Yoshiaki Ota
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| Full name | Yoshiaki Ota | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 11 June 1983 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–2001 | Júbilo Iwata | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2009 | Júbilo Iwata | 115 | (21) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2014 | Vegalta Sendai | 153 | (12) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2019 | Júbilo Iwata | 81 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of end of 2019 season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yoshiaki Ota (太田 吉彰, Ōta Yoshiaki, born 11 June 1983) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.[1] His elder brother Keisuke Ota is also former footballer.
Club career
Ota was born in Hamamatsu on 11 June 1983. He joined J1 League club Júbilo Iwata for youth team in 2002. He became a regular player as right side midfielder in 2005. However his opportunity to play decreased behind new player Yuichi Komano from 2008. In July 2009, he left the club aims to transfer to Europe. However he could not transfer to Europe. After half year blank, he joined Vegalta Sendai in 2010. Although he could not play many matches in 2010, he played many matches as forward in 2011. In 2012, he became a regular player as his original position, right side midfielder and Vegalta finished at the 2nd place which is best results in the club history. He played all 34 matches for 3 years in a row (2012-2014). In 2015, he re-joined Júbilo Iwata for the first time in 6 years. Although Júbilo was relegated to J2 League from 2014, he played many matches and Júbilo was promoted to J1 end of 2015 season. However his opportunity to play decreased from 2017 season.
National team career
In 2007, Ota was selected Japan national team for 2007 Asian Cup. Although he did not play in the match, Japan won the 4th place.
Club statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | AFC | Total | |||||||
| 2002 | Júbilo Iwata | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2004 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||
| 2005 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 7 | ||
| 2006 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | - | 43 | 10 | |||
| 2007 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | - | 40 | 6 | |||
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | 5 | 1 | |||
| 2009 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | 18 | 0 | |||
| Total | 115 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 154 | 25 | ||
| 2010 | Vegalta Sendai | J1 League | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | – | 30 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | 37 | 5 | |||
| 2012 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | – | 43 | 5 | |||
| 2013 | 34 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 46 | 2 | ||
| 2014 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 40 | 2 | |||
| Total | 153 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 196 | 16 | ||
| 2015 | Júbilo Iwata | J2 League | 39 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 39 | 4 | ||
| 2016 | J1 League | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 35 | 3 | ||
| 2017 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 14 | 0 | |||
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | – | 9 | 1 | |||
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 81 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 1 | – | 102 | 8 | |||
| Career total | 349 | 40 | 29 | 3 | 64 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 452 | 49 | ||
References
- ^ Yoshiaki Ota at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 105 out of 289)
- ^ "Soccer D.B. : 2019 Yoshiaki Ota Result by Season". Soccer D.B. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
External links
- Yoshiaki Ota at Soccerway
- Yoshiaki Ota at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
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