Ritsu Dōan (堂安 律, Dōan Ritsu, born 16 June 1998) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Bundesliga club SC Freiburg and the Japan national team.[2]
.jpg) Dōan with Japan at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ritsu Dōan[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 June 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | SC Freiburg | ||
| Number | 42 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2010 | Nishinomiya SS | ||
| 2011–2015 | Gamba Osaka | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2018 | Gamba Osaka | 15 | (3) |
| 2017–2018 | → Groningen (loan) | 29 | (9) |
| 2018–2019 | Groningen | 34 | (6) |
| 2019–2022 | PSV | 43 | (10) |
| 2020–2021 | → Arminia Bielefeld (loan) | 34 | (5) |
| 2022– | SC Freiburg | 71 | (15) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014 | Japan U16 | 4 | (1) |
| 2016 | Japan U19 | 19 | (5) |
| 2017 | Japan U20 | 5 | (3) |
| 2019–2021 | Japan U23 | 11 | (6) |
| 2018– | Japan | 54 | (10) |
Medal record | |||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2024 | |||
Club career
editGamba Osaka
editComing through the youth system, Dōan joined J1 League club Gamba Osaka in 2015.[citation needed] On 27 May, he debuted against FC Seoul in the 2015 AFC Champions League.[citation needed] In 2016, he mainly played for their Gamba Osaka's newly-established reserve team Gamba Osaka U-23 in the J3 League.[3]
Groningen
editIn June 2017, Dōan moved to Eredivisie club FC Groningen on loan with an option to purchase on a three-year contract.[citation needed] The option was exercised on 23 April 2018, and Dōan transferred to Groningen on a permanent basis on 1 July 2018.[4]
On 15 April 2018, against Roda, Dōan scored his eighth goal of the season, equaling the total of goals Arjen Robben scored as a teenager for Groningen.[5]
PSV Eindhoven
editDōan joined PSV Eindhoven on a five-year contract in 2019.[6]
Loan to Arminia Bielefeld
editIn September 2020, he moved on loan to Bundesliga side Arminia Bielefeld for the 2020–21 season.[6] Dōan made his debut in the opening game of the season, a 1–1 draw against Eintracht Frankfurt.[citation needed] Dōan scored his first goal for Bielefeld in a 4–1 home defeat against Bayern Munich.[citation needed]
SC Freiburg
editOn 5 July 2022, SC Freiburg announced that they had signed Dōan ahead of the 2022–23 season.[7] He scored his first goal for the club on 6 August, 2022 in a 4–0 win versus Augsburg.
International career
editYouth
editIn May 2017, Dōan was elected Japan national under-20 team for the 2017 U-20 World Cup. At this tournament, he played full-time in all four matches and scored three goals.[8]
Senior
editOn 30 August 2018, Dōan received his first international call-up from the Japan national team for the Kirin Challenge Cup 2018.[9] He started his debut appearance in a friendly match against Costa Rica on 11 September 2018, and scored his debut goal in a friendly match against Uruguay on 16 October 2018.[citation needed]
He was called-up by Hajime Moriyasu to represent Japan in the 2022 FIFA World Cup. He featured in Japan's first match of the competition against Germany on 23 November 2022, being subbed on in the second half while Japan was 1–0 down. Dōan scored the equalizer four minutes after coming on as his side later went on to win the game 2–1.[10] In an almost identical turn of events, he was subbed on in the second half of Japan's final group stage match against Spain on 1 December 2022 while Japan was 1–0 down, and scored the equalizer two minutes after coming on as his side later went on to win 2–1. The win ultimately qualified Japan for the tournament's knockout stages as group winners.[11]
Career statistics
editClub
edit| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Gamba Osaka | 2015 | J1 League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2016 | J1 League | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2017 | J1 League | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6[c] | 1 | — | 16 | 4 | ||
| Total | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | ||
| Groningen (loan) | 2017–18 | Eredivisie | 29 | 9 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 31 | 10 | |||
| Groningen | 2018–19 | Eredivisie | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2[d] | 0 | 33 | 5 | ||
| 2019–20 | Eredivisie | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 32 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 6 | ||
| PSV Eindhoven | 2019–20 | Eredivisie | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 4[e] | 0 | — | 25 | 2 | ||
| 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 24 | 8 | 5 | 2 | — | 10[f] | 1 | — | 39 | 11 | |||
| Total | 43 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 13 | ||
| Arminia Bielefeld (loan) | 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 34 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 35 | 5 | |||
| SC Freiburg | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 33 | 5 | 5 | 1 | — | 7[e] | 1 | — | 45 | 7 | ||
| 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 30 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | 10[e] | 2 | — | 42 | 9 | |||
