Ryoo Togashi

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Ryoo Togashi
Personal information
Full name Ryoo Togashi
Date of birth (1997-04-04) 4 April 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Japan
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Southern
Number 33
Youth career
Tokyo Verdy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019 Toin University of Yokohama 12 (1)
2020–2023 Briobecca Urayasu 38 (5)
2023 Dynamic Herb Cebu
2024– Southern 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 January 2024

Ryoo Togashi (冨樫 凌央, Togashi Ryō, born 4 April 1997) is a Japanese professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Hong Kong Premier League club Southern.[1]

Club career[edit]

Youth and college career[edit]

Togashi played youth football for J.League side Tokyo Verdy.[2][3] After graduating high school in 2016, he played for the college football team of Toin University of Yokohama,[4][5] also playing for the club of the same name then-based in the Kanagawa Prefecture First Division.[6] The club subsequently won the First Division and were promoted to the Kanto League Division 2, and were subsequently promoted to Division 1 in 2018.

Briobecca Urayasu[edit]

After graduating in 2020, Togashi joined Briobecca Urayasu of the Kantō Soccer League.[7][8][9][1][10] In 2022, the club reached the finals of the Shakaijin Cup and won on penalties against BTOP Hokkaido, with Togashi coming on in the 68th minute.[11] They were subsequently promoted to the Japan Football League. Togashi played 4 games in that league for the club before his departure was announced.[12][13]

Cebu[edit]

On 15 August 2023, it was announced that Togashi would be one of the foreign reinforcements for Philippines Football League side Dynamic Herb Cebu in preparation for their campaigns in the Copa Paulino Alcantara and the 2023–24 AFC Cup.[14][15][16] He made his debut in the club's starting XI in a 2–0 win over the University of the Philippines in the club's opening matchday in the cup.

Southern[edit]

On 15 January 2024, Togashi joined Hong Kong Premier League club Southern.

Personal life[edit]

Togashi was born in Japan. His father, Koichi Togashi, was himself a former football player and manager of J.League club Tokyo Verdy, where Togashi played his youth football.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Ryoo Togashi at Soccerway
  2. ^ a b "父・剛一氏譲りの技術". soccer-king.jp. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  3. ^ "練習試合 東京ヴェルディ vs ブリオベッカ浦安". ameblo.jp. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  4. ^ "桐蔭横浜大登録メンバー". web.gekisaka.jp. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  5. ^ "冨樫凌央 トガシ リョオ". web.gekisaka.jp. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  6. ^ "桐蔭横浜大新入部員". web.gekisaka.jp. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  7. ^ "冨樫 凌央 選手 新規加入のお知らせ". Briobecca Urayasu. 19 January 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  8. ^ "浦安が南葛SCとの一進一退を制す". excite.co.jp. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  9. ^ "全国地域サッカーチャンピオンズリーグ2022". Japan Football Association. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  10. ^ "冨樫凌央 ブリオベッカ浦安加入内定のお知らせ". soccer.toin.ac.jp. 17 January 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  11. ^ "第58回全国社会人サッカー選手権大会 決勝" (PDF). Japan Football Association. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  12. ^ "冨樫凌央選手 退団のお知らせ". Briobecca Urayasu. 11 July 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  13. ^ "ReinMeer Aomori 1-0 Briobecca Urayasu". Japan Football League. 30 April 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  14. ^ "Cebu FC signs Çinkir, new players for Copa". SunStar Cebu. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  15. ^ "New-look Cebu FC faces UP in Copa Paulino Alcantara". SunStar Cebu. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  16. ^ "Introducing the signing you've all been eagerly anticipating!". Cebu Football Club on Facebook. 15 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.