Makoto Hasebe é um ex-meio-campista japonês, capitão do Japão em Copas do Mundo, campeão alemão em 2009 pelo Wolfsburg e campeão da Liga Europa em 2022 pelo Eintracht Frankfurt.
Makoto Hasebe
Makoto Hasebe was born in Fujieda, in Shizuoka Prefecture, on January 18, 1984, and began his professional career at Urawa Red Diamonds in 2002. At the Japanese club, he was champion of the J.League in 2006, the Emperor's Cup in 2005 and 2006, and the AFC Champions League in 2007. In 2008, he moved to VfL Wolfsburg and won the German championship in the 2008-09 season. He then played for Nuremberg and, from 2014 onwards, for Eintracht Frankfurt, where he played for a decade and began playing deeper, as a sweeper. At Frankfurt, he won the German Cup in 2018, in a final against Bayern Munich, and the Europa League in 2022. He ended his career in 2024 and joined the club's coaching staff. For Japan's national team, he played 114 matches and scored two goals, played in three World Cups (2010, 2014, and 2018), and was champion of the AFC Asian Cup in 2011. He was captain of the national team for much of the 2010s.