Tomoaki Makino

Tomoaki Makino
	Makino at the 2018 World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Tomoaki Makino
Date of birth	May 11, 1987 (age 35)
Place of birth	Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Urawa Reds
Youth career
2003–2005	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006–2010	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2011	Köln
2012–	Urawa Reds
National team
2007	Japan U-20
2010–2019	Japan
Honours
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Urawa Reds
Representing Japan
AFC Asian Cup
AFC U-20 Asian Cup
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of the 2020 season

Tomoaki Makino (槙野智章, Makino Tomoaki, born May 11, 1987) is a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography[change | change source]

Makino was born in Hiroshima on May 11, 1987. He joined J1 League club Sanfrecce Hiroshima from their youth team in 2006. He became a regular player as center back in summer 2007. However the club was relegated to J2 League end of the 2007 season. In 2008, Hiroshima won the champions and was returned to J1 in a year. End of the 2010 season, he moved to German Bundesliga club Köln. However he could not play many matches. In January 2012, he returned to Japan and joined Urawa Reds. Urawa won the 2nd place in the 2014 and 2016 J1 League. In 2017, Urawa won the champions in the 2017 AFC Champions League.

In July 2007, Makino was selected the Japan U-20 national team for 2007 U-20 World Cup. At this tournament, he played 3 matches as center back and scored a goal in the match against Czech Republic. In January 2010, he was selected the Japan national team for 2011 Asian Cup qualification. At this qualification, he debuted against Yemen on January 6. He was selected the Japan for 2018 World Cup. In 2019, he also played at 2019 Asian Cup which Japan won the 2nd place. He played 38 games and scored 4 goals for Japan until 2019.

Statistics[change | change source]

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Club statistics			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Asia		Total
2006	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	J1 League	1	0	0	0	1	0	-		2	0
2007		J1 League	18	1	5	0	4	0	-		27	1
2008		J2 League	41	7	4	1	-		-		45	8
2009		J1 League	33	8	2	0	2	0	-		37	8
2010		J1 League	34	4	1	1	4	1	-		39	6
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		Premiere Ligapokal		Europe		Total
2010/11	Köln	Bundesliga	5	0	0	0	-		-		5	0
2011/12	Köln	Bundesliga	3	0	0	0	-		-		3	0
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Asia		Total
2012	Urawa Reds	J1 League	33	6	3	0	4	0	-		40	6
2013			34	6	1	0	4	0	-		39	6
2014			31	4	1	0	7	2	-		39	6
2015			33	3	3	0	0	0	-		36	3
2016			29	3	0	0	1	0	-		30	3
2017			32	2	1	0	0	0	-		33	2
2018			32	4	4	1	4	0	-		40	5
2019			32	0	0	0	2	1	-		34	1
2020			26	2	-		0	0	-		26	2
2021
Country	Japan		409	50	21	2	33	4	50	5	513	61
Country	Germany		8	0	0	0	-		-		8	0
Total			417	50	21	2	33	4	50	5	521	61