| 2024–25 | Bundesliga | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 71 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 19 | ||
| Career total | 224 | 48 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 287 | 57 | ||
- ^ Includes Emperor's Cup, KNVB Cup, DFB-Pokal
- ^ Appearance in J1 League championship stage
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League
- ^ Appearances in Eredivisie European play-offs
- ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Four appearances in UEFA Europa League, six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa Conference League
International
edit- As of match played 15 October 2024[13]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 2018 | 5 | 1 |
| 2019 | 13 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 12 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 8 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 13 | 3 | |
| Total | 54 | 10 | |
- Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dōan goal.[13]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 16 October 2018 | Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan |  Uruguay |
3–2 | 4–3 | 2018 Kirin Challenge Cup |
| 2. | 9 January 2019 | Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |  Turkmenistan |
3–1 | 3–2 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup |
| 3. | 24 January 2019 | Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates |  Vietnam |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup |
| 4. | 23 November 2022 | Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar |  Germany |
1–1 | 2–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup |
| 5. | 1 December 2022 | Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar |  Spain |
1–1 | 2–1 | |
| 6. | 15 June 2023 | Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Japan |  El Salvador |
4–0 | 6–0 | 2023 Kirin Challenge Cup |
| 7. | 16 November 2023 | Suita City Football Stadium, Suita, Japan |  Myanmar |
5–0 | 5–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 8. | 31 January 2024 | Al Thumama Stadium, Doha, Qatar |  Bahrain |
1–0 | 3–1 | 2023 AFC Asian Cup |
| 9. | 6 June 2024 | Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar | Myanmar |
2–0 | 5–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 10. | 11 June 2024 | Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan |  Syria |
2–0 | 5–0 |
Honours
editPSV
Japan U-19
Japan
- AFC Asian Cup runner-up: 2019
Individual
- Asian Young Footballer of the Year: 2016
- AFC U-19 Championship MVP: 2016
- Eredivisie Team of the Month: May 2022[15]
- Japan Pro-Footballers Association awards Best XI: 2022[16]
References
edit- ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Japan (JPN)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 16. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 November 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ a b "R. Doan". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ^ Ritsu Dōan at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- ^ "FC Groningen licht optie en contracteert Ritsu Doan – FC Groningen" (in Dutch). 23 April 2018. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ "Roda terug op aarde na bevrijdende zege FC Groningen". www.vi.nl (in Dutch). 15 April 2018. Archived from the original on 16 June 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Football: Japan winger Ritsu Dōan joins Bielefeld on loan from PSV". Kyodo News. 5 September 2020. Archived from the original on 7 February 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- ^ "FREIBURG SIGN RITSU DOAN". scfreiburg.com. 5 July 2022. Archived from the original on 16 June 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ Ritsu Dōan – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ "SAMURAI BLUE (Japan National Team) Squad, Schedule - KIRIN CHALLENGE CUP 2018【9/7＠Hokkaido vs Chile】【9/11＠Osaka vs Costa Rica】". jfa.jp. 30 August 2018. Archived from the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ "World Cup 2022 - Germany 1-2 Japan: Late Ritsu Doan and Takuma Asano goals earn shock victory". 23 November 2022. Archived from the original on 16 June 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ "World Cup 2022 - Japan 2-1 Spain: Ao Tanaka's controversial goal stuns Luis Enrique's side but both sides advance". 1 December 2022. Archived from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ "Ritsu Doan » Club matches". WorldFootball.net. 24 January 2019. Archived from the original on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- ^ a b "Ritsu Doan". National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ^ "PSV verrast Ajax met twee goals vlak na rust en wint KNVB-beker". NOS. 17 April 2022. Archived from the original on 17 April 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ "Seven clubs provide players for Eredivisie team of the month (May)". eredivisie.eu. 20 May 2022. Archived from the original on 16 June 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ Japan Pro-Footballers Association awards
External links
edit
- Ritsu Dōan – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Ritsu Dōan at National-Football-Teams.com
- Ritsu Dōan at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Ritsu Dōan at Soccerway
- Ritsu Dōan at WorldFootball.net
