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Shogo Taniguchi

谷口彰悟

JapanAge34Centre-Back

Market Value€750k

Sint-Truidense VV· Jupiler Pro League

Played

Goals

Assists

Yellow Cards

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90min blocks

Position

Defender - Centre-Back

Main Position

Centre-Back

Date of Birth

1991-07-15(34)

Height

1,85

Preferred Foot

right

Place of Birth

Kumamoto, Kumamoto

Citizenship

Japan

Contract & Agent

Joined

2024-07-19

Agent

Roberto Tukada

Market Value

€750k

Last Updated

2026-06-04

International

Japan

Honours

Japanese champion ×4East Asian Championship winnerJapanese cup winnerJapanese league cup winnerJapanese Super Cup winner ×2

Career Achievements

Taniguchi has won four Japanese league titles, one East Asian Championship, one Japanese cup, one Japanese league cup, and two Japanese Super Cups.

Biography

Shogo Taniguchi is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back. He has spent the majority of his career in Japan, notably with Kawasaki Frontale, where he won multiple domestic titles. In 2023, he moved to Belgium to play in the Jupiler Pro League.

Playing Style

Taniguchi is a composed and reliable defender known for his strong positional sense and ability to read the game. He is comfortable on the ball and can initiate attacks from the back with accurate passing. His aerial ability and physical presence make him effective in both defensive and offensive set pieces.

Market Value History

Season Stats (International Friendlies)

All seasons (82)

Season	Comp	Apps	G	A	YC	RC	Min
25/26	International Friendlies	6	0	0	0	0	412
25/26	Jupiler Pro League Champions' Play-Offs	8	0	0	1	0	707
25/26	Croky Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0
25/26	Jupiler Pro League	30	1	1	3	0	2248
24/25	Croky Cup	1	0	0	0	0	90
24/25	Jupiler Pro League Relegation Play-offs	1	0	0	0	0	2
24/25	Jupiler Pro League	13	1	0	1	1	949
23/24	World Cup qualification Asia	8	0	0	0	0	601
23/24	Qatar Cup	2	0	0	0	0	180
23/24	Qatar Stars League	22	1	0	2	0	1980
23/24	QSL Cup (Ooredoo)	3	0	0	0	0	270
23/24	Amir Cup	2	0	0	1	0	210
23/24	International Friendlies	4	0	0	0	0	185
22/23	Qatar Stars League	15	0	1	2	0	1350
22/23	Amir Cup	1	0	0	0	0	90
22/23	International Friendlies	2	1	0	0	0	180
21/22	International Friendlies	4	0	0	0	0	360
2025	East Asian Football Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023	AFC Asian Cup	2	0	0	0	0	135
2022	Emperor's Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022	Japanese Super Cup	1	0	0	0	0	90
2022	J. League Cup	2	0	0	0	0	180
2022	J1 League	33	3	3	3	1	2903
2022	World Cup	2	0	0	1	0	210
2022	East Asian Football Championship	2	0	0	0	0	135
