Ritsu Dōan

Ritsu Dōan (堂安 律, Dōan Ritsu, born 16 June 1998) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a right winger or an attacking midfielder for Bundesliga club SC Freiburg and the Japan national team.[2]

Ritsu Dōan
Dōan with Japan at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup
Personal information
Full name Ritsu Dōan[1]
Date of birth (1998-06-16) 16 June 1998
Place of birth Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Right winger, attacking midfielder
Team 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 36 (5)
International career‡
2014 Japan U16 4 (1)
2016 Japan U19 19 (5)
2017 Japan U20 5 (3)
2019–2021 Japan U23 11 (6)
2018– Japan 39 (6)
Medal record
Representing  Japan
AFC Asian Cup
Silver medal – second place2019 United Arab Emirates
AFC U-19 Championship
Gold medal – first place2016 Bahrain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 September 2023

Club career

Gamba Osaka

Coming through the youth system, Dōan joined J1 League club Gamba Osaka in 2015. On 27 May, he debuted against FC Seoul in the 2015 AFC Champions League. In 2016, he mainly played for their Gamba Osaka's newly-established reserve team Gamba Osaka U-23 in the J3 League.[3]

Groningen

In June 2017, Dōan moved to Eredivisie club FC Groningen on loan with an option to purchase on a three-year contract. 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]

PSV Eindhoven

Dōan joined PSV Eindhoven on a five-year contract in 2019.[6]

Loan to Arminia Bielefeld

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. Dōan scored his first goal for Bielefeld in a 4–1 home defeat against Bayern Munich.

SC Freiburg

On 5 July 2022, SC Freiburg announced that they had signed Dōan ahead of the 2022–23 season.[7]

International career

Youth

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]

Senior

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.

He was called-up by Hajime Moriyasu to represent Japan in the 2022 FIFA World Cup. He featured in Japan's first match of the competition against Germany on 23 November 2022, being subbed on in the second half while Japan was 1–0 down. Dōan scored the equalizer four minutes after coming on as his side later went on to win the game 2–1.[10] In an almost identical turn of events, he was subbed on in the second half of Japan's final group stage match against Spain on 1 December 2022 while Japan was 1–0 down, and scored the equalizer two minutes after coming on as his side later went on to win 2–1. The win ultimately qualified Japan for the tournament's knockout stages as group winners.[11]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 13 August 2023[12][2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Gamba Osaka 2015 J1 League 200010001[lower-alpha 2]040
2016 J1 League 3010001[lower-alpha 3]00050
2017 J1 League 10300006[lower-alpha 3]1—164
Total 15310107110254
Groningen (loan) 2017–18 Eredivisie 29921———3110
Groningen 2018–19 Eredivisie 30510——2[lower-alpha 4]0335
2019–20 Eredivisie 21————21
Total 32610000020356
PSV Eindhoven 2019–20 Eredivisie 19220—4[lower-alpha 5]0—252
2021–22 Eredivisie 24852—10[lower-alpha 6]1—3911
Total 43107200141006413
Arminia Bielefeld (loan) 2020–21 Bundesliga 34510———355
SC Freiburg 2022–23 Bundesliga 33551—7[lower-alpha 5]1—457
2023–24 Bundesliga 0010—00—10
Total 33561007100467
Career total 18638184102833023745
  1. Includes Emperor's Cup, KNVB Cup, DFB-Pokal
  2. Appearance in J1 League championship stage
  3. Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League
  4. Appearances in Eredivisie European play-offs
  5. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. Four appearances in UEFA Europa League, six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa Conference League

International
As of match played 20 June 2023[13]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Japan 201851
2019132
202020
202110
2022122
202341
Total376
Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dōan goal.[13]
List of international goals scored by Ritsu Dōan
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.16 October 2018Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan Uruguay3–24–32018 Kirin Challenge Cup
2.9 January 2019Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Turkmenistan3–13–22019 AFC Asian Cup
3.24 January 2019Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Vietnam1–01–02019 AFC Asian Cup
4.23 November 2022Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar Germany1–12–12022 FIFA World Cup
5.1 December 2022Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar Spain1–12–12022 FIFA World Cup
6.15 June 2023Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Japan El Salvador4–06–02023 Kirin Challenge Cup

Honours

PSV

Japan U-19

Japan

Individual

References
  1. "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Japan (JPN)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 16. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. "R. Doan". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  3. Ritsu Dōan at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
  4. "FC Groningen licht optie en contracteert Ritsu Doan – FC Groningen" (in Dutch). 23 April 2018.
  5. "Roda terug op aarde na bevrijdende zege FC Groningen". www.vi.nl (in Dutch).
  6. "Football: Japan winger Ritsu Dōan joins Bielefeld on loan from PSV". Kyodo News. 5 September 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  7. "FREIBURG SIGN RITSU DOAN". scfreiburg.com. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  8. Ritsu Dōan – FIFA competition record (archived)
  9. "SAMURAI BLUE (Japan National Team) Squad, Schedule - KIRIN CHALLENGE CUP 2018【9/7＠Hokkaido vs Chile】【9/11＠Osaka vs Costa Rica】". jfa.jp. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  10. "World Cup 2022 - Germany 1-2 Japan: Late Ritsu Doan and Takuma Asano goals earn shock victory". 23 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  11. "World Cup 2022 - Japan 2-1 Spain: Ao Tanaka's controversial goal stuns Luis Enrique's side but both sides advance". 1 December 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  12. "Ritsu Doan » Club matches". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  13. "Ritsu Doan". National Football Teams.
  14. "PSV verrast Ajax met twee goals vlak na rust en wint KNVB-beker". NOS. 17 April 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  15. Japan Pro-Footballers Association awards
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