 Dōan withJapan at the2019 AFC Asian Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ritsu Dōan[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1998-06-16)16 June 1998 (age 27) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Amagasaki,Hyogo, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Right winger | |||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Eintracht Frankfurt | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2010 | Nishinomiya Soccer School | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2015 | Gamba Osaka | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Gamba Osaka | 15 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | →Groningen (loan) | 29 | (9) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Groningen | 34 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | PSV | 43 | (10) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | →Arminia Bielefeld (loan) | 34 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2025 | SC Freiburg | 97 | (22) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Eintracht Frankfurt | 11 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Japan U16 | 4 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Japan U19 | 19 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Japan U20 | 5 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Japan U23 | 11 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018– | Japan | 62 | (11) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 November 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ritsu Dōan (堂安 律,Dōan Ritsu; born 16 June 1998)[2] is a Japanese professionalfootballer who plays as aright winger forBundesliga clubEintracht Frankfurt and theJapan national team.
Coming through the youth system, Dōan joinedJ1 League clubGamba Osaka in 2015.[citation needed] On 27 May, he debuted againstFC Seoul in the2015 AFC Champions League.[citation needed] In 2016, he mainly played for their Gamba Osaka's newly-established reserve teamGamba Osaka U-23 in theJ3 League.[3]
In June 2017, Dōan moved toEredivisie clubFC Groningen on loan with an option to purchase on a three-year contract.[citation needed] The option was exercised on 23 April 2018, and Dōan transferred to Groningen on a permanent basis on 1 July 2018.[4]
On 15 April 2018, againstRoda, Dōan scored his eighth goal of the season, equaling the total of goalsArjen Robben scored as a teenager for Groningen.[5]
Dōan joinedPSV Eindhoven on a five-year contract in 2019.[6]
In September 2020, he moved on loan toBundesliga sideArminia Bielefeld for the2020–21 season.[6] Dōan made his debut in the opening game of the season, a 1–1 draw againstEintracht Frankfurt.[citation needed] Dōan scored his first goal for Bielefeld in a 4–1 home defeat againstBayern Munich.[7]
On 5 July 2022,SC Freiburg announced that they had signed Dōan ahead of the2022–23 season.[8] Later that year, he scored his first goal for the club on 6 August, in a 4–0 win versusAugsburg.[9] In the2024–25 season, he became his club's top scorer with 10 goals, all scored in the Bundesliga.[10]
On 7 August 2025, Dōan joined fellow Bundesliga sideEintracht Frankfurt by signing a contract until 2030.[11]
In May 2017, Dōan was electedJapan national under-20 team for the2017 U-20 World Cup. At this tournament, he played full-time in all four matches and scored three goals.[12]
On 30 August 2018, Dōan received his first international call-up from theJapan national team for theKirin Challenge Cup 2018.[13] He started his debut appearance in afriendly match againstCosta Rica on 11 September 2018, and scored his debut goal in a friendly match againstUruguay on 16 October 2018.[citation needed]
He was called-up byHajime Moriyasu to represent Japan in the2022 FIFA World Cup. He featured in Japan's first match of the competition againstGermany on 23 November 2022, being subbed on in the second half while Japan was 1–0 down. Dōan scored theequalizer four minutes after coming on as his side later went on to win the game 2–1.[14] In an almost identical turn of events, he was subbed on in the second half of Japan's final group stage match againstSpain on 1 December 2022 while Japan was 1–0 down, and scored the equalizer two minutes after coming on as his side later went on to win 2–1. The win ultimately qualified Japan for the tournament'sknockout stages as group winners.[15]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Gamba Osaka | 2015 | J1 League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2016 | J1 League | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2017 | J1 League | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6[d] | 1 | — | 16 | 4 | ||
| Total | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | ||
| Groningen (loan) | 2017–18 | Eredivisie | 29 | 9 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 31 | 10 | |||
| Groningen | 2018–19 | Eredivisie | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2[e] | 0 | 33 | 5 | ||
| 2019–20 | Eredivisie | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 32 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 6 | ||
| PSV Eindhoven | 2019–20 | Eredivisie | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 4[f] | 0 | — | 25 | 2 | ||
| 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 24 | 8 | 5 | 2 | — | 10[g] | 1 | — | 39 | 11 | |||
| Total | 43 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 13 | ||
| Arminia Bielefeld (loan) | 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 34 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 35 | 5 | |||
| SC Freiburg | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 33 | 5 | 5 | 1 | — | 7[f] | 1 | — | 45 | 7 | ||
| 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 30 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | 10[f] | 2 | — | 42 | 9 | |||
| 2024–25 | Bundesliga | 34 | 10 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 36 | 10 | ||||
| Total | 97 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 26 | ||
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 2025–26 | Bundesliga | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | 4[h] | 0 | — | 17 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 261 | 58 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 330 | 69 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 2018 | 5 | 1 |
| 2019 | 13 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 12 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 8 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 14 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | |
| Total | 62 | 11 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 16 October 2018 | Saitama Stadium 2002,Saitama, Japan |  Uruguay | 3–2 | 4–3 | 2018 Kirin Challenge Cup |
| 2. | 9 January 2019 | Al Nahyan Stadium,Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |  Turkmenistan | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup |
| 3. | 24 January 2019 | Al Maktoum Stadium,Dubai, United Arab Emirates |  Vietnam | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup |
| 4. | 23 November 2022 | Khalifa International Stadium,Al Rayyan, Qatar |  Germany | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup |
| 5. | 1 December 2022 | Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar |  Spain | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| 6. | 15 June 2023 | Toyota Stadium,Toyota, Japan |  El Salvador | 4–0 | 6–0 | 2023 Kirin Challenge Cup |
| 7. | 16 November 2023 | Suita City Football Stadium,Suita, Japan |  Myanmar | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 8. | 31 January 2024 | Al Thumama Stadium,Doha, Qatar |  Bahrain | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2023 AFC Asian Cup |
| 9. | 6 June 2024 | Thuwunna Stadium,Yangon, Myanmar | Myanmar | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 10. | 11 June 2024 | Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima,Hiroshima, Japan |  Syria | 2–0 | 5–0 | |
| 11. | 14 November 2025 | Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Japan |  Ghana | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2025 Kirin Challenge Cup |
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