Yoshiaki Ota

Yoshiaki Ota
太田吉彰
Personal information
Full name	Yoshiaki Ota
Date of birth	11 June 1983 (age 38)
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*
Júbilo Iwata
Vegalta Sendai
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of 2018 season

Yoshiaki Ota (太田吉彰, Ōta Yoshiaki, born 11 June 1983) is a Japanese football player who plays for Júbilo Iwata.^[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[]

As of end of 2018 season^[2]

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
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

Total			81	7	6	0	10	1	–		97	8
Career total			349	40	28	3	60	6	10	0	447	49

References[]

^ Yoshiaki Ota at J.League (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)

External links[]

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[1] Yoshiaki Ota at J.League (in Japanese)

[2] 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)

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