Ritsu Doan | Skills and Goals | Highlights

Ritsu Doan | Skills and Goals | Highlights

Ritsu Doan (Japanese 堂 安 律; born June 16, 1998, Amagasaki, Japan) is a Japanese footballer, midfielder of the German club Arminia and the Japanese national team.

Doan is a graduate of the Japanese club “Gamba Osaka”. Studied at the academy from the age of 13. On June 3, 2015, he made his debut in the J-League in a duel against Kasima Antlers, coming on as a substitute in the 90th minute instead of Xu Kurat. In total, he had two meetings in his debut season. In the 2017 season, he became a player in the main squad. On June 23 of the same year he was loaned to the Dutch club Groningen. On August 13, he made his debut for him in a duel against “Heerenveen”, leaving in the starting lineup and being replaced in the 63rd minute by Tom van Werth.

In August 2019, he moved to PSV.

He made his debut in the Japanese national team on September 11, 2018 in a friendly match with the Costa Rica team.

In December 2018, he was included in the application for the 2019 Asian Cup.On January 9, in the first match of the group stage against Turkmenistan, he scored a goal in the 71st minute of the game, making the score 3: 1. As a result, the Japanese national team won 3: 2. In the quarterfinal match against the Vietnamese national team, in the 57th minute he scored the only goal from the penalty spot, which led Japan to the semifinals of the tournament.

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