Tomoaki Makino

is a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.
Biography.
Makino was born in Hiroshima on May 11, 1987. He joined J1 League club Sanfrecce Hiroshima from their youth team in 2006. He became a regular player as center back in summer 2007. However the club was relegated to J2 League end of the 2007 season. In 2008, Hiroshima won the champions and was returned to J1 in a year. End of the 2010 season, he moved to German Bundesliga club Köln. However he could not play many matches. In January 2012, he returned to Japan and joined Urawa Reds. Urawa won the 2nd place in the 2014 and 2016 J1 League. In 2017, Urawa won the champions in the 2017 AFC Champions League.
In July 2007, Makino was selected the Japan U-20 national team for 2007 U-20 World Cup. At this tournament, he played 3 matches as center back and scored a goal in the match against Czech Republic. In January 2010, he was selected the Japan national team for 2011 Asian Cup qualification. At this qualification, he debuted against Yemen on January 6. He was selected the Japan for 2018 World Cup. In 2019, he also played at 2019 Asian Cup which Japan won the 2nd place. He played 38 games and scored 4 goals for Japan until 2019.
Statistics.
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