Keisuke Ota (footballer, born 1979)

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Keisuke Ota
太田 恵介
Personal information
Full name Keisuke Ota
Date of birth (1979-04-24) April 24, 1979 (age 45)
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*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2005 Avispa Fukuoka 63 (8)
2006 Thespa Kusatsu 38 (4)
2007 Minnesota Thunder 19 (2)
2008 V-Varen Nagasaki 1 (0)
Total121(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]

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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 J2 League side Avispa Fukuoka. His first appearance in J2 League came on September 11, 2002, against Mito HollyHock. [2] [3] He scored his first professional goal on July 26, 2003, against Albirex Niigata. [4] [5] In April 2004, he crashed into the goal post and damaged his spleen as he scored against Omiya Ardija. Because of this injury, he was sidelined for more than three months. Although he was instrumental in Avispa's promotion in the 2005 season by playing 22 games and scoring 2 goals, he was released from the club. He played the 2006 season with fellow J2 side 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 performanceLeagueCupTotal
SeasonClubLeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
JapanLeague Emperor's Cup Total
2002 Avispa Fukuoka J2 League 410041
2003 11210122
2004 24522267
2005 24200242
2006 Thespa Kusatsu J2 League 38410394
United StatesLeague Open Cup Total
2007 Minnesota Thunder USL First Division 192192
JapanLeague Emperor's Cup Total
2008 V-Varen Nagasaki Regional Leagues 10-10
CountryJapan102144210616
United States192192
Total121164212518

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References

  1. Keisuke Ota at J.League ( archive ) (in Japanese) OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. Keisuke Ota at J.League ( archive ) (in Japanese) OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. J.League
  4. Keisuke Ota at J.League ( archive ) (in Japanese) OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  5. J.League
  6. 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.