Takahiro Ogihara

Takahiro Ogihara
Personal information
Full name	Takahiro Ogihara
Date of birth	5 October 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Sakai, Osaka, Japan
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Cerezo Osaka
Number	2
Youth career
2001–2003	Sakai Kita FC
2004–2009	Cerezo Osaka
Senior career*
Years	Team
2010–	Cerezo Osaka
International career‡
2011–	Japan U23
2013–	Japan
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 January 2015; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 July 2013

Takahiro Ogihara (扇原貴宏, Ōgihara Takahiro, born 5 October 1991) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Cerezo Osaka in the J. League Division 1.

Career

Ogihara debuted for Cerezo Osaka in the 2-1 loss to Kashima Antlers on 27 August 2011.

Ogihara debuted for the Japan U-23s during the Qualification process for the 2012 London Olympics, with his first game in a 2-0 win over Malaysia.^[1]

As of 1 January 2015

Club	Season	League		Cup^{[Note 1]}		League Cup^{[Note 2]}		Continental^{[Note 3]}		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Cerezo Osaka	2010	0	0	0	0	0	0	-		0	0
	2011	10	4	3	0	1	0	3	0	17	4
	2012	29	2	2	0	3	1	-		34	3
	2013	32	2	3	0	8	0	-		43	2
	2014	31	0	4	0	0	0	7	0	42	0
	2015	28	2	1	0	-		-		29	2
	Total	130	10	13	0	12	1	10	0	165	11