Keisuke Osako

★ WorkhorseGoalkeeper · Sanfrecce Hiroshima

NATION · JPN Japan →

Age

Position

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Club

AFC Champions League Two

League

JPN

National team

// the read

The shape of him

A goalkeeper's tournament can hinge on one save — or one shootout. The profile below is the positional read; the legend is made in the moments that follow.

// the equation

reflexes × command × calm under fire

the six-yard boxthe anglethe one-on-one

// the x-factor

The job

The difference in the shootout.

Command the box, make the save that keeps a tie level, and own the moment when it goes to penalties. Keepers win World Cups too.

26Years old

GoalkeeperRole

// the cabinet

Honours

club

Club

EAFF E-1 Football Championship

×3

Super Cup

×2

J-League Cup

×2

// the closing word

Keisuke Osako.Japan · Goalkeeper.The full dossier — season numbers, takes and tape — lands closer to kickoff.

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