Yuki Otsu

Yuki Otsu
	Otsu playing for Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Yuki Otsu
Date of birth	March 24, 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward, Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Júbilo Iwata
Youth career
2005–2007	Seiritsu Gakuen High School
Senior career*
Years	Team
2008–2011	Kashiwa Reysol
2011–2012	Borussia Mönchengladbach
2012–2014	VVV-Venlo
2015–2017	Kashiwa Reysol
2018–2020	Yokohama F. Marinos
2021–	Júbilo Iwata
National team
2012	Japan U-23
2013	Japan
Honours
Kashiwa Reysol
Yokohama F. Marinos
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of the 2020 season

Yuki Otsu (大津祐樹, Otsu Yuki, born March 24, 1990) is a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography[change | change source]

Otsu was born in Mito on March 24, 1990. After graduating from Seiritsu Gakuen High School, he joined J1 League club Kashiwa Reysol in 2008. He played many matches from first season. However Kashiwa was relegated to J2 League end of the 2009 season. In 2010, Kashiwa won the champions and was returned to J1 in a year. In July 2011, he moved to German Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach. However there were few opportunities to play. In 2012, he moved to Dutch Eredivisie club VVV-Venlo. Although he played many matches, the club was relegated to Eerste Divisie end of the 2012/13 season. In January 2015, he returned to his first club Kashiwa Reysol. In 2018, he moved to Yokohama F. Marinos. Yokohama won the J1 League champions in 2019. In 2021, he moved to J2 club Júbilo Iwata.

In July 2012, Otsu was selected the Japan U-23 national team for 2012 Summer Olympics. He played all 6 matches and scored 3 goals, Japan won the 4th place. On February 6, 2013, he debuted for the Japan national team against Latvia. He played 2 games for Japan in 2013.

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
2008	Kashiwa Reysol	J1 League	14	0	1	0	3	0	-		18	0
2009		J1 League	33	6	1	0	5	2	-		39	8
2010		J2 League	9	1	1	0	-		-		10	1
2011		J1 League	10	0	0	0	1	0	-		11	0
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		Premiere Ligapokal		Europe		Total
2011/12	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bundesliga	3	0	1	0	-		-		4	0
Netherlands			League		KNVB Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
2012/13	VVV-Venlo	Eredivisie	22	1	1	0	-		-		23	1
2013/14		Eerste Divisie	20	4	2	0	-		-		22	4
2014/15		Eerste Divisie	8	1	1	0	-		-		9	1
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Asia		Total
2015	Kashiwa Reysol	J1 League	14	1	2	0	2	0	7	0	25	1
2016			19	1	3	2	4	0	-		26	3
2017			16	1	4	0	3	0	-		23	1
2018	Yokohama F. Marinos	J1 League	25	1	2	0	9	2	-		36	3
2019			23	0	2	1	6	2	-		31	3
2020			12	0	-		0	0	3	0	15	0
2021	Júbilo Iwata	J2 League
Country	Japan		175	11	16	3	33	6	10	0	234	20
	Germany		3	0	1	0	-		-		4	0
	Netherlands		50	6	4	0	-		-		54	6
Total			228	17	21	3	33	6	10	0	292	26