Ritsu

Dōan

Ritsu Dōan history

Ritsu Dōan was born on 16 June 1998 in Amagasaki and plays for Sport-Club Freiburg. He played for Gamba Osaka from 2011-2017, for FC Groningen from 2017-2019, for PSV Eindhoven from 2019-2020, for DSC Arminia Bielefeld from 2020-2021, for PSV Eindhoven from 2021-2022 and has played for SC Freiburg since 2022.

Current season 2024/25

In this season, Ritsu Dōan has scored six goals for his team and is therefore the fourth-best scorer of his squad. With two assists, he presently has the fourth-most in his team along with Matthias Ginter, Christian Günter, Lucas Höler and Noah Weißhaupt. Until now, he has been responsible for 29 passes to a shot and has therefore earned himself third place within the statistics of his club. He was in the starting line-up in all previous eight games of the season. Of these, Ritsu Dōan won five games with his club.

The 26-year-old is credited as being especially assertive on the pitch. Hence, he has already won 94 tackling duels and in doing so has fought his way to the third rank in the league.

Last game

The player with the shirt number 42 played his last game on the eighth matchday of the 2024/25 season (26 October 2024). Playing for SC Freiburg, he lost to RB Leipzig 1-3. He played as a midfielder throughout this entire game. In doing so, he scored one goal. He shot at the opponent's goal a total of two times, which is the highest amount of any player in the club. In terms of total touches, Ritsu Dōan had 62 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had 31 tackle challenges in the last match – the highest number in this game. Of these, he was able to win 22 – and therefore was more successful than any other player in this game. He covered a distance of 10.7 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, Ritsu Dōan had a total of 19 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Ritsu Dōan has played 105 matches in the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 41. He has netted 21 goals during his appointments in the Bundesliga. So far, Ritsu Dōan has completed 71 matches with his current squad. Here, he has scored a total of 16 goals.