Career
JEF United Ichihara
He went on to become JEF United"s captain, and led the club to the 2005 and 2006 J. League Cup titles while being named to the league"s Best Eleven during the span. Urawa Red Diamonds
He scored once in the second leg of the final against Iran"s Sepahan F.C. Abe participated in the 2007 Fédération internationale de football association Club World Cup playing for Urawa who eventually lost to A.C. (before Christ) Milan.
Urawa finished in third place. Leicester City
On 26 August 2010, Abe was signed by English Championship club Leicester City, signing a three-year contract.
Suffering from homesickness, Abe"s contract was cancelled by mutual consent on 22 January 2012 and he returned to Japan to re-join former club Urawa Reds.
Abe made his senior national team debut on 29 January 2005, in a friendly match against Kazakhstan and scored his first national team goal on 6 September 2006 against Yemen in a 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification match. He had previously represented Japan at the Under-20 and Under-23 levels, appearing in all three first round matches at the 2004 Olympics and scoring a goal against Italy. Despite missing out on Japan"s 2011 Asian Cup victory, on 29 March 2011 he played 45 minutes against the J-League All Stars.
On 4 August 2011 Abe was announced in the Japan squad to play South of Korea.