Genki Haraguchi

Genki Haraguchi
	Haraguchi with Japan in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth	9 May 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth	Kumagaya, Saitama, Japan
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team	VfB Stuttgart
Number	17
Youth career
	Kōnan Minami SS
2004–2009	Urawa Red Diamonds
Senior career*
Years	Team
2008–2014	Urawa Red Diamonds
2014–2018	Hertha BSC
2018	→ Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan)
2018–2021	Hannover 96
2021–2023	Union Berlin
2023–	VfB Stuttgart
National team‡
2008	Japan U19
2011	Japan U22
2012	Japan U23
2011–	Japan
Honours
Representing Japan
AFC Asian Cup
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 August 2023; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 September 2022

Genki Haraguchi (原口元気, Haraguchi Genki, born May 9, 1991) is a Japanese football player. He plays for the Japan national team.

Biography

Haraguchi was born in Kumagaya on May 9, 1991. He joined J1 League club Urawa Reds from their youth team in 2008. He played many matches from 2009. He played 167 matches and scored 33 goals until 2014. In June 2014, he moved to German Bundesliga club Hertha. He played many matches until the 2016/17 season. However he lost his position in the 2017/18 season. In January 2018, he moved to 2. Bundesliga club Fortuna Düsseldorf. In June 2018, he moved to Bundesliga club Hannover. The club was relegated to 2. Bundesliga end of the 2018/19 season.

On October 7, 2011, Haraguchi debuted for the Japan national team against Vietnam. He played many matches as left midfielder under manager Vahid Halilhodžić from summer 2015. In 2018, he was selected Japan under manager Akira Nishino for 2018 World Cup. He played 3 matches as right midfielder and scored a goal against Belgium at the round of 16 match. He also participated 2019 Asian Cup. He played all 7 matches and scored 2 goals, Japan won the 2nd place.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 25 February 2023^[3]^[4]

International

As of match played 23 September 2022^[5]

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Haraguchi goal.

List of international goals scored by Genki Haraguchi
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	11 June 2015	Nissan Stadium, Yokohama, Japan	Iraq	4–0	4–0	Friendly
2	29 March 2016	Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan	Syria	5–0	5–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	6 September 2016	Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Thailand	1–0	2–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	6 October 2016	Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan	Iraq	1–0	2–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
5	11 October 2016	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne, Australia	Australia	1–0	1–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
6	15 November 2016	Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan	Saudi Arabia	2–0	2–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
7	2 July 2018	Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don, Russia	Belgium	1–0	2–3	2018 FIFA World Cup
8	20 November 2018	Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Japan	Kyrgyzstan	2–0	4–0	2018 Kirin Challenge Cup
9	13 January 2019	Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Oman	1–0	1–0	2019 AFC Asian Cup
10	28 January 2019	Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates	Iran	3–0	3–0	2019 AFC Asian Cup
11	14 November 2019	Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan	2–0	2–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification