Yoshiaki Ota

Yoshiaki Ota
Personal information
Full name	Yoshiaki Ota
Date of birth	June 11, 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth	Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1999–2001	Júbilo Iwata
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2009	Júbilo Iwata
2010–2014	Vegalta Sendai
2015–2019	Júbilo Iwata
Total
Honours
Júbilo Iwata
Vegalta Sendai
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Yoshiaki Ota (太田吉彰, Ota Yoshiaki, born June 11, 1983) is a former Japanese football player. His brother Keisuke Ota is also a former footballer.

Biography[change | change source]

Ota was born in Hamamatsu on June 11, 1983. He joined J1 League club Júbilo Iwata for their youth team in 2002. He became a regular player as right side midfielder in 2005. However his opportunity to play decreased behind new player Yuichi Komano from 2008. In July 2009, Ota left the club aims to transfer to Europe. However he could not transfer to Europe. After half year blank, he joined Vegalta Sendai in 2010. Although he could not play many matches in 2010, he played many matches as forward in 2011. In 2012, he became a regular player as right side midfielder and Vegalta finished at the 2nd place which is best results in the club history. He played all 34 matches for 3 years in a row (2012-2014). In 2015, he re-joined Júbilo Iwata for the first time in 6 years. Although Júbilo was relegated to J2 League from 2014, he played many matches and Júbilo was promoted to J1 end of the 2015 season. However his opportunity to play decreased from 2017 season. He retired end of the 2019 season.

In 2007, Ota was selected the Japan national team for 2007 Asian Cup. Although he did not play in the match, Japan won the 4th place.

Statistics[change | change source]

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Club statistics			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Asia		Total
2002	Júbilo Iwata	J1 League	0	0	0	0	0	0	-		0	0
2003			0	0	1	0	0	0	-		1	0
2004			7	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	10	1
2005			30	7	2	0	2	0	3	0	37	7
2006			32	9	3	0	8	1	-		43	10
2007			32	4	2	1	6	1	-		40	6
2008			1	0	2	1	2	0	-		5	1
2009			13	0	0	0	5	0	-		18	0
2010	Vegalta Sendai	J1 League	21	0	1	0	8	2	-		30	2
2011			30	4	3	1	4	0	-		37	5
2012			34	4	2	0	7	1	-		43	5
2013			34	2	4	0	2	0	6	0	46	2
2014			34	2	1	0	5	0	-		40	2
2015	Júbilo Iwata	J2 League	39	4	0	0	-		-		39	4
2016		J1 League	34	3	0	0	1	0	-		35	3
2017			8	0	3	0	3	0	-		14	0
2018			0	0	3	0	6	1	-		9	1
2019			0	0	1	0	4	0	-		5	0
Country	Japan		349	40	29	3	64	6	10	0	452	49
Total			349	40	29	3	64	6	10	0	452	49