Kosuke Ota
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| Personal information | |||||||||||
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| Full name | Kosuke Ota[1] | ||||||||||
| Date of birth | 23 July 1987 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tokyo, Japan | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||
| 1994–1999 | Tsukushino SSS | ||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | Machida Zelvia | ||||||||||
| 2002–2005 | Azabu University High School | ||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Yokohama FC | 49 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 85 | (2) | ||||||||
| 2012–2015 | FC Tokyo | 112 | (7) | ||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Vitesse | 26 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2017–2019 | FC Tokyo | 61 | (2) | ||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Nagoya Grampus | 21 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Perth Glory | 30 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Machida Zelvia | 18 | (0) | ||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||
| 2007 | Japan U20 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2010–2015 | Japan | 7 | (0) | ||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 November 2023, 8:20 (UTC) | |||||||||||
Kosuke Ota (太田 宏介, Ōta Kōsuke; born July 23, 1987) is a Japanese former football player who played as a defender.[2]
Ota began his footballing career with Yokohama FC in 2006, before a move to J1 League side Shimizu S-Pulse in 2009.[3] After making 85 league appearances and scoring two goals, Ota joined FC Tokyo in 2012.[3] He remained in Tokyo for three years before leaving Japanese football for the first time as he completed a transfer to Eredivisie team Vitesse, based in Arnhem.[3] He played in 28 matches in all competitions during the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons before returning to FC Tokyo, having struggled to adapt to life in the Netherlands.[4]
He would subsequently play for FC Tokyo and Nagoya Grampus before joining Perth Glory FC in Australia. Ota's debut for Perth Glory in 2021 was as a substitute against Brisbane Roar, in which he contributed two assists.[5] On 18 July 2022, Ota signed to J2 club, Machida Zelvia for during mid 2022 season.[6] On 3 October 2023, Ota officially announced his retirement from football at the end of this season after getting minimal game time at Machida Zelvia.[7][8]
International career
In July 2007, Ota was selected as a member for the Japan U-20 national team for the 2007 U-20 World Cup. At the tournament, he played 1 match as a left-back against Nigeria.
He made his full international debut for Japan on January 6, 2010, in a 2011 Asian Cup qualification match against Yemen. He would make 7 appearances for the Samurai Blue over a five year span, with his last one coming in 2015.