2022	AFC Champions League (- 2024)	5	0	1	0	0	363
2021	Emperor's Cup	4	0	0	0	0	282
2021	Japanese Super Cup	1	0	0	0	0	90
2021	J. League Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	J1 League	30	0	2	1	0	2509
2021	AFC Champions League (- 2024)	6	0	1	0	0	323
2020	Emperor's Cup	2	0	0	0	0	180
2020	J. League Cup	4	0	0	0	0	360
2020	J1 League	30	3	1	1	1	2467
2019	Emperor's Cup	2	0	0	0	0	210
2019	Japanese Super Cup	1	0	0	1	0	90
2019	J. League Cup	5	0	0	0	1	456
2019	J1 League	30	0	0	3	0	2690
2019	East Asian Football Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	Copa América	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	AFC Champions League (- 2024)	6	1	0	1	0	477
2019	AFC Asian Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018	Emperor's Cup	3	1	0	0	0	300
2018	Japanese Super Cup	1	0	0	0	0	90
2018	J. League Cup	2	0	0	2	0	180
2018	J1 League	34	3	0	3	0	3060
2018	World Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018	AFC Champions League (- 2024)	4	0	0	0	0	360
2017	Emperor's Cup	1	0	0	0	0	90
2017	J. League Cup	4	0	0	0	0	315
2017	J1 League	34	7	1	3	0	3060
2017	East Asian Football Championship	1	0	0	0	0	90
2017	AFC Champions League (- 2024)	8	1	0	1	0	720
2016	J. League Championship ('93-'95,'97-'04,'15-'16)	1	0	0	0	0	90
2016	J1 League - Second Stage ('93-'95,'97-'04,'15-'16)	17	1	0	1	0	1519
2016	J1 League - First Stage ('93-'95,'97-'04,'15-'16)	17	0	1	0	0	1363
2016	Emperor's Cup	5	1	0	0	0	510
2016	J. League Cup	6	2	0	0	0	465
2015	J1 League - Second Stage ('93-'95,'97-'04,'15-'16)	17	1	1	0	0	1530
2015	J1 League - First Stage ('93-'95,'97-'04,'15-'16)	17	1	2	0	0	1530
2015	Emperor's Cup	3	0	0	0	0	270
2015	J. League Cup	6	0	0	0	0	540
2015	East Asian Football Championship	1	0	0	0	0	90
2014	Emperor's Cup	1	0	0	0	0	14
2014	J. League Cup	4	0	0	0	0	360
2014	J1 League	30	1	2	1	0	2687
2014	AFC Champions League (- 2024)	5	0	0	1	0	450
2013	Emperor's Cup	1	0	0	0	0	90
2013	J. League Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0
2013	J1 League	0	0	0	0	0	0
2012	Emperor's Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	Emperor's Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0
20/21	International Friendlies	1	0	1	0	0	90
19/20	World Cup qualification Asia	4	0	0	0	0	286
19/20	International Friendlies	0	0	0	0	0	0
18/19	International Friendlies	0	0	0	0	0	0
17/18	International Friendlies	0	0	0	0	0	0
16/17	World Cup qualification Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
16/17	International Friendlies	0	0	0	0	0	0
15/16	International Friendlies	0	0	0	0	0	0
14/15	World Cup qualification Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
14/15	International Friendlies	1	0	0	0	0	14

