Oh Jae-suk

Oh Jae-suk
Hangul	오재석
Hanja	吳宰碩
Revised Romanization	O Jaeseok
McCune–Reischauer	O Chaesŏk

Oh Jae-suk
Personal information
Full name	Oh Jae-suk
Date of birth	4 January 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Uijeongbu, South Korea
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Full back
Team information
Current team	Daejeon Hana Citizen
Number	22
Youth career
2005–2007	Singal High School
2008–2009	Kyung Hee University
Senior career*
Years	Team
2010–2011	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
2011	→ Gangwon FC (loan)
2012	Gangwon FC
2013–2020	Gamba Osaka
2016	→ Gamba Osaka U-23 (loan)
2019	→ FC Tokyo (loan)
2020	Nagoya Grampus
2021–2023	Incheon United
2023–	Daejeon Hana Citizen
International career‡
2006–2007	South Korea U-17
2008–2009	South Korea U-20
2009–2012	South Korea U-23
2009	South Korea Universiade
2016–	South Korea
Medal record
Olympic Games
Asian Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 November; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 October 2017

Oh Jae-suk (Korean: 오재석; Korean pronunciation: [o.dʑɛ̝.sʌk̚] or [o] [tɕɛ̝.sʌk̚]; born 4 January 1990) is a South Korean football player who currently plays as full-back for Daejeon Hana Citizen.

He previously played for Suwon Samsung Bluewings and Gangwon FC in his homeland. He has also represented his country at full international level.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Club career[edit]

Oh started out his professional career with Suwon Samsung Bluewings in 2010. He made just 5 league appearances before being loaned to Gangwon FC for the majority of the 2011 season. He played 22 matches and scored once as his side finished 16th and last in the final standings, however they retained their league status due to their being no relegation from the K-League that year. He signed for Gangwon permanently in 2012 and made 31 league appearances to help them to a 14th-place finish, just above the relegation spots.

In 2013 he joined, then J2 League side, Gamba Osaka who had been relegated from J1 League the previous season. His first year in Japan was spent largely as a reserve behind veteran right-back Akira Kaji and he made just 5 appearances as Gamba bounced back at the first time of asking, ending the season as J2 League champions.

2014 got even better for the men in blue and black as their return to J1 League saw them go on to win the domestic treble, lifting the J1 League title, the J.League Cup and the Emperor's Cup. Kaji departed for America before the season and Oh saw himself in competition with the newly acquired Koki Yonekura for the right-back position and Hiroki Fujiharu for the left-back slot. Due to a gruelling schedule, all 3 were rotated by coach Kenta Hasegawa throughout the year and Oh ended up making 37 appearances in all competitions.

Gamba retained their Emperor's Cup title in 2015 and added the Japanese Super Cup to their trophy cabinet, they also reached the semi-finals of the 2015 AFC Champions League before going down to Chinese outfit Guangzhou Evergrande over 2 legs. Oh didn't feature nearly as much as he had the previous year as Yonekura and Fujiharu locked down the starting berths, he played just 10 times in the league and 22 games in total. He was also red-carded in the league championship final play-off first leg at home to Sanfrecce Hiroshima. With Gamba leading 2–1 in the 86th minute, Oh was shown a straight red-card. They went on to concede injury time goals to Sho Sasaki and Yoshifumi Kashiwa and lost 3-2 before drawing the return leg 1-1 which led to a 4-3 aggregate defeat and Sanfrecce being crowned J League Champions.^[6]

There were to be no trophies for Gamba between 2016 and 2018, but Oh went on to feature regularly for them in that period despite fierce competition not only from Yonekura and Fujiharu but also from the up-and-coming Ryo Hatsuse. Oh played 18, 29 and 24 league games respectively across the 2016, 2017 and 2018 seasons as Gamba finished in 4th, 10th and 9th positions.^[4]

International career[edit]

