Yūki Ōtsu

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Yūki Ōtsu
Yuki Otsu 2012 Borussia Mönchengladbach-2.jpg
Yūki Ōtsu (2012)
Personnel
birthday March 24, 1990
place of birth Mito , Ibaraki PrefectureJapan
size 180 cm
position midfield
Juniors
Years station
Shinshō Tokiwa SSS
Kashima Antlers
2006-2008 Seiritsu Gakuen High School
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2008-2011 Kashiwa Reysol 66 (7)
2011–2012 Borussia Monchengladbach 3 (0)
2011–2012 Borussia Mönchengladbach II 9 (0)
2012-2015 VVV-Venlo 50 (6)
2015-2017 Kashiwa Reysol 49 (3)
2018– Yokohama F. Marinos 43 (1)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2011–2012 Japan U-23 16 (6)
2012 Japan Olympics 6 (3)
2013 Japan 2 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: October 12, 2019

Yūki Ōtsu ( Japanese 大 津 祐 樹 , Ōtsu Yūki ; born March 24, 1990 in Mito , Ibaraki Prefecture , Japan) is a Japanese football player who is under contract with Kashiwa Reysol .

Ōtsu is right-footed and a player for the offensive midfield . However, he can also play on the right and left flanks and can also be used as a hanging tip . Good tactical understanding, dribbling and speed are repeatedly mentioned as his strengths .

Career

Yūki Ōtsu started playing football because his two-year-old brother also plays football. Ōtsu made his Japanese J-League debut on March 9, 2008 for Kashiwa Reysol . A year later, on April 29, 2009, Yūki Ōtsu scored in the league game against Ōita Trinita with the winning goal in the 89th minute to 2-1 for Kashiwa and his first league goal. From 2008 to 2011 Yuki Otsu completed a total of 66 first division games for Kashiwa Reysol in which he scored 7 goals. During his active time at Kashiwa Reysol, Otsu was nicknamed Charao ( チ ャ ラ 男 ) and his own song.

For the 2011/12 season , Otsu signed a contract with Borussia Mönchengladbach until June 30, 2014, for which he wears jersey number 23. According to coach Lucien Favre and manager Max Eberl , Yūki Ōtsu is an interesting footballer for the future. On August 6, 2011 (1st match day) he made his debut for the second team of the foals in the Regionalliga West in the 3: 4 defeat in the home game against the second team of 1. FC Cologne; He made his Bundesliga debut on October 22, 2011 (10th match day) against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim when he came on for Mike Hanke in the 83rd minute .

In 2012, he was in the squad for the Olympic Games and appeared in all six games, scoring three goals, including the 1-0 winner against Spain and the only goal for Japan in a 3-1 semifinal against Mexico . Together with Naohiro Takahara , he is now the second best Japanese goalscorer at the Olympic Games. In the game for third place, the team lost to South Korea 2-0.

At the end of August 2012, Ōtsu moved to the Dutch first division club VVV-Venlo .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. borussia.de: Yuki Otsu changes to VVV Venlo , August 31, 2012, accessed on August 31, 2012