| Shogo Taniguchi 谷口 彰悟 | |
| Upright: | 1.2 |
| Full Name: | Shogo Taniguchi[1] |
| Birth Date: | 15 July 1991 |
| Birth Place: | Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan |
| Height: | 1.83 m |
| Position: | Centre-back |
| Currentclub: | Sint-Truiden |
| Clubnumber: | 5 |
| Youthclubs1: | Kumamoto United SC |
| Youthyears2: | 2007–2009 |
| Youthclubs2: | Ohzu High School |
| Collegeyears1: | 2010–2013 |
| College1: | University of Tsukuba |
| Years1: | 2014–2022 |
| Clubs1: | Kawasaki Frontale |
| Caps1: | 289 |
| Goals1: | 20 |
| Years2: | 2023–2024 |
| Clubs2: | Al-Rayyan |
| Caps2: | 37 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2024– |
| Clubs3: | Sint-Truiden |
| Caps3: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2015– |
| Nationalteam1: | Japan |
| Nationalcaps1: | 28 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 22 July 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 6 June 2024 |
is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Belgian Pro League club Sint-Truiden and the Japan national team.
Born in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Taniguchi began his career with Tsukuba University.
Taniguchi began his professional career with Kawasaki Frontale in 2014.[2] [3] He lift the J1 League Trophy for four times in 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2021 respectively. He announced his departure from the club after nine years at Kawasaki in 2022 season making a total of 377 appearances for the club.
On 28 December 2022, Taniguchi joined Al Rayyan in Qatar.[4]
On 7 May 2015, Japan's coach Vahid Halilhodžić called him for a two-days training camp.[5] On 23 July 2015, he was called again for 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup.[6] He was called again for 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[7]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Asia | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Kawasaki Frontale | 2014 | J. League Division 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 40 | 1 | ||
| 2015 | 34 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 41 | 2 | |||||
| 2016 | 34 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | – | – | 45 | 4 | |||||
| 2017 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | – | 46 | 8 | ||||
| 2018 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 43 | 4 | ||||
| 2019 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 1 | |||
| 2020 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 36 | 3 | |||||
| 2021 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 0 | |||
| 2022 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 3 | |||
| Total | 289 | 20 | 23 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 377 | 26 | |||
| Al Rayyan | 2022–23 | QSL | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Total | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 314 | 20 | 24 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 404 | 26 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 2015 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 8 | 1 | ||
| 2024 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Total | 28 | 1 | ||
Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Taniguchi goal.
Kawasaki Frontale
Japan
Individual
2018, 2020, 2021, 2022[11]