Oh played for the South Korean Olympic football team at the 2012 Summer Olympics, helping them to win the bronze medal.^[7]

He was called up to the senior South Korea team by Uli Stielike for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Lebanon in March 2016, but had to withdraw through injury and was replaced by Kim Chang-soo.^[8]

Club career statistics[edit]

As of 2 December 2023^[4]

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other¹		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
South Korea			League		KFA Cup		League Cup		Asia				Total
2010	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	K League 1	5	0	3	0	2	0	2	0	-		12	0
2011	Gangwon FC (loan)		22	1	3	0	2	0	-		-		27	1
2012	Gangwon FC		31	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-		31	2
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		League Cup		Asia				Total
2013	Gamba Osaka	J2 League	5	0	0	0	-		-		-		5	0
2014		J1 League	24	0	3	0	10	0	-		-		37	0
2015			10	0	1	0	3	0	4	0	4	0	22	0
2016			18	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	25	0
2017			29	0	1	0	2	0	7	0	-		39	0
2018			24	0	1	0	7	0	-		-		32	0
2019			8	0	0	0	4	0	-		-		12	0
2019	FC Tokyo (loan)		12	0	0	0	0	0	-		-		12	0
2020	Gamba Osaka		1	0	0	0	0	0	-		-		1	0
2020	Nagoya Grampus		22	0	-		1	0	-		-		23	0
Total			153	0	8	0	27	0	15	0	5	0	208	0
South Korea			League		KFA Cup		League Cup		Asia				Total
2021	Incheon United	K League 1	26	0	0	0	-		-		-		26	0
2022	Incheon United		3	0	1	0	-		-		-		4	0
2023	Daejeon Hana Citizen		22	0	3	0	-		-		-		25	0
Career total			262	3	18	0	31	0	17	0	5	0	333	3

¹ includes J.League Championship, Japanese Super Cup and Suruga Bank Championship appearances.

Reserves performance[edit]

As of 11 February 2019

Club performance			League		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Total
2016	Gamba Osaka U-23	J3	2	0	2	0
Career total			2	0	2	0

Honors[edit]

Gamba Osaka ^[4]

References[edit]

^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009™: List of Players: Korea Republic" (PDF). FIFA. 6 October 2009. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2009.
^ 2009년 5월 18일 2009 하계유니버시아드 남자 (in Korean). KFA. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
^ "Gamba Osaka Players". Gamba Osaka. Archived from the original on January 12, 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Oh Jae-seok Soccerway Statistics". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
^ "Oh Jae-suk Gamba Osaka Player Profile". Gamba Osaka (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 March 2019.
^ "Gamba Osaka vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2 December 2015". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
^ "O Jae-Seok Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2018-12-26.
^ "Stielike to keep up intensity in upcoming matches". english.yonhapnews.co.kr. 21 March 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.

External links[edit]

Oh Jae-suk at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
Oh Jae-suk – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)

[FIFA-1] "FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009™: List of Players: Korea Republic" (PDF). FIFA. 6 October 2009. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2009.

[2] 2009년 5월 18일 2009 하계유니버시아드 남자 (in Korean). KFA. Retrieved 19 February 2020.

[Gamba_Osaka_Players-3] "Gamba Osaka Players". Gamba Osaka. Archived from the original on January 12, 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.

[Oh_Jae-seok_Soccerway_Statistics-4] "Oh Jae-seok Soccerway Statistics". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 January 2014.

[Oh_Jae-suk_Gamba_Osaka_Player_Profile-5] "Oh Jae-suk Gamba Osaka Player Profile". Gamba Osaka (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 March 2019.

[Gamba_Osaka_vs_Sanfrecce_Hiroshima_2_December_2015-6] "Gamba Osaka vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2 December 2015". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 February 2019.

[7] "O Jae-Seok Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2018-12-26.

[8] "Stielike to keep up intensity in upcoming matches". english.yonhapnews.co.kr. 21 March 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.

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