Kōta Watanabe (footballer)
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Full name
Kōta Watanabe
Date of birth
October 18, 1998
Place of birth
Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Height
1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
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| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kōta Watanabe | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | October 18, 1998 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Yokohama F. Marinos | |||||||||||||
| Number | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | FF Vigore | |||||||||||||
| 2008–2016 | Tokyo Verdy | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Tokyo Verdy | 90 | (4) | |||||||||||
| 2019– | Yokohama F. Marinos | 165 | (5) | |||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Japan U23 | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 September 2025 | ||||||||||||||
Kōta Watanabe (渡辺 皓太, Watanabe Kōta; born October 18, 1998) is a Japanese football player.[1] He plays for Yokohama F. Marinos.
Kōta Watanabe joined J2 League club Tokyo Verdy in 2016.
International career
On May 24, 2019, Watanabe has been called by Japan's head coach Hajime Moriyasu to feature in the Copa América played in Brazil.[2] He's the only J2 League player to be called up for this competition.
Club statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J. League Cup | Asia | Other | Total | ||||||||
| 2016 | Tokyo Verdy | J2 League | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 12 | 0 | |||
| 2017 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 27 | 1 | |||||
| 2018 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 36 | 2 | |||||
| 2019 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 16 | 1 | |||||
| Yokohama F. Marinos | J1 League | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2020 | 19 | 2 | - | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | |||
| 2021 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | 33 | 0 | ||||
| 2022 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 31 | 0 | |||
| 2023 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 2 | ||
| 2024 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | - | 14 | 3 | |||
| Total | 211 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 250 | 11 | ||
