Makoto Hasebe

Urawa Red Diamonds

After graduating from Fujieda Higashi High School in 2002, he joined Urawa Red Diamonds. He became a regular of their first team in the 2003 season. He played mainly as defensive midfielder with Keita Suzuki. In 2004, he was honoured with the J.League Cup New Hero Award and selected as a member of J.League team of the year. He was also the Urawa Fans' Player of the Year that season. The Reds won the championship in the 2006 J1 League for the first time in the club history and the first Asian title of the 2007 AFC Champions League. It was reported in October 2007 that Italian Serie A side A.C. Siena was keen to sign Hasebe the following January.

VfL Wolfsburg

However, he signed for Bundesliga side Wolfsburg becoming the first Japanese player ever to play for the Wolves. In 2009, he became the second Japanese player to win the Bundesliga title. On 29 April 2010, it was announced that Hasebe extended his contract with Wolfsburg until 2012. On 17 September 2011, Hasebe played in goal for the final nine minutes of an away match against 1899 Hoffenheim. Wolfsburg lost the match 3–1, with Hasebe conceding Hoffenheim's third goal on 85 minutes. On 3 December 2011, he played his 100th Bundesliga match against 1. FSV Mainz 05.

1. FC Nürnberg

On 2 September 2013, Hasebe signed a three-year contract with 1. FC Nürnberg.

Eintracht Frankfurt

Hasebe moved to Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt for the 2014–15 season, where he was an…

Hasebe made his debut for the Japan senior national team under manager Zico on 11 February 2006, in a friendly match against the USA at AT&T Park in San Francisco. Although he played three matches under Zico, he was not selected for the 2006 World Cup. After 2006 World Cup, Hasebe was soon capped for Japan under new manager Ivica Osim. Although he played three matches under Osim in 2006, he could not play at all in 2007. Osim suffered a stroke in November 2007 and Takeshi Okada replaced him as manager in December. In May 2008, Hasebe played for Japan against Ivory Coast for the first time in one and a half a year. From that point onwards, he regularly featured in the squad as a defensive midfielder alongside Yasuhito Endō. Hasebe was the onfield captain at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, as Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi was the third-choice goalkeeper, and was captain at the 2011 AFC Asian Cup. He captained the team for three World Cup campaigns, until he announced his international retirement after Japan lost 3–2 against Belgium in the Round of 16 of 2018 FIFA World Cup. At the 2010 World Cup, Hasebe played all four matches and Japan qualified to the knockout stage. After the 2010 World Cup, Hasebe also served as a captain under new manager Alberto Zaccheroni. In 2011, Japan won the champions in 2011 Asian Cup. He played all six matches and scored a goal against Syria. From late 2013, Hasebe played as defensive midfielder with Hotaru Yamaguchi instead of Endo. In 2014, he played three…

Club

International

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hasebe goal.

Urawa Red Diamonds

AFC Champions League: 2007 J1 League: 2006 J1 League 2nd Stage: 2004 Emperor's Cup: 2005, 2006 J.League Cup: 2003 Japanese Super Cup: 2006 VfL Wolfsburg

Bundesliga: 2008–09 Eintracht Frankfurt

DFB-Pokal: 2017–18; runner-up: 2022–23 UEFA Europa League: 2021–22 UEFA Super Cup runner-up: 2022 Japan

AFC Asian Cup: 2011 Kirin Cup: 2008, 2009, 2011 Individual

J.League Best XI: 2004 J.League Cup New Hero Award: 2004 AFC Asian International Player of the Year: 2018 UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 2018–19 VDV Team of the Season: 2018–19 kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2018–19