Keisuke Ota (footballer, born 1979)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Keisuke Ota | ||
| Date of birth | April 24, 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–1997 | Shimizu Commercial High School | ||
| 1998–2001 | Fukuoka University | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2005 | Avispa Fukuoka | 63 | (8) |
| 2006 |
Thespa Kusatsu | 38 | (4) |
| 2007 | Minnesota Thunder | 19 | (2) |
| 2008 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 121 | (14) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Keisuke Ota (太田 恵介, Ōta Keisuke, born April 24, 1979) is a former Japanese football player.[1]
Club career
Ota was educated at and played for Shimizu Commercial High School and Fukuoka University.
After graduating from the university in 2002, Ota joined
Thespa Kusatsu. The Minnesota Thunder signed him in February 2007, but he returned to Japan with V-Varen Nagasaki in 2008.[6]
He retired from the game at the end of the 2008 season.
National team career
Ota represented Japan for the 2001 Summer Universiade held in Beijing where the team won the title beating Ukraine in the final. He played 5 matches in the tournament.
Club statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | Total | |||||
| 2002 | Avispa Fukuoka | J2 League | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2003 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | ||
| 2004 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 7 | ||
| 2005 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | ||
| 2006 | Thespa Kusatsu |
J2 League | 38 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 4 |
| United States | League | Open Cup
|
Total | |||||
| 2007 | Minnesota Thunder | USL First Division | 19 | 2 | 19 | 2 | ||
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | Total | |||||
| 2008 | V-Varen Nagasaki | Regional Leagues | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | |
| Country | Japan | 102 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 106 | 16 | |
| United States | 19 | 2 | 19 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 121 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 125 | 18 | ||
References
- ^ Keisuke Ota at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- ^ Keisuke Ota at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- ^ J.League
- ^ Keisuke Ota at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- ^ J.League
- ^ Minnesota Thunder Official Web Site, Thunder Signs 6-4 Japanese Forward Keisuke Ota Archived 2008-05-27 at the Wayback Machine, article retrieved February 6, 2008.
External links
- Keisuke Ota at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
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