DOAN Ritsu

Date of Birth: 16 Jun 1998

Age: 23

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.72/5'7''

Place of birth: AMAGASAKI

Birth Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Football	Men JPN Japan	4

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Group A #01 JPN Japan 1 RSA South Africa 0	Finished
	Saitama Stadium	Men's Group A #09 JPN Japan 2 MEX Mexico 1	Finished
	International Stadium Yokohama	Men's Group A #17 FRA France 0 JPN Japan 4	Finished
	Ibaraki Kashima Stadium	Men's Quarter-final #25 JPN Japan 0 (4) PSO NZL New Zealand 0 (2)	Finished
	Saitama Stadium	Men's Semi-final #30 JPN Japan 0 ESP Spain 1 AET	Finished
	Saitama Stadium	Men's Bronze Medal Match #31 MEX Mexico 3 JPN Japan 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

AFC Asian Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Senior	2019	United Arab Emirates

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
14	U20	2017	Republic of Korea

Studying foreign languages. (tv-asahi.co.jp, 19 Jun 2019)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

English, Japanese

PSV Eindhoven [Netherlands] since 2019

Roger Schmidt [club]; Hajime Moriyasu [national], JPN

Position style:

Midfielder (transfermarkt.com, 30 Jun 2021)

Left-footed (transfermarkt.com, 30 Jun 2021)

Sporting relatives:

His older brother Yu Doan played football for J3 League club AC Nagano Parceiro. He retired from competitive football after finishing the 2020 season. (olympics.com, 06 Jun 2021; ococias.kyoto, 07 Jan 2021)

First A-match in 2018 for Japan (nikkansports.com, 02 Sep 2018)

In February 2021 he damaged a ligament in his right knee. (football-zone.net, 17 Feb 2021)

National league:

Eredivisie [NED] (transfermarkt.com, 30 Jun 2021)

He began playing football at age three in Amagasaki, Japan. (city.amagasaki.hyogo.jp, 30 Oct 2020; Soccer King YouTube channel, 10 Jun 2018)

He followed his older brothers Maro and Yu into the sport. (olympics.com, 06 Aug 2019)

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (news24.jp, 11 Jul 2021)

Signing a professional contract with Gamba Osaka in 2016. (tv-asahi.co.jp, 19 Jun 2019; jleague.jp, 16 Aug 2016)

Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi. (nikkansports.com, 20 Jun 2021)

Philosophy:

"The best way to predict the future is to make it." (tv-asahi.co.jp, 19 Jun 2019)

General Interest

General
TIME ABROAD
In June 2017 he relocated to the Netherlands to join FC Groningen on loan, before signing for the club permanently ahead of the 2018/19 season. In 2019 he moved to PSV Eindhoven on a five-year deal. He was loaned to Arminia Bielefeld in the German Bundesliga for the 2020/21 season. (transfermarkt.com, 30 Jun 2021; sankei.com, 10 Jun 2021; football-zone.net, 04 Jun 2021; soccer-king.jp, 22 May 2019)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
AET:: After Extra Time
PSO:: Penalty Shoot-out

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