Hayao Kawabe

Hayao Kawabe (川辺駿, Kawabe Hayao, born 8 September 1995) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swiss Super League club Grasshopper, on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers. He also represent the Japan national team.

Hayao Kawabe
川辺駿
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-09-08) 8 September 1995
Place of birth Asakita-ku, Hiroshima, Japan
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Grasshoppers
(on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Number 40
Youth career
2008–2013 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2021 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 125 (9)
2015–2017 → Júbilo Iwata (loan) 91 (9)
2021–2022 Grasshoppers 16 (4)
2022– Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 (0)
2022– → Grasshoppers (loan) 3 (0)
National team‡
2014 Japan U17 4 (0)
2021– Japan 4 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 February 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10:22, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Kawabe joined Sanfrecce Hiroshima in 2008, alongside other products of the club's academy.[1] After his debut in 2012, he was offered a full pro contract by Sanfrecce.[2] Despite this achievement, he found too few minutes on the pitch[3] and decided to go to Júbilo Iwata on loan.[4] In January 2018, he came back to Sanfrecce after a three-years loan to Jubilo.[5]

In 2021 he signed a 3-year contract with Grasshoppers in the Swiss Super League.[6]

On 5 January 2022, Kawabe joined Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers on a three-and-a-half year deal, with the club intending on loaning him back to Grasshoppers in the near future.[7] He returned to Grasshoppers on 19 January 2022 and will remain until the end of season 2023.[8]

International career

He made his debut for Japan national football team on 25 March 2021 in a friendly against South Korea.[9]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 6 January 2022[10][11][12]
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup League Cup AFC Total
2013Sanfrecce HiroshimaJ1 League3000002050
20141030002060
2015Júbilo Iwata (loan)J2 League33310––343
2016J1 League2620050–312
20173243031–385
2018Sanfrecce Hiroshima3303050–410
2019343102040413
2020343–10–353
20211930020–213
Japan total 215181101818025219
2021/22Grasshopper Club ZürichSuper League16420--184
Career total 231221301818017023

International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.7 June 2021Panasonic Stadium Suita, Suita, Japan Tajikistan4–14–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification

References
  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 December 2010. Retrieved 17 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 May 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "川辺駿選手が期限付き移籍加入".
  5. "サンフレNews".
  6. "GC SIGNS HAYAO KAWABE". Grasshoppers. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  7. "Wolves sign Hayao Kawabe". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  8. "KAWABE RETURNS TO GC". Grasshoppers. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  9. "Japan v South Korea game report". ESPN. 25 March 2021.
  10. Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 125 out of 289)
  11. Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 245 out of 289)
  12. Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑", 10 February 2016, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411338 (p. 143 out of 289)


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