Ritsu Dōan (堂安 律, Dōan Ritsu, born 16 June 1998) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Bundesliga club SC Freiburg and the Japan national team.[2]
![]() Dōan with Japan at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup | |||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Ritsu Dōan[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1998-06-16) 16 June 1998 (age 24) | ||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Winger | ||||||||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||||||||
Current team | SC Freiburg | ||||||||||||||||||
Number | 42 | ||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||
2011–2015 | Gamba Osaka | ||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||
2015–2018 | Gamba Osaka | 15 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | → Groningen (loan) | 29 | (9) | ||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Groningen | 34 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||
2019–2022 | PSV | 43 | (10) | ||||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | → Arminia Bielefeld (loan) | 34 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||
2022– | SC Freiburg | 6 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||||||||
2014 | Japan U16 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||
2016 | Japan U19 | 19 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||
2017 | Japan U20 | 5 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||
2019–2021 | Japan U23 | 11 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||
2018– | Japan | 29 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 September 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2022 (UTC) |
Coming through the youth system, Dōan joined J1 League club Gamba Osaka in 2015.[citation needed] On 27 May, he debuted against FC Seoul in the 2015 AFC Champions League.[citation needed] In 2016, he mainly played for their Gamba Osaka's newly-established reserve team Gamba Osaka U-23 in the J3 League.[3]
In June 2017, Dōan moved to Eredivisie club FC Groningen on loan with an option to purchase on a three-year contract.[citation needed] The option was exercised on 23 April 2018, and Dōan transferred to Groningen on a permanent basis on 1 July 2018.[4]
On 15 April 2018, against Roda, Dōan scored his eighth goal of the season, equaling the total of goals Arjen Robben scored as a teenager for Groningen.[5]
Dōan joined PSV Eindhoven on a five-year contract in 2019.[6]
In September 2020, he moved on loan to Bundesliga side Arminia Bielefeld for the 2020–21 season.[6] Dōan made his debut in the opening game of the season, a 1–1 draw against Eintracht Frankfurt.[citation needed] Dōan scored his first goal for Bielefeld in a 4–1 home defeat against Bayern Munich.[citation needed]
On 5 July 2022, SC Freiburg announced that they had signed Dōan ahead of the 2022-23 Bundesliga season.[7]
In May 2017, Dōan was elected Japan national under-20 team for the 2017 U-20 World Cup. At this tournament, he played full-time in all four matches and scored three goals.[8]
On 30 August 2018, Dōan received his first international call-up from the Japan national team for the Kirin Challenge Cup 2018.[9] He started his debut appearance in a friendly match against Costa Rica on 11 September 2018, and scored his debut goal in a friendly match against Uruguay on 16 October 2018.[citation needed]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Gamba Osaka | 2015 | J1 League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 4 | 0 |
2016 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
2017 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | — | 16 | 4 | |||
Total | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | ||
Groningen (loan) | 2017–18 | Eredivisie | 29 | 9 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 31 | 10 | |||
Groningen | 2018–19 | Eredivisie | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 33 | 5 | ||
2019–20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | |||||
Total | 32 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 6 | ||
PSV Eindhoven | 2019–20 | Eredivisie | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | |
2021–22 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 2 | — | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 11 | |||
Total | 43 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 13 | ||
Arminia Bielefeld (loan) | 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 34 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 35 | 5 | |||
SC Freiburg | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 5[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | |
Career total | 168 | 35 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 213 | 42 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Japan | 2018 | 5 | 1 |
2019 | 13 | 2 | |
2020 | 2 | 0 | |
2021 | 1 | 0 | |
2022 | 8 | 0 | |
Total | 29 | 3 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 16 October 2018 | Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan | ![]() | 3–2 | 4–3 | 2018 Kirin Challenge Cup |
2. | 9 January 2019 | Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | ![]() | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup |
3. | 24 January 2019 | Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup |
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