| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yuji Ono | ||
| Date of birth | December 22, 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Albirex Niigata | ||
| Number | 99 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Johoku Fighters | |||
| –2010 | Yokohama F. Marinos | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2012 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 79 | (9) |
| 2013–2015 | Standard Liège | 19 | (1) |
| 2015–2017 | Sint-Truiden | 28 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Sagan Tosu | 68 | (6) |
| 2020–2021 | Gamba Osaka | 18 | (2) |
| 2022–2023 | Sagan Tosu | 54 | (11) |
| 2024– | Albirex Niigata | 34 | (4) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 September 2025 | |||
Yuji Ono (小野 裕二, Ono Yūji; born December 22, 1992) is a Japanese footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for J1 League club Albirex Niigata.
Born in Yokosuka, next to a satellite city of Yokohama. Ono joined Yokohama F. Marinos youth academy at age 13. He was a member of the Yokohama F. Marinos youth team that won the Prince Takamado Cup in 2009 beating Júbilo Iwata. [1] Ono made his competitive debut in a J1 League match against Sanfrecce Hiroshima at Hiroshima Big Arch on July 18, 2010, as a 62nd-minute substitute for Shingo Hyodo. At 17 years and 208 days, he was club's youngest-ever league debutante, a record previously held by Kota Mizunuma (17 years and 247 days). [2] Two months later, on September 5, 2009, Ono scored his first goal in a 3–1 victory against V-Varen Nagasaki in the Emperor's Cup. In January 2011, he signed a new long term contract with Marinos. [3]
On July 20, 2015, Ono signed a contract with Sint-Truiden. [4]
In February 2011, Ono was called up to the Japan national under-23 football team, or the "U-22 team". He earned his first cap for the Japan U-22's against Bahrain U-22's on February 12, 2011. [5]
Yuji's older brother, Yuto Ono, is also a footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for J2 League club FC Gifu.
Updated to February 24, 2019. [6] [7]
| Club | Season | League | Cup 1 | League Cup 2 | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Yokohama F. Marinos | 2010 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 20 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | - | 38 | 7 | ||
| 2012 | 33 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | - | 44 | 4 | ||
| Total | 79 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 1 | - | 102 | 16 | ||
| Standard Liège | 2012–13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | 0 | 30 | 2 | ||
| Total | 33 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | 0 | 39 | 2 | ||
| Sint-Truiden | 2015–16 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 26 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Sagan Tosu | 2017 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 22 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 35 | 6 | ||
| Total | 49 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 8 | |
| Career total | 193 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 230 | 26 | |
1Includes Emperor's Cup and Belgian Cup.
2Includes J.League Cup.