We would like to announce that Mitsuo Ogasawara will be retiring from professional soccer at the end of the 2018 season.
＜Player Profile＞
■Name: Mitsuo Ogasawara
■Born: April 5, 1979, Iwate Prefecture
■Position: MF
■Height/Weight: 173 cm, 72 kg
■Career: Morioka Ota Higashi Soccer Shonendan - Omiya Junior High School - Ofunato High School - Kashima Antlers (1998) - Messina (2006, Italy) - Kashima Antlers (2007)
■Kashima Antlers Official Match Record
J1 League: 525 games, 69 goals
League Cup: 63 games, 8 goals
Emperor's Cup: 59 games, 11 goals
J-League Championship: 7 games, 1 goal
FIFA Club World Cup: 4 games, 0 goals
AFC Champions League: 44 games, 3 goals
Asian Club Championship: 9 games, 2 goals
Asian Cup Winners' Cup: 2 games, 1 goal
A3 Mazda Champions Cup: 3 games, 1 goal
Xerox Super Cup: 6 games, 0 goals
Suruga Bank Championship: 3 games, 0 goals
■Titles Won
J.League Champion (1998, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2016): 7 times
League Cup Champion (2000, 2002, 2011, 2012, 2015): 5 times
Emperor's Cup Champion (2000, 2007, 2010, 2016): 4 times
AFC Champions League Champion (2018): 1 time
A3 Mazda Champions Cup (2003): 1 time
Suruga Bank Championship Champion (2012, 2013): 2 times
Xerox Super Cup Champion (1998, 1999, 2009, 2010, 2017): 5 times
■Individual Awards
2009: J.League MVP
2009: Footballer of the Year *
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009: J.League Best XI
2000, 2001: J.League Championship MVP
2002, 2015: J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup MVP
2000: Emperor's Cup MVP
*Awarded by the Sports Writers Club
■National Team Appearances
Japan National Team: 55 games, 7 goals
・Japan National Team (participated in 2002, 2006 FIFA World Cup)
・U-22, U-23 Japan National Team
・U-15 to U-20 Japan National Team
*U-20 Japan National Team (participated in 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship)
■Comment from Mitsuo Ogasawara
"I have decided to end my playing career with Kashima Antlers at the end of this season. I am grateful to everyone who has supported me, my teammates who I've worked hard with, the fans who cheered me on, and everyone involved with Kashima Antlers. I am truly happy and proud to have been able to play for such a wonderful team as Kashima Antlers and to retire as a soccer player with Kashima Antlers. Thank you very much!"