National Team Matches (147)

Date	Opponent	H/A	Result	Competition	Min	G	A	YC
2026-05-31	Iceland	🏠	1:0	International Friendlies	7	0	0	0
2026-03-31	Japan	✈	0:1	International Friendlies	90	0	0	0
2026-03-28	Japan	✈	0:1	International Friendlies	45	0	0	0
2025-11-18	Bolivia	🏠	3:0	International Friendlies	90	0	0	0
2025-11-14	Ghana	🏠	2:0	International Friendlies	90	0	0	0
2025-10-14	Brazil	🏠	3:2	International Friendlies	90	0	0	0
2025-10-10	Paraguay	🏠	2:2	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2025-09-09	Japan	✈	2:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2025-09-07	Japan	✈	0:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2025-07-15	Japan	✈	0:1	East Asian Football Championship	-	0	0	0
2025-07-12	Japan	-	0:0	East Asian Football Championship	-	0	0	0
2025-07-08	Japan	-	1:1	East Asian Football Championship	-	0	0	0
2025-06-10	Indonesia	🏠	6:0	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2025-06-05	Japan	✈	1:0	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2025-03-25	Saudi Arabia	🏠	0:0	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2025-03-20	Bahrain	🏠	2:0	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2024-11-19	Japan	✈	1:3	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2024-11-15	Japan	✈	0:4	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2024-10-15	Australia	🏠	1:1	World Cup qualification Asia	90	0	0	0
2024-10-10	Japan	✈	0:2	World Cup qualification Asia	90	0	0	0
2024-09-10	Japan	✈	0:5	World Cup qualification Asia	90	0	0	0
2024-09-05	China	🏠	7:0	World Cup qualification Asia	90	0	0	0
2024-06-11	Syria	🏠	5:0	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2024-06-06	Japan	✈	0:5	World Cup qualification Asia	90	0	0	0
2024-03-26	Japan	✈	0:3	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2024-03-21	North Korea	🏠	1:0	World Cup qualification Asia	16	0	0	0
2024-02-03	Japan	✈	2:1	AFC Asian Cup	-	0	0	0
2024-01-31	Japan	✈	1:3	AFC Asian Cup	-	0	0	0
2024-01-24	Japan	✈	1:3	AFC Asian Cup	-	0	0	0
2024-01-19	Japan	✈	2:1	AFC Asian Cup	45	0	0	0
2024-01-14	Japan	✈	2:4	AFC Asian Cup	90	0	0	0
2024-01-01	Thailand	🏠	5:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2023-11-21	Japan	✈	0:5	World Cup qualification Asia	90	0	0	0
2023-11-16	Myanmar	🏠	5:0	World Cup qualification Asia	45	0	0	0
2023-10-17	Tunisia	🏠	2:0	International Friendlies	18	0	0	0
2023-10-13	Canada	🏠	4:1	International Friendlies	45	0	0	0
2023-09-12	Japan	✈	2:4	International Friendlies	90	0	0	0
2023-09-09	Japan	✈	1:4	International Friendlies	32	0	0	0
2023-06-20	Peru	🏠	4:1	International Friendlies	90	0	0	0
2023-06-15	El Salvador	🏠	6:0	International Friendlies	90	1	0	0
2023-03-28	Colombia	🏠	1:2	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2023-03-24	Uruguay	🏠	1:1	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2022-12-05	Japan	✈	4:2	World Cup	120	0	0	0
2022-12-01	Japan	✈	1:2	World Cup	90	0	0	1
2022-11-27	Japan	✈	1:0	World Cup	-	0	0	0
2022-11-23	Japan	✈	1:2	World Cup	-	0	0	0
2022-11-17	Japan	✈	2:1	International Friendlies	90	0	0	0
2022-09-27	Japan	✈	0:0	International Friendlies	90	0	0	0
2022-09-23	Japan	✈	0:2	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2022-07-27	South Korea	🏠	3:0	East Asian Football Championship	90	0	0	0
2022-07-24	China	🏠	0:0	East Asian Football Championship	-	0	0	0
2022-07-19	Hong Kong	🏠	6:0	East Asian Football Championship	45	0	0	0
2022-06-14	Tunisia	🏠	0:3	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2022-06-10	Ghana	🏠	4:1	International Friendlies	90	0	0	0
2022-06-06	Brazil	🏠	0:1	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2022-06-02	Paraguay	🏠	4:1	International Friendlies	90	0	0	0
2022-03-29	Vietnam	🏠	1:1	World Cup qualification Asia	90	0	0	0
2022-03-24	Japan	✈	0:2	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2022-02-01	Saudi Arabia	🏠	2:0	World Cup qualification Asia	90	0	0	0
2022-01-27	China	🏠	2:0	World Cup qualification Asia	90	0	0	0
2021-11-16	Japan	✈	0:1	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2021-11-11	Japan	✈	0:1	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2021-10-12	Australia	🏠	2:1	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2021-10-07	Japan	✈	1:0	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2021-09-07	Japan	✈	0:1	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2021-09-02	Oman	🏠	0:1	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2021-06-15	Kyrgyzstan	🏠	5:1	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2021-06-11	Serbia	🏠	1:0	International Friendlies	90	0	1	0
2021-06-07	Tajikistan	🏠	4:1	World Cup qualification Asia	16	0	0	0
2021-05-28	Myanmar	🏠	10:0	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2021-03-30	Mongolia	🏠	14:0	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2021-03-25	South Korea	🏠	3:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2020-11-17	Japan	✈	2:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2020-11-13	Japan	✈	0:1	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2020-10-13	Japan	✈	0:1	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2020-10-09	Japan	✈	0:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2019-12-18	Japan	✈	1:0	East Asian Football Championship	-	0	0	0
