Kashif Bangnagande

Kashif Bangnagande
バングーナガンデ 佳史扶
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-09-24) 24 September 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Tokyo, Japan
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Left back[2]
Team information
Current team
 FC Tokyo
Number 49
Youth career
2011–2013 FC Habilista
2014–2019 FC Tokyo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 FC Tokyo U-23 25 (0)
2020– FC Tokyo 30 (1)
International career‡
2018 Japan U17 3 (0)
2019 Japan U18 5 (0)
2020 Japan U19
2021 Japan U20
2023– Japan 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 March 2023, 16:20 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 March 2023, 14:26 (UTC)

Kashif Bangnagande (バングーナガンデ 佳史扶, Bangunagande Kashifu, born 24 September 2001) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a left-back for J1 League club FC Tokyo.[3][4]

Club career

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In 2018, Bangnagande began his professional career with J3 League club FC Tokyo U-23, a today extinct under-23 team of FC Tokyo that had operated until 2019.

In 2020, Bangnagande was promoted to FC Tokyo's first team. On 27 September, he debuted in the J1 League against Sagan Tosu. He started to win regular playing time with FC Tokyo from the 2022 season, starting as a left-back for many matches throughout the season, and simultaneously pushing veteran teammate Yuto Nagatomo to the right-back role.

In January 2024, he renewed his contract with FC Tokyo for the 2024 season.[5]

International career

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Bangnagande has represented Japan at youth level since 2018, having played up to the Japan U20s.[6]

In March 2023, he was called up to the Japan national team for the first time by manager Hajime Moriyasu to play in the 2023 Kirin Challenge Cup. He debuted on 28 March 2023 against Colombia in a match that ended with a 2–1 loss for Japan.[7]

Personal life

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Bangnagande was born in Adachi, Tokyo to a Ghanaian Gonja father and a Japanese mother.

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 14 March 2023.[8]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC Tokyo U-23 2018 J3 League 12 0 – – – 0 0 12 0
2019 13 0 – – – 0 0 13 0
Total 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0
FC Tokyo 2019 J1 League 0 0 0 0 2[a] 0 – 0 0 2 0
2020 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2021 7 0 1[b] 0 7[a] 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
2022 17 1 2[b] 0 3[a] 0 0 0 0 0 22 1
2023 4 0 0[b] 0 0[a] 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Total 30 1 3 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 46 1
Career total 55 1 3 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 71 1
Notes
  1. ^ a b c d Appearances in the J. League Cup
  2. ^ a b c Appearances in the Emperor's Cup

References

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  1. ^ "Kashif Bangnagande" (in Japanese). FC Tokyo. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  2. ^ Kashif Bangnagande at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ "バングーナガンデ 佳史扶：ＦＣ東京：Ｊリーグ.jp". Ｊリーグ.jp（日本プロサッカーリーグ） (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Kashif Bangnagande". JLeague. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  5. ^ "News | F.C.TOKYO Official Website". fctokyo.p.translation-proxy.com. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  6. ^ "FC東京17歳DFバングーナガンデ佳史扶がトップチームデビュー「意外と楽しくできた」". ゲキサカ. 5 September 2019.
  7. ^ "SAMURAI BLUE (Japan National Team) squad - KIRIN CHALLENGE CUP 2023 vs Uruguay (3/24＠Tokyo) vs Colombia (3/28＠Osaka)". www.jfa.jp (in Japanese). 15 March 2023.
  8. ^ Kashif Bangnagande at Soccerway
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