Yūki Ōtsu

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Yūki Ōtsu
Personal information

Full name	Yūki Ōtsu
Date of birth	(1990-03-24) 24 March 1990
Place of birth	Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current club	VVV-Venlo
Number	10
Youth career
	Shinshō Tokiwa SSS
	Kashima Antlers
2005–2008	Seiritsu Gakuen High School
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2008–2011	Kashiwa Reysol	66	(7)
2011–2012	Borussia M'gladbach	3	(0)
2011–2012	Borussia M'gladbach II	9	(0)
2012–	VVV-Venlo	42	(5)
National team^‡
2011–2012	Japan U23	16	(6)
2013–	Japan	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 May 2013. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 August 2012

Yūki Ōtsu (大津祐樹, Ōtsu Yūki, born 24 March 1990) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Dutch Eerste Divisie club VVV-Venlo as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

Borussia Mönchengladbach

On 21 July 2011, Ōtsu was signed by German Bundesliga side Borussia Mönchengladbach on a three-year contract.^[1] He made his league debut on 22 October 2011, coming on as a late substitute for Mike Hanke,^[2] in a 1–0 away defeat against 1899 Hoffenheim.^[3]^[4]

International career

On 2 July 2012, Ōtsu was included in the 2012 Summer Olympics squad by Japan under-23s manager Takashi Sekizuka.^[5] He made his debut in their opening match on 26 July 2012 against Spain at Hampden Park, Glasgow, where he scored the opening and winning goal.^[6] He then went on to score in both Japan's quarter-final and semi-final against Egypt and Mexico respectively. On 31 January 2013, Ōtsu was included in the Japan senior national team squad in a friendly against Latvia by head coach Alberto Zaccheroni. On 6 February 2013, Ōtsu made his debut for the national team, replacing Shinji Okazaki in the 82nd minute.

Career statistics

Club

Statistics accurate as of match played 13 May 2013.^[7]^[8]^[9]

Club	Season	League		Cup¹		League Cup²		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Kashiwa Reysol	2008	14	0	2	0	3	0	19	0
	2009	33	6	1	0	5	2	39	8
	2010	9	1	1	0	–		10	1
	2011	10	0	–		1	0	11	0
	Total	66	7	4	0	9	2	79	9
Borussia Mönchengladbach	2011–12	3	0	1	0	–		4	0
Borussia Mönchengladbach	Total	3	0	1	0	–		4	0
VVV-Venlo	2012–13	22	1	1	0	-		23	1
	2013-14	20	4	2	0	-		22	4
	Total	42	5	3	0	–		45	5
Career total		111	12	8	0	9	2	128	14

¹Includes Emperor's Cup, DFB-Pokal and KNVB Cup.

²Includes J. League Cup.

International

As of 10 August 2012

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Japan U23
	2011	3	2
	2012	11	4
	Total	14	6

International goals

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first.

Under–23

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Goal	Result	Competition
1.	22 November 2011	Bahrain National Stadium, Manama	Bahrain	1–0	2–0	2012 Summer Olympics qualification
2.	27 November 2011	National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo	Syria	2–1	2–1	2012 Summer Olympics qualification
3.	21 July 2012	City Ground, West Bridgford	Mexico	2–1	2–1	Friendly^[10]
4.	26 July 2012	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Spain	1–0	1–0	2012 Summer Olympics
5.	4 August 2012	Old Trafford, Manchester	Egypt	3–0	3–0	2012 Summer Olympics
6.	7 August 2012	Wembley Stadium, London	Mexico	1–0	1–3	2012 Summer Olympics

Honours

Club

Kashiwa Reysol

J. League Division 2: 2010

References

↑ "Borussia sign Yuki Otsu". Borussia Mönchengladbach official website. 20 July 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
↑ Kellermann, Karsten (24 October 2011). "Borussias Japaner-Debüt". Rheinische Post (Mönchengladbach). Retrieved 27 July 2012.
↑ Kellermann, Karsten (22 October 2011). "Ibisevic besiegelt Borussias Niederlage". Rheinische Post (Mönchengladbach). Retrieved 27 July 2012.
↑ James, Andy (22 October 2011). "TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 1–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach". Fußball-Bundesliga official website. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
↑ "U-23日本代表メンバー第30回オリンピック競技大会（2012/ロンドン）サッカー男子キリンチャレンジカップ2012 vs U-23ニュージーランド代表（7/11＠東京／国立競技場）". Japan Football Association (in Japanese). 2 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
↑ "London 2012: Japan shock Spain with Yuki Otsu's Hampden winner". BBC Sport (London: British Broadcasting Corporation). 26 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
↑ "Yuki Otsu > Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
↑ "Japan – Yuki Otsu – Profile with news, career statistics and history". soccerway.comt. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
↑ "Stats Centre: Yuki Otsu Facts". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
↑ "大津の決勝ゴールでメキシコに競り勝つ". Japan Football Association (in Japanese). 22 July 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.

External links

Yuki Otsu profile at Kashiwa Reysol official website (Japanese)
Yuki Otsu profile at Yahoo! Japan (Japanese)

v t e Japan men's football squad – 2012 Summer Olympics – Fourth Place

1 Gonda 2 Tokunaga 3 Ohgihara 4 H. Sakai 5 Yoshida 6 Muramatsu 7 Ōtsu 8 Yamamura 9 Sugimoto 10 Higashi 11 Nagai 12 G. Sakai 13 Suzuki 14 Usami 15 Saitō 16 Yamaguchi 17 Kiyotake 18 Andō Coach: Sekizuka

v t e VVV-Venlo – current squad

1 Wintjens 2 Joppen (c) 3 Promes 4 Balkestein 5 Fleuren 7 Reimerink 8 Post 9 Rajcomar 10 Yuki 11 Wolters 12 Mäenpää 14 Ozan 15 Schroyen 17 Kruijsen 19 Ascroft 20 De Kogel 21 Gielen 22 Verstappen 23 Cooper 24 Heesen 25 Altheer 26 Respen 27 Gijzen 28 Hendriks 29 Sevinç 31 Verlijsdonk 32 Donkers Manager: Trost

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