Shinji Ono

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Shinji Ono
Personal information
Full name Shinji Ono
Date of birth 27 September 1979 (1979-09-27) (age 32)
Place of birth Numazu, Shizuoka, Japan
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Shimizu S-Pulse
Number 18
Youth career
Imazawa Boys Soccer Club
1992–1995 Imazawa Junior High School
1995–1998 Shimizu Commercial High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1998–2001 Urawa Red Diamonds 86 (20)
2001–2005 Feyenoord 112 (19)
2006–2007 Urawa Red Diamonds 53 (8)
2007–2010 VfL Bochum 29 (0)
2010– Shimizu S-Pulse 30 (2)
National team‡
1998–2008 Japan 56 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 June 2010.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 November 2009

Shinji Ono (小野 伸二 Ono Shinji?, born on 27 September 1979)[1] is a Japanese football player, who plays as a midfielder for Shimizu S-Pulse in Japan.[2]

Known as Tensai, Japanese for "Genius", from his youth days[citation needed], Ono is one of the biggest stars in Asian football, known for his vision, technique and superb passing.[3] Although his primary position is attacking midfielder, he can play anywhere in the midfield, including defensive midfield and either wing.

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[edit] Career

Ono grew up in the Japanese soccer hotbed[citation needed] of Shizuoka Prefecture and began his professional career with Urawa Red Diamonds of the J. League in 1998. The same year, he became the youngest member of Japan's 1998 FIFA World Cup team at age 18 and made one appearance as a substitute.[4]

He caught the attention of foreign clubs with his performance at the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship in Nigeria, where he captained the Japanese Under-20 side that reached the final. But later that year, he suffered a severe knee injury in a qualification match for the 2000 Olympics with Japan's Under-23 side, forcing him to miss the rest of the season and olympic qualifying. He did not regain full fitness in time for the Olympics in Sydney and Urawa was relegated to Division 2 in his absence. But rather than move to another J-League club or abroad, Ono stayed with Urawa for the 2000 season and helped the club return to top flight.

After a strong performance at the 2001 Confederations Cup, Ono moved to Feyenoord Rotterdam of the Dutch Eredivisie in 2001. In his first season, he helped Feyenoord win the 2002 UEFA Cup, making him the first Japanese player in history to win a Europacup. However, a string of injuries kept him sidelined for long stretches. After he missed the majority of 2004-2005, his fourth at De Kuip, the club was forced to sell him.

On January 13, 2006, after an unsuccessful attempt to stay in European football, Ono returned to J. League, agreeing a 3-year deal with his old club, Urawa Red Diamonds.[5][6]

When fit, Ono is an ever-present member of the Japanese national team. After his appearance in the 1998 World Cup, he was a key member of the Japanese squad in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He has represented Japan at every age level starting with the U-16 team, and was one of three overage selections at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. Although injuries limited Ono to just one appearance in the final round of the qualifiers for the 2006 World Cup and he missed the Confederations Cup in 2003 and 2005, he played in his third World Cup finals in Germany.[7]

Since returning to Urawa, he had suffered from repeated injuries and failed to claim a regular place. In the 2008 January transfer window, Ono returned to Europe, signing with Bundesliga's VfL Bochum. On February 3, 2008, Ono made his Bundesliga debut in an away game against Werder Bremen and he had two assists that helped Bochum with their first ever win over Bremen at Weserstadion. Unfortunately Ono suffered different injuries in the following two years in Bochum and could only play 34 matches in which he gave four assists for the club. In the autumn of 2009 he received two yellow-red cards in two successive matches.

In the winter break 2009/2010 Ono asked for the admission to return to Japan for personal reasons. Different Japanese clubs were interested in the midfielder. VfL Bochum allowed him to leave under the condition that they could find a successor.[8]

After the signing of Miloš Marić for his position, Ono could leave Bochum.[9] On January 9, 2010 Ono returned to his native Shizuoka Prefecture by signing for Shimizu S-Pulse.[10] The transfer fee were rumored 300.000 Euro for the midfielder whose contract in Bochum expired in the summer of 2010. In an interview he declared that the main reason for his transfer was his will to reunite with his wife and children that still lived in Japan.[11]

[edit] Honours

[edit] Individual honors

[edit] Team honors

[edit] Club career stats

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup League Cup Asia Total
1998 Urawa Red Diamonds J. League Division 1 27 9 2 0 - - 29 9
1999 14 2 2 0 - - 16 2
2000 J. League Division 2 24 7 2 1 - - 26 8
2001 J. League Division 1 14 2 - 4 3 - 18 5
Netherlands League KNVB Cup League Cup Europe Total
2001-02 Feyenoord Eredivisie 30 3 2 1 - 12 2 44 6
2002-03 29 7 2 0 - 7 2 38 9
2003-04 24 2 1 0 - 4 0 29 2
2004-05 25 7 2 0 - 7 1 34 8
2005-06 4 0 - - 1 0 5 0
Japan League Emperor's Cup League Cup Asia Total
2006 Urawa Red Diamonds J. League Division 1 28 5 4 3 1 1 - 33 9
2007 25 3 0 0 2 1 8 2 35 6
Germany League DFB-Pokal Premiere Ligapokal Europe Total
2007-08 Bochum Bundesliga 12 0 - - - 12 0
2008-09 8 0 2 0 - - 10 0
2009-10 9 0 1 0 - - 10 0
Japan League Emperor's Cup League Cup Asia Total
2010 Shimizu S-Pulse J. League Division 1 29 2 2 1 6 1 - 37 4
2011 20 5 0 0 1 1 - 21 6
Total Japan 181 35 12 5 14 7 8 2 215 49
Netherlands 112 19 7 1 - 31 5 150 25
Germany 29 0 3 0 - - 32 0
Career total 322 54 22 6 14 7 39 7 397 74

[edit] National team

Japan national team
Year Apps Goals
1998 3 0
1999 0 0
2000 12 1
2001 9 1
2002 8 1
2003 5 0
2004 7 2
2005 2 0
2006 9 1
2007 0 0
2008 1 0
Total 56 6

[edit] Goals for national team

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. October 14, 2000 Sidon, Lebanon  Saudi Arabia 4–1 Won 2000 AFC Asian Cup Group Stage
2. May 31, 2001 Niigata, Japan  Canada 3–0 Won 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup Group Stage
3. October 16, 2002 Tokyo, Japan  Jamaica 1–1 Draw Friendly
4. June 1, 2004 Manchester, England  England 1–1 Draw Friendly
5. September 8, 2004 Kolkata, India  India 4–0 Won 2006 FIFA World Cup Qualification
6. February 22, 2006 Yokohama, Japan  India 6–0 Won 2007 AFC Asian Cup Qualification

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1559706/
  2. ^ Ono in die Heimat
  3. ^ http://www.bundesliga.de/en/liga/news/2007/index.php?f=87470.php
  4. ^ http://sofc.jp/captain/eng.html
  5. ^ http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=352255&campaign=rss&source=soccernet&cc=3436
  6. ^ http://www.worldsoccernews.com/news/2005Dec/20051220_33768_world_soccer.html
  7. ^ http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=170681/index.html
  8. ^ Wechsel von Ono hängt vom nachfolger ab
  9. ^ Personalwechsel in Bochum, Maric kommt Ono geht
  10. ^ http://www.s-pulse.co.jp/news/20100109-2078.html - Official press release
  11. ^ Shinji Ono im exklusiven Abschiedsinterview

[edit] External links

Shimizu S-Pulse – current squad
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