Yūki Ōtsu

Yūki Ōtsu
大津祐樹
Personal information
Full name	Yūki Ōtsu
Date of birth	24 March 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Attacking Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Yokohama F. Marinos
Number	7
Youth career
	Shinshō Tokiwa SSS
	Kashima Antlers Youth
2005–2008	Seiritsu Gakuen High School
Senior career*
Years	Team
2008–2011	Kashiwa Reysol
2011–2012	Borussia M'gladbach
2011–2012	Borussia M'gladbach II
2012–2015	VVV-Venlo
2015–2017	Kashiwa Reysol
2018–	Yokohama F. Marinos
International career‡
2011–2012	Japan U-23
2013	Japan
Medal record
Kashiwa Reysol
Yokohama F. Marinos
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 December 2018; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 August 2012

Yūki Ōtsu (大津祐樹, Ōtsu Yūki, born 24 March 1990) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays for Japanese J1 League club Yokohama F. Marinos as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

Borussia Mönchengladbach

On 21 July 2011, Ōtsu was signed by German Bundesliga side Borussia Mönchengladbach on a three-year contract.^[1] He made his league debut on 22 October 2011, coming on as a late substitute for Mike Hanke,^[2] in a 1–0 away defeat against 1899 Hoffenheim.^[3]

VVV-Venlo

After having lost prospect with Borussia Mönchengladbach, Ōtsu signed with Dutch Eredivisie side VVV-Venlo until the summer of 2014 on 31 August 2012.^[4] He was supposed to succeed his countryman Keisuke Honda who had impressed and made a transfer to AC Milan half a year earlier. However, on 15 December 2013, Ōtsu badly injured his achilles tendon. After a long time rehabilitation, Ōtsu became fit again with the result VVV-Venlo extended his expiring contract until the summer of 2015.^[5]

Return to Kashiwa Reysol

On 13 December 2014, it was announced that Otsu leaves VVV-Venlo in the winter transfer window. He had signed a deal with his former team Kashiwa Reysol.^[6]

International career

On 2 July 2012, Ōtsu was included in the 2012 Summer Olympics squad by Japan under-23s manager Takashi Sekizuka.^[7] He made his debut in their opening match on 26 July 2012 against Spain at Hampden Park, Glasgow, where he scored the opening and winning goal.^[8] He then went on to score in both Japan's quarter-final and semi-final against Egypt and Mexico respectively. On 31 January 2013, Ōtsu was included in the Japan senior national team squad in a friendly against Latvia by head coach Alberto Zaccheroni. On 6 February 2013, Ōtsu made his debut for the national team, replacing Shinji Okazaki in the 82nd minute.

Career statistics

Club

As of 24 April 2019^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]

Club	Season	League		Cup¹		League Cup²		Continental³		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Kashiwa Reysol	2008	14	0	2	0	3	0	–		19	0
	2009	33	6	1	0	5	2	–		39	8
	2010	9	1	1	0	–		–		10	1
	2011	10	0	0	0	1	0	–		11	0
	2015	14	1	2	0	1	0	8	0	25	1
	2016	19	1	4	0	1	0	–		24	1
	2017	16	1	4	0	3	0	–		23	1
	Total	115	10	14	0	14	2	8	0	151	12
Borussia Mönchengladbach	2011–12	3	0	1	0	–		–		4	0
Borussia Mönchengladbach	Total	3	0	1	0	–		–		4	0
VVV-Venlo	2012–13	22	1	1	0	-		–		23	1
	2013-14	20	4	2	0	-		–		22	4
	2014-15	8	1	1	0	-		–		9	1
	Total	50	6	4	0	–		–		54	6
Yokohama F. Marinos	2018	25	1	2	0	9	2	-		36	3
	2019	5	0	0	0	3	2	-		8	2
	Total	30	1	2	0	12	4	-		44	5
Career total		198	17	21	0	26	6	8	0	252	23

¹Includes Emperor's Cup, DFB-Pokal and KNVB Cup.

²Includes J. League Cup.

³Includes AFC Champions League.

International

As of 10 August 2012

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Japan U23
	2011	3	2
	2012	11	4
	Total	14	6

Source:^[13]

Year	Apps	Goals
Japan national team
2013	2	0
Total	2	0

International goals

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first.

