Domestic-league season · Gamba Osaka.
Missed 5 of Gamba Osaka's ~38 games this season through 5 injury absences (collapsed lung, injury). He still appeared 1 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 AFC Champions League Two | 11 | 0 | 0 | 840 | 7.3 |
 J-League Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 330 | — |
 J1 League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 6.3 |
Higashiguchi's current-season form is level with last season (Season 2→0), while his Rating eased 11→3. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 40).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Gamba Osaka · 9th | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | Gamba Osaka · 16th | 31 | 0 | 0 | 6.43 | 11 | 2 |
| 2022/23 | Gamba Osaka · 15th | 19 | 0 | 1 | 7.2 | 15 | 25 |
| 2021/22 | Gamba Osaka · 13th | 38 | 0 | 0 | 7.09 | 22 | 40 |
| 2020/21 | Gamba Osaka · 2nd | 34 | 0 | 0 | 7.04 | 23 | 17 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
M. Higashiguchi is a 40-year-old goalkeeper at Gamba Osaka, rated 2.7 overall by Field Insider's model. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (3% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Higashiguchi.
On the season, Higashiguchi graded 0 for current form (age-blind), on 0 clean sheets across 1 appearance.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 2 → 0). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 3. At 40 Higashiguchi is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 0.5 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Higashiguchi missed 5 games through injury (collapsed lung, injury) out of roughly 38 this season. The 1 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.
Past his 2021/22 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
0 clean sheets in 1 appearance (0% of games).
Rated 2.7 overall — below regular-starter level. A limited game time keeper carrying the gloves this season. Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.5× and falling).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~2), then tapers with age. At 40, Higashiguchi sits on 0.5, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Higashiguchi's projected Rating — 2.7 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.
No transfer news found for this player.
