Hiromitsu Isogai

Hiromitsu Isogai (Japanese礒 贝 洋 光, Isogai Hiromitsu; born April 19, 1969 in Ogawa (now Uki ), Kumamoto Prefecture) is a former Japanese football player. When King Fahd Cup in 1995, he completed two international matches, which were the only missions for his country. After end of his career as a football player, he tried his hand as a professional golfer.

Club career

Career start in Kumamoto Prefecture

Born in 1969 in the then still independent city in the southern Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto Ogawa Isogai grew up in his hometown and also graduated from a part of his education. In in 2005, with the cities of Misumi and Shiranuhi and the other two cities Matsubase and Toyono to the new 60,000 - inhabitant town Uki combined Ogawa city he visited, among others, from 1982 to 1984 the local middle school. He attended from 1985 Teikyo High School, which belongs in scope to Teikyo University with headquarters in the capital Tokyo, and on which he has also been used in the school's football team. Previously he had been active in his childhood or even in junior high as a football player and had mostly offensive positions held. At the middle school Ogawa Isogai was not the only prominent graduates, including soccer players such as Seiichiro Maki Yuki Maki or as well as their sister, the professional handball player Karina Maki, attended school in the old town. After graduating from the Teikyo High School in 1987, he moved in the same year to the private Tokyo Tōkai University, where he worked until 1991, and this came at the University Sports Department in the football sector in parallel. In 1991 he spent a semester as an exchange student in Spain. During his part quite successful school time and the time at the university still in use as a striker, he established himself after admission to the professional squad of Gamba Osaka as a classic playmaker in midfield.

As a playmaker in Osaka

During the later Gamba Osaka under the name of Matsushita Electric in the formerly top division in Japanese football, was Japan Soccer League represented, which played off her last season this year, Hiromitso Isogai remained einsatzlos, brought it but some times on the bench. Although he in Osaka some irregularities and poor form was subject during his time, Isogais shot accuracy was approximately equal to the right and the left foot, which he often demonstrated also by precise free kicks. First uses for the professional team had the offensive player yet still in 1992, when he was used in the pre-season against teams like Spartak Moscow. Further deployments in the Emperor's Cup and the Yamazaki Nabisco Cup followed for him in the rest of the season. Already in the first year as a pro Isogai celebrated his first and until his move also single title with Gamba Osaka, winning the Queen's Cup in Thailand. Under the former star striker and since the 1970s, acting as a football coach Kunishige Kamamoto he finally gave up the game in 1993, the first season of the newly formed J. League, his professional league debut. This Hiromitsu Isogai was used in 28 league games, during which he scored six goals. Over the years, he quickly developed into one common force in the midfield of the club, which never brought it to moderate success, and was for some time even as team captain in use. 1994 Isogai was used even in 40 league games in which he again contributed six goals. In the following year he completed his game offensively strongest year when he played 37 league games and 13 goals hammered into the opposing goal. In addition, he completed four games in the Emperor's Cup, in which he scored as many goals and only with 1:2 retired with the team against Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the semifinals. Then took / s his eye for goal as well as his use of numbers from where he brought it in 1996 only on 20 championship inserts and a hit. In addition, he scored two goals in the Emperor's Cup and the Yamazaki Nabisco Cup the same year.

Early career end at the Urawa Red Diamonds

After a change to the Urawa Red Diamonds shortly before the 1997 season Isogais use numbers from further drastic measures, which was mainly due to some serious injuries that left him almost failed the entire season. By the end of the season, he went to ten league games in which he nevertheless still get three hits. For season 1998 only as a replacement of injured he decided to make a breakthrough in professional football to end once his active career prematurely due to the hopelessness. At this time both active offensive player was just 29 years old.

National team career

Already in young years Isogai was used for his home country and took part in it among other things to play the U -17 Japan. In addition, the player has been used with the classic number 10, which he actually wore during his entire career as a player during his high school days in the year 1986 in Japanese junior national team. In 1995 was brought into the Japanese squad that took part in the King Fahd Cup in 1995 and finished the tournament as the worst team Hiromitsu Isogai by new coach Shu Kamo. As part of the 20 - man squad, the offensive power was used in two group games in Japan, which were to a 0-3 to Nigeria and on the other hand lost 1:5 against Argentina. His senior international debut came here on 6 January 1995 in the match against Nigeria, when he came onto the lawn from the second half of Ruy Ramos. In the match against Argentina he was the full duration in use.

Life after

After his official career end Isogai was active only in the amateur and amateur football. Although not a member of the Professional Golfers' Association of Japan, he decided to try as a professional golfer at an advanced age and had moderate success. Over time, he eventually took part in the prestigious Japan Golf Tour in part or in other important tournaments, such as the Diamond Cup Golf or the now-defunct Macau Open. In 2009, he was among other things since the late 1980s and early 1990s produced show Tantei! Night Scoop (探 侦!ナイトスクープ, Tantei! Naito Sukūpu ) to see. As a player, Gamba Osaka, the association published in 1994, a song in which Isogai next few teammates came into use as a singer. The song was sold, according to the radio station FM802 from Osaka 30,000 times and was ranked number 23 also Osakan the Hot 100 and was then further 18 weeks in the Top 100.