2019-12-14	Japan	✈	0:5	East Asian Football Championship	-	0	0	0
2019-12-10	Japan	✈	1:2	East Asian Football Championship	-	0	0	0
2019-11-19	Venezuela	🏠	1:4	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2019-11-14	Japan	✈	0:2	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2019-10-15	Japan	✈	0:3	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2019-10-10	Mongolia	🏠	6:0	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2019-09-10	Japan	✈	0:2	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2019-09-05	Paraguay	🏠	2:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2019-06-24	Japan	✈	1:1	Copa América	-	0	0	0
2019-06-20	Japan	✈	2:2	Copa América	-	0	0	0
2019-06-17	Japan	✈	4:0	Copa América	-	0	0	0
2019-06-09	El Salvador	🏠	2:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2019-06-05	Trinidad and Tobago	🏠	0:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2019-03-26	Bolivia	🏠	1:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2019-03-22	Colombia	🏠	0:1	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2019-02-01	Japan	✈	3:1	AFC Asian Cup	-	0	0	0
2019-01-28	Japan	✈	0:3	AFC Asian Cup	-	0	0	0
2019-01-24	Japan	✈	0:1	AFC Asian Cup	-	0	0	0
2019-01-21	Japan	✈	0:1	AFC Asian Cup	-	0	0	0
2019-01-17	Japan	✈	1:2	AFC Asian Cup	-	0	0	0
2019-01-13	Japan	✈	0:1	AFC Asian Cup	-	0	0	0
2019-01-09	Japan	✈	2:3	AFC Asian Cup	-	0	0	0
2018-11-20	Kyrgyzstan	🏠	4:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2018-11-16	Venezuela	🏠	1:1	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2018-10-16	Uruguay	🏠	4:3	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2018-10-12	Panama	🏠	3:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2018-09-11	Costa Rica	🏠	3:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2018-07-02	Japan	✈	3:2	World Cup	-	0	0	0
2018-06-28	Japan	✈	1:0	World Cup	-	0	0	0
2018-06-24	Japan	✈	2:2	World Cup	-	0	0	0
2018-06-19	Japan	✈	1:2	World Cup	-	0	0	0
2018-06-12	Japan	✈	2:4	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2018-06-08	Japan	✈	2:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2018-05-30	Ghana	🏠	0:2	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2018-03-27	Japan	✈	2:1	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2018-03-23	Japan	✈	1:1	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2017-12-16	South Korea	🏠	1:4	East Asian Football Championship	-	0	0	0
2017-12-12	China	🏠	2:1	East Asian Football Championship	-	0	0	0
2017-12-09	North Korea	🏠	1:0	East Asian Football Championship	90	0	0	0
2017-11-14	Japan	✈	1:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2017-11-10	Japan	✈	3:1	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2017-10-10	Haiti	🏠	3:3	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2017-10-06	New Zealand	🏠	2:1	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2017-09-05	Japan	✈	1:0	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2017-08-31	Australia	🏠	2:0	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2017-06-13	Japan	✈	1:1	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2017-06-07	Syria	🏠	1:1	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2017-03-28	Thailand	🏠	4:0	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2017-03-23	Japan	✈	0:2	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2016-11-15	Saudi Arabia	🏠	2:1	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2016-11-10	Oman	🏠	4:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2016-10-11	Japan	✈	1:1	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2016-10-06	Iraq	🏠	2:1	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2016-09-06	Japan	✈	0:2	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2016-09-01	United Arab Emirates	🏠	1:2	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2016-06-07	Bosnia-Herzegovina	🏠	1:2	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2016-06-03	Bulgaria	🏠	7:2	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2016-03-29	Syria	🏠	5:0	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2016-03-24	Afghanistan	🏠	5:0	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2015-11-17	Japan	✈	0:2	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2015-11-12	Japan	✈	0:3	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2015-10-13	Japan	✈	1:1	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2015-10-08	Japan	✈	0:3	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2015-09-08	Japan	✈	0:6	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2015-09-03	Cambodia	🏠	3:0	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2015-08-09	Japan	✈	1:1	East Asian Football Championship	-	0	0	0
2015-08-05	Japan	✈	1:1	East Asian Football Championship	-	0	0	0
2015-08-02	Japan	✈	2:1	East Asian Football Championship	90	0	0	0
2015-06-16	Singapore	🏠	0:0	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2015-06-11	Iraq	🏠	4:0	International Friendlies	14	0	0	0