Under–23

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Goal	Result	Competition
1.	22 November 2011	Bahrain National Stadium, Manama	Bahrain	1–0	2–0	2012 Summer Olympics qualification
2.	27 November 2011	National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo	Syria	2–1	2–1	2012 Summer Olympics qualification
3.	21 July 2012	City Ground, West Bridgford	Mexico	2–1	2–1	Friendly^[14]
4.	26 July 2012	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Spain	1–0	1–0	2012 Summer Olympics
5.	4 August 2012	Old Trafford, Manchester	Egypt	3–0	3–0	2012 Summer Olympics
6.	7 August 2012	Wembley Stadium, London	Mexico	1–0	1–3	2012 Summer Olympics

Honours

Club

Kashiwa Reysol

J. League Division 2: 2010

References

^ "Borussia sign Yuki Otsu". Borussia Mönchengladbach official website. 20 July 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
^ Kellermann, Karsten (24 October 2011). "Borussias Japaner-Debüt". Rheinische Post. Mönchengladbach. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
^ Kellermann, Karsten (22 October 2011). "Ibisevic besiegelt Borussias Niederlage". rp-online.de. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
^ Yuki Otsu wechselt zu VVV Venlo (German)
^ VVV licht optie in contract Otsu (Dutch)
^ Yuki Otsu naar Kashiwa Reysol (Dutch)
^ "U-23日本代表メンバー第30回オリンピック競技大会（2012/ロンドン）サッカー男子キリンチャレンジカップ2012 vs U-23ニュージーランド代表（7/11＠東京／国立競技場）". Japan Football Association (in Japanese). 2 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
^ "London 2012: Japan shock Spain with Yuki Otsu's Hampden winner". BBC Sport. London: British Broadcasting Corporation. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 41 out of 289)
^ "Yuki Otsu > Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
^ "Japan – Yuki Otsu – Profile with news, career statistics and history". soccerway.comt. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
^ "Stats Centre: Yuki Otsu Facts". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
^ Japan National Football Team Database
^ 大津の決勝ゴールでメキシコに競り勝つ. Japan Football Association (in Japanese). 22 July 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.

External links

Yūki Ōtsu – FIFA competition record (archived)
Yūki Ōtsu at National-Football-Teams.com
Japan National Football Team Database
Yūki Ōtsu at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
Yūki Ōtsu at Soccerway
Voetbal International profile (in Dutch)
Yuki Otsu profile at Kashiwa Reysol at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-07-21) (in Japanese)
Yuki Otsu profile at Yahoo! Japan (in Japanese)

[1] "Borussia sign Yuki Otsu". Borussia Mönchengladbach official website. 20 July 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2012.

[2] Kellermann, Karsten (24 October 2011). "Borussias Japaner-Debüt". Rheinische Post. Mönchengladbach. Retrieved 27 July 2012.

[3] Kellermann, Karsten (22 October 2011). "Ibisevic besiegelt Borussias Niederlage". rp-online.de. Retrieved 27 July 2012.

[4] Yuki Otsu wechselt zu VVV Venlo (German)

[5] VVV licht optie in contract Otsu (Dutch)

[6] Yuki Otsu naar Kashiwa Reysol (Dutch)

[7] "U-23日本代表メンバー第30回オリンピック競技大会（2012/ロンドン）サッカー男子キリンチャレンジカップ2012 vs U-23ニュージーランド代表（7/11＠東京／国立競技場）". Japan Football Association (in Japanese). 2 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.

[8] "London 2012: Japan shock Spain with Yuki Otsu's Hampden winner". BBC Sport. London: British Broadcasting Corporation. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.

[9] Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 41 out of 289)

[10] "Yuki Otsu > Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 October 2012.

[11] "Japan – Yuki Otsu – Profile with news, career statistics and history". soccerway.comt. Retrieved 19 October 2012.

[12] "Stats Centre: Yuki Otsu Facts". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 27 July 2012.

[JNFTD-13] Japan National Football Team Database

[14] 大津の決勝ゴールでメキシコに競り勝つ. Japan Football Association (in Japanese). 22 July 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.

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