Hiroki Abe
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Full name | Hiroki Abe | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 28 January 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Tokyo, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Winger | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Barcelona B | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2016 | Setouchi High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2019 | Kashima Antlers | 49 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2019– | Barcelona B | 20 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Japan U19 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Japan U20 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2019– | Japan | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:52, 2 February 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 June 2019 |
Hiroki Abe (安部 裕葵, Abe Hiroki, born 28 January 1999) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Spanish club FC Barcelona B and the Japan national team.
Early Life
Hiroki Abe attended high school at Setouchi High School before starting his professional career.
Career
Club
Kashima Antlers
Hiroki Abe totalled ten goals and seven assists in two-and-a-half years at Kashima Antlers. He made his J-League debut on April 1, 2017 in a 0-1 win against Omiya Ardija, replacing Pedro Junior in the 74th minute. Abe then made his AFC Champions League debut in the group stage on April 12, replacing Yuma Suzuki in the 61st minute. Abe started his first J-League match on April 22 but was substituted after the first half as Kashima Antlers were 2-0 down. His next appearance for Antlers was on June 21in the Emperor’s Cup, where he played the full match, bagging his first two goals and an assist in a 5-0 win over Maruyasu Okazaki. July 29 was his next appearance in the J-League. Abe came on in the 76th minute and scored his first J-League goal in stoppage time with a left-footed shot. Abe continued to be used throughout the rest of the reason, coming on as a substitute in many games. On September 3, 2017, Abe came on in the 61st minute and provided the second goal in Antlers 3-2 win over Vegalta Sendai.
Abe began the 2018 season with starting appearances in the AFC Champions League and J-League. In April of that year, he suffered a fracture in a lumbar vertebrae which kept him out for approximately four weeks. He recorded his first assist of the season on May 20 in a league match against Vegalta Sendai. Abe followed that up with seven consecutive starts between the Emperor’s Cup and the J-League. On June 6, he scored his first goal of the season and got another assist in the second round of the Emperor’s Cup. League matches on July 18 and 22 saw Abe score in each of them. September 9 added another assist, this time in the quarter-finals of the J-League Cup against Kawasaki Frontale. On September 18, Abe started and scored in the second leg of the AFC Champions League quarter-finals. He went on to impress and started both legs of the final with Antlers winning 2:0 on aggregate. For his performances in 2018, starting thirteen games in the league, he was named J-League’s Rookie Player of the Year.[1]
For their success in the AFC Champions League, Kashima Antlers qualified for the FIFA Club World Cup in December 2018. Abe played in all three of their games: quarter-finals against LigaMX side Deportivo Guadalajara in which he scored Antler’s third goal, semi-finals against La Liga side Real Madrid where Antlers lost 3-1, and the third place play-off against Argentina’s River Plate.
Abe started the 2019 season by helping Kashima Antlers qualify for the AFC Champions League. He recorded two assists of the season on April 9 and 14, in a AFC Champions League group match and a J-League match respectively. His only goal of the season came on May 3 in a J-League match against Shimizu S-Pulse, when he came on in the 64th minute and scored Antler’s second goal of three.
Barcelona
In July 2019, he transferred to Barcelona B on a four-year contract, for a reported transfer fee of €1,1 million.[2] Abe said that it was a “difficult decision to leave the team mid-season” but that he believes “the various challenges...are absolutely necessary for [his] growth.”[3] Barcelona’s club president Josep Bartomeu said that he hoped Abe would become a leading player in La Liga.[4] Abe played a total of 3,899 minutes for Kashima Antlers across two and-a-half seasons.
Abe scored his first goal for Barcelona B in a 3-3 draw against UE Cornella on November 17, 2019. He followed this up with a header in the next match on November 23, a 1-1 draw away versus Lleida Esportiu. He scored his first brace for Barcelona B in a 3-1 win versus CF La Nucia on December 15, 2019.
