Keigo Higashi

Keigo Higashi
	Higashi playing for Omiya Ardija
Personal information
Full name	Keigo Higashi
Date of birth	July 20, 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	FC Tokyo
Number	10
Youth career
2006–2008	Oita Trinita
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–2010	Oita Trinita
2011–2012	Omiya Ardija
2013–	FC Tokyo
National team
2012	Japan U-23
Honours
Representing Japan
Asian Games
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of the 2020 season

Keigo Higashi (東慶悟, Higashi Keigo, born July 20, 1990) is a Japanese football player.

Biography

Higashi was born in Kitakyushu on July 20, 1990. He joined J1 League club Oita Trinita from their youth team in 2009. He played many matches as offensive midfielder from first season. However Oita was relegated to J2 League end of the 2009 season. In 2011, he moved to Omiya Ardija and played in 2 seasons. In 2013, he moved to FC Tokyo.

In July 2012, Higashi was selected to the Japan U-23 national team for 2012 Summer Olympics. At this tournament, he wore the number 10 shirt for Japan and played all 6 matches. The team finished 4th place.

Club statistics

Updated to 5 November 2022.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Club	Season	League		Cup¹		League Cup²		Asia³		Other⁴		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Oita Trinita	2009	23	2	2	1	3	0	-		1	1	29	4
Oita Trinita	2010	29	6	2	1	-		-		-		31	7
Omiya Ardija	2011	27	8	1	0	1	0	-		-		29	8
Omiya Ardija	2012	26	1	3	2	3	0	-		-		32	3
FC Tokyo	2013	32	2	5	0	6	1	-		-		43	3
	2014	23	1	0	0	5	0	-		-		28	1
	2015	21	2	8	1	0	0	-		-		29	3
	2016	28	2	1	0	4	1	7	1	-		29	3
	2017	30	1	0	0	4	0	-		-		34	1
	2018	34	4	3	1	2	0	-		-		39	5
	2019	34	1	0	0	5	0	-		-		39	1
	2020	7	0	-		1	0	6	0	-		14	0
	2021	35	0	1	0	9	1	-		-		45	1
	2022	24	0	2	0	5	0	-		-		31	0
Career total		374	30	30	6	48	3	13	1	1	1	465	40

¹Includes Emperor's Cup.

²Includes J. League Cup.

³Includes AFC Champions League.

³Includes Suruga Bank Championship.

National team statistics

As of 23 June 2011

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Japan U23
	2010	6	1
	2011	6	1
	Total	12	2

International appearances and goals
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Goal	Competition
2010
	8 November	Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou	China U21	3–0	0	2010 Asian Games / Japan U21
	10 November	Huadu Stadium, Guangzhou	Malaysia U23	2–0	0	2010 Asian Games / Japan U21
	16 November	Huangpu Sports Center, Guangzhou	India U21	5–0	0	2010 Asian Games / Japan U21
	19 November	Huangpu Sports Center, Guangzhou	Thailand U23	1–0	1	2010 Asian Games / Japan U21
	23 November	Yuexiushan Stadium, Guangzhou	Iran U23	2–1	0	2010 Asian Games / Japan U21
	25 November	Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou	United Arab Emirates U23	1–0	0	2010 Asian Games / Japan U21
2011
	9 February	Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Hawalli	Kuwait	0–3	0	Friendly^[5] / Japan U22
	26 March	Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent	Uzbekistan U22	0–1	0	Friendly^[6] / Japan U22
	29 March	JAR Stadium, Tashkent	Uzbekistan U22	2–1	1	Friendly^[7] / Japan U22
	1 June	Niigata Stadium, Niigata	Australia U22	3–1	0	Friendly^[8] / Japan U22
	19 June	Toyota Stadium, Toyota	Kuwait U22	3–1	0	2012 Summer Olympics qualification / Japan U22
	23 June	Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Hawalli	Kuwait U22	1–2	0	2012 Summer Olympics qualification / Japan U22