Yuto Ozeki
Japanese footballer
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Yuto Ozeki (大関 友翔, Ōzeki Yūto; born 6 February 2005) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Kawasaki Frontale and the Japan national team.
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| Date of birth | 6 February 2005 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Asao-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Kawasaki Frontale | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Shinpukuji FC | |||||||||||||||||
| –2019 | FC Tama | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Kawasaki Frontale | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Kawasaki Frontale | 15 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | →Fukushima United (loan) | 33 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Japan U18 | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Japan U19 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Japan U20 | 11 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Japan | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14:26, 11 July 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12 July 2025 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Ozeki is a youth product of Shinpukuji FC, FC Tama and Kawasaki Frontale.[2] He was announced to be promoted to Kawasaki Frontale 28 June 2022 for the 2023 season.[3] He made his senior and professional debut with Kawasaki Frontale in a 2–2 AFC Champions League Elite tie with Ulsan HD on 12 December 2023. He joined Fukushima United on loan in the J3 League for the 2024 season.[4] On 27 December 2024, it was announced that he would be returning to Kawasaki Frontale's first team squad in January 2025.[5]
International career
Ozeki was called up to the Japan U20s for the 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup.[6] He again was called up to the U20s for the 2025 Maurice Revello Tournament.[7]
Ozeki was called up to the senior Japan national team for the 2025 EAFF E-1 Football Championship.[8] He debuted with Japan that tournament in a 6–1 win over Hong Kong on 8 July 2025.[9]
Honours
- Kawasaki Frontale
- Japan
- Japan U23
- Individual