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| Personal information | |||||||||||
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| Full name | Kosuke Ota[1] | ||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1987-07-23)23 July 1987 (age 38) | ||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tokyo, Japan | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||
| Position | Left back | ||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||
| 1994–1999 | Tsukushino SSS | ||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | Machida Zelvia | ||||||||||
| 2002–2005 | Azabu University High School | ||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Yokohama FC | 49 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 85 | (2) | ||||||||
| 2012–2015 | FC Tokyo | 112 | (7) | ||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Vitesse | 26 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2017–2019 | FC Tokyo | 61 | (2) | ||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Nagoya Grampus | 21 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Perth Glory | 30 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Machida Zelvia | 18 | (0) | ||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||
| 2007 | Japan U20 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2010–2015 | Japan | 7 | (0) | ||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 November 2023, 8:20 (UTC) | |||||||||||
Kosuke Ota (太田 宏介,Ōta Kōsuke; born July 23, 1987) is aJapanese formerfootball player who played as adefender.[2]
Ota began his footballing career withYokohama FC in 2006, before a move toJ1 League sideShimizu S-Pulse in 2009.[3] After making 85 league appearances and scoring two goals, Ota joinedFC Tokyo in 2012.[3] He remained in Tokyo for three years before leaving Japanese football for the first time as he completed a transfer toEredivisie teamVitesse, based inArnhem.[3] He played in 28 matches in all competitions during the2015–16 and2016–17 seasons before returning to FC Tokyo, having struggled to adapt to life in the Netherlands.[4]
He would subsequently play for FC Tokyo andNagoya Grampus before joiningPerth Glory FC inAustralia. Ota's debut for Perth Glory in 2021 was as a substitute againstBrisbane Roar, in which he contributed two assists.[5] On 18 July 2022, Ota signed to J2 club,Machida Zelvia for during mid 2022 season.[6] On 3 October 2023, Ota officially announced his retirement from football at the end of this season after getting minimal game time at Machida Zelvia.[7][8]
In July 2007, Ota was selected as a member for theJapan U-20 national team for the2007 U-20 World Cup. At the tournament, he played 1 match as aleft-back againstNigeria.
He made his full international debut forJapan on January 6, 2010, in a2011 Asian Cup qualification match againstYemen. He would make 7 appearances for the Samurai Blue over a five year span, with his last one coming in 2015.
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other1 | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Asia | Total | |||||||||
| 2006 | Yokohama FC | J2 League | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2007 | J1 League | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 20 | 0 | |||
| 2008 | J2 League | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 32 | 0 | ||||
| 2009 | Shimizu S-Pulse | J1 League | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | 32 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | 42 | 1 | ||||
| 2011 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 40 | 1 | ||||
| 2012 | FC Tokyo | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 34 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | - | - | 44 | 5 | ||||
| 2014 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 41 | 3 | ||||
| 2015 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 36 | 3 | ||||
| Netherlands | League | KNVB Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||||||
| 2015–16 | Vitesse | Eredivisie | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 16 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | 12 | 0 | |||||
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Asia | Total | |||||||||
| 2017 | FC Tokyo | J1 League | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 33 | 1 | ||
| 2018 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 29 | 1 | ||||
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | - | - | 11 | 1 | ||||
| Nagoya Grampus | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 12 | 0 | ||||
| 2020 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 11 | 0 | ||||
| Australia | League | FFA Cup | Asia | Total | ||||||||||
| 2020–21 | Perth Glory | A-League | 19 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 19 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 11 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 0 | ||||||
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Asia | Total | |||||||||
| 2022 | Machida Zelvia | J2 League | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2023 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Career total | 401 | 11 | 28 | 4 | 50 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 484 | 17 | ||
1IncludesJapanese Super Cup.
| Japan national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 7 | 0 |
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