	0	0	5	0	-		-		22	2
2020			26	0	2	0	1	0	-		-		29	0
2021			19	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	25	0
Career total			293	12	25	0	32	1	31	0	7	1	388	14

¹ includes J. League Championship, Japanese Super Cup and Suruga Bank Championship appearances.

National team statistics

Last Update:4 February 2019^[4]

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2015	3	0
Total	3	0

Honors

Gamba Osaka^[2]

References

^ "Gamba Osaka Players". Gamba Osaka. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Hiroki Fujiharu Soccerway Statistics". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
^ "Hiroki Fujiharu Gamba Osaka Player Profile". Gamba Osaka (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 March 2019.
^ ^a ^b Japan National Football Team Database(in Japanese)

External links

Hiroki Fujiharu – FIFA competition record (archived)
Hiroki Fujiharu at National-Football-Teams.com
Hiroki Fujiharu at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)

[Gamba_Osaka_Players-1] "Gamba Osaka Players". Gamba Osaka. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.

[Hiroki_Fujiharu_Soccerway_Statistics-2] "Hiroki Fujiharu Soccerway Statistics". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 January 2014.

[Hiroki_Fujiharu_Gamba_Osaka_Player_Profile-3] "Hiroki Fujiharu Gamba Osaka Player Profile". Gamba Osaka (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 March 2019.

[JNFTD-4] Japan National Football Team Database(in Japanese)

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