Takahiro Ogihara
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Takahiro Ogihara is a Japanese
Japanese
Japanese refers to anything that originates in Japan, an island country in East Asia. Used as a noun, it may also refer to:* Foreign-born Japanese, naturalized citizens of Japan...

 association footballer currently playing for Cerezo Osaka
Cerezo Osaka
is a J. League Division 1 association football team. The team name Cerezo means cherry tree in Spanish, which is also the flower of Ōsaka city....

 in the J. League Division 1. He plays as a Defender
Defender
Defender usually refers to a position in association football .Defender or The Defender may also refer to:-Film and television:* The Defender or The Bodyguard from Beijing, a film starring Jet Li...

. Ogihara has also represented to Japan U-23 side at International Level.

Career

Ogihara made his debut for Cerezo Osaka
Cerezo Osaka
is a J. League Division 1 association football team. The team name Cerezo means cherry tree in Spanish, which is also the flower of Ōsaka city....

 in the 2-1 loss to Kashima Antlers
Kashima Antlers
are a Japanese professional association football club playing in the J. League Division 1. Antlers is derived from the city name, Kashima, which literally means "deer island"....

 on the 27 August, 2011.

International Career

Ogihara made his debut for the Japan U-23s during the Qualification process for the 2012 London Olympics
Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers Preliminary Round 3
This page provides the summaries of the matches of the group stage of the Asian football qualifiers for 2012 Olympics. The group stage draw is scheduled for July 7 at AFC House....

, with his first game in a 2-0 win over Malaysia
Malaysia national under-23 football team
Malaysia national under-23 football team represents Malaysia in international football competitions in Olympic Games, Asian Games and SEA Games, as well as any other under-23 international football tournaments...

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