Yusuke Tasaka
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yusuke Tasaka | ||
| Date of birth | 8 July 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Hiroshima, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | JEF United Chiba | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2003 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima Youth | ||
| 2004–2007 | Aoyama Gakuin University | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2012 | Kawasaki Frontale | 105 | (11) |
| 2012–2015 | VfL Bochum | 81 | (9) |
| 2015–2018 | Kawasaki Frontale | 51 | (4) |
| 2019– | JEF United Chiba | 8 | (0) |
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 July 2019 | |||
Yusuke Tasaka (田坂 祐介, Tasaka Yusuke, born 8 July 1985) is a Japanese professional football midfielder.[1][2][3]
Career[]
Born in Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Tasaka began his career with hometown side Sanfrecce Hiroshima. He was a regular in the academy sides and won the 2003 J-League Youth Cup alongside the likes of Yojiro Takahagi and Issei Takayanagi. After graduating high school Tasaka received an offer from first team, but he decided to continue his study and play football at the Aoyama Gakuin University.
Upon graduating university Tasaka joined Kawasaki Frontale in 2007 and inherited jersey number 6. He made his J-League debut in a 4–0 defeat against Kashiwa Reysol on 23 September 2007.
Tasaka left Kawasaki to sign for VfL Bochum on 24 July 2012. He made his Bochum debut against Dynamo Dresden in the 2. Bundesliga on 12 August 2012.
Career statistics[]
- As of 23 February 2017[4]
| Club | Season | League | Cup1 | League Cup2 | Continental3 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Kawasaki Frontale | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 16 | 1 | ||
| 2009 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 38 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 32 | 5 | ||
| 2012 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | — | 22 | 4 | ||
| Total | 105 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 142 | 17 | |
| VfL Bochum | 2012–13 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 3 | ||
| 2013–14 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 3 | |||
| 2014–15 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 3 | |||
| Total | 81 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 9 | |
| Kawasaki Frontale | 2015 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 3 | ||
| 2016 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | – | 28 | 2 | ||
| Total | 30 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 216 | 24 | 22 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 272 | 31 | |
1Includes Emperor's Cup and DFB-Pokal.
2Includes J. League Cup.
3Includes AFC Champions League.
References[]
- ^ "Yusuke Tasaka" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ "Yusuke Tasaka" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ^ "Yusuke Tasaka". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ 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. 24 out of 289)
External links[]
- Yusuke Tasaka at J.League (in Japanese)
- Profile at Kawasaki Frontale (in Japanese)
- Yusuke Tasaka at fussballdaten.de (in German)
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- Aoyama Gakuin University alumni
- Association football midfielders
- Association football people from Hiroshima Prefecture
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- J1 League players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Kawasaki Frontale players
- VfL Bochum players
- JEF United Chiba players
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
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