Daigo Kobayashi
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Full name | Daigo Kobayashi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 19 February 1983 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Fuji, Shizuoka, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1998–2000 | Shimizu Commercial High School | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2005 | Tokyo Verdy | 104 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2008 | Omiya Ardija | 90 | (14) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | → Stabæk (loan) | 29 | (8) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | Iraklis | 14 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 29 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2013 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 30 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2017 | New England Revolution | 94 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | Las Vegas Lights | 32 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2019–2021 | Birmingham Legion | 41 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003 | Japan U-20 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2006 | Japan | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 November 2021 |
Daigo Kobayashi (小林 大悟, Kobayashi Daigo, born 19 February 1983) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Club career
He started up his professional career at Tokyo Verdy where he won the 2004 Emperor's Cup and the 2005 Japanese Super Cup.[1] In the same year, they were relegated from the J1 League, which marked his end in Tokyo. He signed for Omiya Ardija at the start of the 2006 season and quickly became their star player.[2]
The club's successes were limited and after the 2008 season, he was offered the chance to go on trial at the Norwegian club
During January 2013 he went on trial with
National team
He represented
He earned his first cap for Japan in a friendly match against Trinidad and Tobago on 9 August 2006, coming on as a 56th-minute substitute for Koji Yamase.[12][13]
Statistics
Club
Club | Season | League | Domestic Cup[a] | League Cup[b] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Tokyo Verdy | 2001 | J1 League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | ||
2002 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 1 | ||||
2003 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 0 | ||||
2004 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 4 | – | – | 39 | 4 | ||||
2005 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | – | 1[c] | 0 | 39 | 5 | |||
Total | 104 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 137 | 10 | ||
Omiya Ardija | 2006 | J1 League | 33 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 40 | 10 | ||
2007 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 28 | 3 | ||||
2008 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | – | – | 40 | 4 | ||||
Total | 90 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 17 | ||
Stabæk (loan) | 2009 | Tippeligaen
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29 | 8 | 4 | 3 | – | 6[d] | 1 | 1[e] | 1 | 40 | 13 | |
Iraklis | 2009–10 | Super League Greece | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 8 | 0 | |||
2010–11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 7 | 0 | |||||
Total | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
Shimizu S-Pulse | 2011 | J1 League | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 0 | ||
2012 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | – | – | 25 | 2 | ||||
Total | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 2 | ||
Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2013 | MLS | 30 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 32 | 3 | |||
New England Revolution | 2014 | MLS | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 3[f] | 0 | 39 | 0 | ||
2015 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1[f] | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||||
2016 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 28 | 1 | |||||
2017 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 13 | 1 | |||||
Total | 94 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 103 | 2 | ||
Las Vegas Lights | 2018 | USL
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32 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 34 | 4 | |||
Birmingham Legion | 2019 | USL Championship | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
Career total | 440 | 34 | 29 | 5 | 45 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 526 | 51 |
- ^ Includes the Emperor's Cup, Norwegian Football Cup, Greek Football Cup, Canadian Championship, and U.S. Open Cup
- ^ All appearances in the J.League Cup
- ^ Appearance in the Japanese Super Cup
- ^ Four appearances and one goal in the UEFA Champions League, two appearances in the UEFA Europa League
- Superfinalen
- ^ a b Appearances in the MLS Cup Playoffs
International
Japan | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2006 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 |
Honours
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Individual
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References
- ^ "Daigo's Diary". goo blog.
- ^ "Interview with Mike Furtho on Daigo Kobayashi". JapaneseSoccer.net. Archived from the original on 13 February 2009.
- ^ "Here is Stabæk's new number 10" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. 11 February 2009. Archived from the original on 24 May 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
- ^ "Meet our new player at Thursday" (in Norwegian). Stabæk Fotball. 11 February 2009. Archived from the original on 19 April 2009.
- ^ "Iraklis sign Japanese star". Ontheminute.com. 2 February 2010.
- ^ "Whitecaps: Rennie looks to J1 League for midfield linchpin". 22 January 2013. Archived from the original on 29 January 2013.
- ^ "Whitecaps FC deal Daigo Kobayashi's MLS rights to New England Revolution | Vancouver Whitecaps FC". Whitecapsfc.com. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
- ^ "Revolution Transfers 2015: Daigo Kobayashi has a Green Card - The Bent Musket". The Bent Musket. 19 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
- ^ "LIGHTS FC Q&A WITH ... MIDFIELDER DAIGO KOBAYASHI". lasvegaslightsfc.com. 8 March 2018. Archived from the original on 18 April 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ Team, Legion FC Communications (21 January 2019). "Legion FC Signs Midfielder Daigo Kobayashi". Birmingham Legion FC. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ "FIFA Player Statistics: Daigo KOBAYASHI". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
- ^ a b Japan National Football Team Database
- ^ "Japan 2 – 0 Trinidad & Tobago". WorldSoccerNews.com. August 2006. Archived from the original on 20 June 2008.
- ^ Daigo Kobayashi at Soccerway
- ^ "Kobayashi career stats". Football Database.eu. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- ^ "Kobayashi Stabæk stats" (in Norwegian). NIFS. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- ^ Daigo Kobayashi at Major League Soccer
- ^ "Daigo Kobayashi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
External links
- Daigo Kobayashi – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Daigo Kobayashi at National-Football-Teams.com
- Japan National Football Team Database
- Daigo Kobayashi at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Daigo Kobayashi at Major League Soccer
- Daigo Kobayashi at Soccerway