Hiroki Abe

Kashima Antlers

Abe notched ten goals and seven assists in two and a half years at Kashima Antlers. He made his J1 League debut on 1 April 2017 in a 1–0 away win against Omiya Ardija, replacing Pedro Júnior in the 74th minute. Abe then made his AFC Champions League debut in the group stage on 12 April, replacing Yuma Suzuki in the 61st minute. Abe started his first J-League match on 22 April but was substituted after the first half as Kashima Antlers were 2–0 down. His next appearance for Antlers was on 21 June in the Emperor's Cup, where he played the full match, bagging his first two goals and an assist in a 5–0 win over FC Maruyasu Okazaki. On 29 July he scored his first league goal in a 3–0 win over Ventforet Kofu. Abe began the 2018 season with appearances in the AFC Champions League and J1 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 20 May 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 6 June, he scored his first goal of the season and got another assist in the second round of the Emperor's Cup. League matches on 18 and 22 July saw Abe score in each of them. 9 September added another assist, this time in the quarter-finals of the J.League Cup against Kawasaki Frontale. On 18 September, Abe started and scored in the second leg of the AFC…

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. He made his debut on 17 June 2019 in the game against Chile, as a 66th-minute substitute for Shoya Nakajima. He started the next match, a 2–2 draw against Uruguay and was substituted in the 67th minute for Ayase Ueda. In the final group match, Abe came on in the 82nd minute for Koji Miyoshi. Japan exited the competition being third place in their group with two points. 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.

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.

Hiroki Abe attended high school at Setouchi High School before starting his professional career.