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Keisuke Honda
Personal information
Full name Keisuke Honda
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Winger/Striker
Team information
Current team
 CSKA Moscow
Number 7
Youth career
Settsu FC
1999–2001 Gamba Osaka
2002–2004 Seiryō High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 Nagoya Grampus Eight 90 (11)
2008–2010 VVV-Venlo 68 (24)
2010– CSKA Moscow 11 (2)
International career‡
2005 Japan U-20 1 (0)
2006–2008 Japan U-23 18 (4)
2008– Japan 17 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:26, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 07:42, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Keisuke Honda (本田 圭佑, Honda Keisuke, born 13 June 1986) is a Japanese footballer who currently plays for Russian Premier League side CSKA Moscow. He is a midfielder and can also play as a left full back and as an attacking striker.

Club career

Early career

Born in Settsu, Osaka Prefecture, Honda started playing football with Settsu FC, the local club, when he was a second-grader at primary school. He joined Gamba Osaka's junior youth team but the club did not promote him to their youth team. He entered Seiryō High School (ja:星稜高等学校) in Ishikawa Prefecture and started playing for the school. He was one of the key players when Seiryō advanced to the semi-final stage of the national high school championship for the first time as a representative of Ishikawa Prefecture. He was chosen as one of the Designated Players for Development by J. League and JFA in 2004.

Nagoya Grampus Eight

Because of this status, Honda was able to register as a Nagoya Grampus Eight player while he was still eligible to play for his high school. He played one J. League Cup match for Nagoya while he was still a student.

After his graduation, he officially joined Nagoya in 2005. He started the first match of the season and recorded an assist. In 2006, he became a regular in the club.

VVV-Venlo

Honda with VVV
Honda celebrates his goal against FC Groningen at the De Koel stadium on August 22, 2009

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On January 16, 2008, he signed a two and half year deal with Eredivisie side VVV-Venlo. Since then he has become a vital player for VVV-Venlo. Despite VVV-Venlo being relegated in his first season, they stormed back to the Eredivisie with Honda the fulcrum of their attacking play, contributing 21 goals in 52 appearances. At the start of the 2009–2010 season Honda was in imperious form, netting twice against ADO Den Haag to earn his side a draw, and claiming another goal and a backheeled assist against PSV Eindhoven to help his team to a 3–3 draw. On 16 August Honda scored against FC Utrecht with a 30 yard piledriver in the final minutes of the game to gain another draw for his team. Honda had earlier provided an assist with a purposeful run and through ball.

Honda's success at VVV-Venlo has gained him a cult following with the Venlo fans and admiration from an adoring Dutch public prompting his nickname, 'Keizer Keisuke', which is Dutch for Emperor Keisuke. Honda's prowess from freekicks and other set pieces is also admired.[citation needed]

CSKA Moscow

At the end of December 2009 Honda transferred to the Russian CSKA Moscow.[1] Honda was signed for around €6 million, for 4 years.[2]

Honda made his debut for CSKA in the UEFA Champions League-match against Sevilla.[3] In the second leg in Seville, he scored the winning goal through a direct free kick for CSKA after having set up the first goal for Tomáš Necid. This secured a 2–1 (3–2 aggregate) victory to send the club to the quarterfinals, making Honda the first Japanese player to be in the quarterfinals as well as the first to score in the knock-out stages.

Honda scored his first league goal on 12 March 2010, in the home match against Amkar Perm. He scored the goal in the third minute of injury time, slotting home a pass from Necid with his left. With the goal, he secured the win for CSKA Moscow.[4]

Career statistics

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Honours

Honda in training (August 21, 2009)

VVV-Venlo

Individual

International career

He was a member of the Japan team for 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship and played for U-23 national team, that qualified for 2008 Summer Olympics football tournament finals. He made a full international debut for Japan on June 22, 2008 in a FIFA World Cup qualifier against Bahrain. On 14 July 2008, he was formally named as one of the midfielders of the Japanese U-23 national football team for the Beijing Olympics football competition.[6] He scored his first goal for senior national team on 27 May 2009 in a friendly match against Chile at Nagai Stadium in Osaka. Honda also scored Japan's winning goal in the 2010 World Cup against Cameroon, finishing off Daisuke Matsui's cross into the top left corner of the net. His performance in the game gained him the Man Of The Match Award from FIFA.

National Team career statistics

Appearances in major competitions

Team Competition Category Appearances Goals Team Result
Start Sub
 Japan 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship U-20 1 0 0 Round of 16
 Japan 2008 Summer Olympics qualification U-22 10 0 3 Qualified
 Japan 2008 Summer Olympics U-23 3 0 0 Round 1
 Japan 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification Senior 0 2 1 Qualified
 Japan 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification Senior 2 0 1 Qualified

Goals for Senior National Team

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 27 May 2009 Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan  Chile 4–0 Win 2009 Kirin Cup
2. 10 Oct 2009 Nissan Stadium, Yokohama, Japan  Scotland 2–0 Win Friendly Match
3. 14 Oct 2009 Miyagi Stadium, Rifu, Japan  Togo 5–0 Win Friendly Match
4. 03 Mar 2010 Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Japan  Bahrain 2–0 Win 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
5. 14 Jun 2010 Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa  Cameroon 1–0 Win 2010 FIFA World Cup

Personal life

Honda's elder brother was also a footballer whom J. League side Oita Trinita nearly signed before the deal collapsed due to a knee injury. Honda's uncle Daizaburo Honda was a canoeist who represented Japan in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Daizaburo's son and Keisuke's cousin Tamon Honda participated in three Olympic Games in freestyle wrestling in 1984, 1988, and 1992 and is now a professional wrestler.[7] In 2008 Honda married a former nursery teacher.

References

  1. ^ VI.nl (2009-12-30). "CSKA en VVV bereiken akkoord over Honda" (in Dutch). Retrieved 2009-12-30.
  2. ^ Роман Бабаев: «У Думбия были более привлекательные в финансовом отношении варианты, чем ЦСКА» (Russian)
  3. ^ Bangkok Post (2010-02-25). "Gonzalez wonder goal earns CSKA draw against Sevilla". Retrieved 2010-02-25.
  4. ^ "ZSKA Moskau 1:0 (0:0) Amkar Perm". Transfermarkt.de. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
  5. ^ Elsevier.nl (2009-05-14). "VVV'er Honda beste speler Eerste Divisie" (in Dutch). Retrieved 2009-05-16.
  6. ^ Goal.com (2008-07-14). "Japan Name Olympic Squad". Retrieved 2008-07-17.
  7. ^ asahi.com 一人立つ、夢への舞台 サッカー・本田圭佑さん – 家族物語 - retrieved on February 13, 2009
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