On February 2, 2020, Abe ruptured a tendon in his right hamstring against AE Prat. He underwent a successful surgery which rendered him on the sidelines for an estimated five months, putting him in doubt for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[5] However, the Covid-19 outbreak caused the competition to be delayed by a year.
International
In March 2019, Hiroki Abe appeared in a series of under-20 friendly matches coached by Masanaga Kageyama. He played 32 minutes in a 4-1 loss against Poland and captained his side in the 1-0 loss against Argentina.
On 24 May 2019, Abe was called up by Japan's head coach Hajime Moriyasu to feature in the Copa América played in Brazil.[6] He made his debut on 17 June 2019 in the game against Chile, as a 66th-minute substitute for Shoya Nakajima.[7] He started the next match, a 2-2 draw against Uruguay and was substituted in the 67th minute for Ayase Ueda.[8] In the final group match, Abe came on in the 82nd minute for Koji Miyoshi.[9] Japan exited the competition being third place in their group with two points.[10]
In December 2019, Abe was called to the under-22 team for a friendly against Jamaica's under-23s, where he scored a penalty kick in the 28th minute.
Playing Style
Hiroki Abe prefers to play on the left wing but can play on the right, behind the striker, and in a center forward position. Most of his appearances for Barcelona B have been on the left wing and as a center forward, and it is in this center position where he has scored his four goals in his first season as of February 2020.
Club statistics
Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
2017 | Kashima Antlers | J1 League | 13 | 1 | 2[a] | 2 | 1[b] | 1 | 1[c] | 0 | — | 17 | 4 | |
2018 | 22 | 2 | 5[a] | 1 | 2[b] | 0 | 8[c] | 1 | 3[d] | 1 | 40 | 5 | ||
2019 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7[c] | 0 | — | 22 | 1 | |||
Total | 49 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 79 | 10 | ||
2019–20 | Barcelona B | Segunda División B | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 20 | 4 | |||
Career total | 69 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 99 | 14 |
- ^ a b Appearances in Emperor's Cup
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in J.League Cup
- ^ a b c Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League
- ^ Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
National team statistics
Japan national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2019 | 3 | 0 |
Total | 3 | 0 |
Honours
Club
- Kashima Antlers
Individual
References
- ^ ultra.zone https://ultra.zone/jleague-mvp-best-eleven-top-scorer.html.gz. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
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(help) - ^ "Hiroki Abe joins FC Barcelona". www.fcbarcelona.com.
- ^ NEWS, KYODO. "Football: Kashima agree to transfer young talent Hiroki Abe to Barcelona". Kyodo News+. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ NEWS, KYODO. "Football: Hiroki Abe can become "important player" for Barca: club president". Kyodo News+. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ Author, No (12 February 2020). "Barcelona B forward Hiroki Abe sidelined for five months". The Japan Times. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
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has generic name (help) - ^ "SAMURAI BLUE (Japan National Team) Squad, Schedule - CONMEBOL Copa America Brazil 2019 (6/14–7/7)". JFA. 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Japan v Chile game report". CONMEBOL. 17 June 2019.
- ^ "Fixtures/Results | CONMEBOL Copa America Brazil 2019 | SAMURAI BLUE | JFA". www.jfa.jp. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ "Fixtures/Results | CONMEBOL Copa America Brazil 2019 | SAMURAI BLUE | JFA". www.jfa.jp. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ "Fixtures/Results | CONMEBOL Copa America Brazil 2019 | SAMURAI BLUE | JFA". www.jfa.jp. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2019 (NSK MOOK)", 9 February 2019, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411628 (p. 25 out of 289)
- ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 20 out of 289)
- ^ Hiroki Abe at Soccerway. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ Hiroki Abe at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
- Hiroki Abe at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Profile at Kashima Antlers
- Hiroki Abe at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Japanese footballers
- Association football wingers
- Japan youth international footballers
- Japan under-20 international footballers
- Japan international footballers
- J1 League players
- Kashima Antlers players
- FC Barcelona B players
- Association football forwards
- 2019 Copa América players
- Japanese football biography stubs