Shogo Taniguchi

Shogo Taniguchi (谷口 彰悟) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Belgian First Division A club Sint-Truidense V.V. and the Japan national team.

Club career
Born in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Taniguchi began his career with Tsukuba University.

Taniguchi began his professional career with Kawasaki Frontale in 2014. He lift the J1 League Trophy for four times in 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2021 respectively. He announced his departure from the club after nine years at Kawasaki in 2022 season making a total of 377 appearances for the club.

On 28 December 2022, Taniguchi joined Al Rayyan in Qatar.

International career
On 7 May 2015, Japan's coach Vahid Halilhodžić called him for a two-days training camp. On 23 July 2015, he was called again for 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup. He was called again for 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

International

 * Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Taniguchi goal.

Honours
Kawasaki Frontale
 * J1 League: 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021
 * Emperor's Cup: 2020
 * J.League Cup: 2019
 * Japanese Super Cup: 2019, 2021

Japan
 * EAFF Championship: 2022

Individual
 * J.League Best XI: 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022
 * EAFF Championship Best Defender: 2022