Sohgo Ichikawa
 Ichikawa playing for Hong Kong | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sohgo Ichikawa | ||
| Date of birth | 30 July 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Osaka, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Southern | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2016–2020 | Kitchee | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2025 | Kitchee | 4 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | → Southern (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2024–2025 | → Southern (loan) | 19 | (0) |
| 2025– | Southern | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Hong Kong U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2022 | Hong Kong U20 | 3 | (1) |
| 2021– | Hong Kong U23 | 4 | (0) |
| 2022– | Hong Kong | 2 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 June 2025 | |||
Sohgo Ichikawa (Chinese: 趙聡悟; Japanese: 市川 聡悟 Ichikawa Sogō; born 30 July 2004) is a professional footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Hong Kong Premier League club Southern. Born in Japan, he plays for the Hong Kong national team.
Club career
[edit]In September 2020, Sohgo was promoted to the first team of Kitchee at the age of only 16.
On 12 July 2023, Sohgo joined Southern on loan for the 2023–24 season.[1]
On 20 September 2024, Sohgo was loaned to Southern again for the 2024–25 season.[2] After winning the title of the 2024–25 Hong Kong Sapling Cup, Southern chairman, Chan Man Chun, announced that Ichikawa would join the club on a permanent basis at the end of the season.[3]
International career
[edit]Youth level
[edit]In September 2019, Sohgo had represented Hong Kong U-16 during the 2020 AFC U-16 Championship qualifiers.
In October 2021, Sohgo was selected for the Hong Kong U-23 during the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualifiers where he made his debut against Japan U-23.
In October 2021, Sohgo was selected for the Hong Kong U-20 during the 2023 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualifiers. He scored a goal in the match against Timor-Leste U-20 but lost all 3 matches in the qualifiers.
Sohgo is called up for the Hong Kong U-23 preliminary squad once again for 2023 Merlion Cup held in Singapore from 24 to 26 March 2023 in preparation for the upcoming 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualifiers held in September 2023.
Senior team
[edit]On 19 July 2022, Sohgo made his international debut for Hong Kong in the 2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship against Japan at the age of only 17.
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Kitchee | 2019–20 | Hong Kong Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020–21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9[a] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | ||
| 2022–23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6[a] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
| 2024–25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Southern (loan) | 2023–24 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11[a] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 27 | 2 | |
| 2024–25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 3 | ||
International
[edit]- As of 5 June 2025
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong | 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 0 | |
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Scored | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 July 2022 | Kashima Stadium, Kashima, Japan |  Japan
|
0–6 | 0 | 2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship |
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Appearances in the Sapling Cup
- ^ Appearances in the Senior Shield
Honours
[edit]- Kitchee
- Hong Kong Premier League: 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022–23
- Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield: 2022–23
- Hong Kong FA Cup: 2022–23
- Hong Kong Sapling Cup: 2019–20
- Southern
References
[edit]- ^ 港超聯 盼踢出新風格 冠忠南區力爭3甲 on.cc 15 July 2023
- ^ 港超聯 趙聡悟第2度外借至冠忠南區 on.cc 20 September 2024
- ^ Mak, King Chi. "南區再奪冠「三番牌變爆棚」-小將趙聬悟/". Sportsroad. Retrieved 1 May 2025. (in Chinese)
- ^ Sohgo Ichikawa at Soccerway
- ^ "Profile". Hong Kong Football Association. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
External links
[edit]- Living people
- 2004 births
- Football people from Osaka
- Hong Kong men's footballers
- Hong Kong men's international footballers
- Hong Kong men's youth international footballers
- Japanese men's footballers
- Japanese emigrants to Hong Kong
- Sportspeople of Japanese descent
- Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong
- Naturalised footballers of Hong Kong
- Men's association football midfielders
- Hong Kong Premier League players
- Kitchee SC players
- Southern District FC players
- Footballers at the 2022 Asian Games
- Asian Games footballers for Hong Kong