Yuji Ono (footballer)

Yuji Ono
小野 裕二
Personal information
Full nameYuji Ono
Date of birth22 December 1992
Place of birthKanagawa, Japan
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 12 in)
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current team
Standard Liège
Number14
Youth career
2005–2010Japan Yokohama F. Marinos
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2012Japan Yokohama F. Marinos79(9)
2013–Belgium Standard Liège30(1)
National team
2011Japan U221(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 April 2015.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 February 2011

Yuji Ono (小野 裕二 Ono Yūji, born 22 December 1992) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a striker for Standard Liège in the Belgian Pro League.

Club career

Born in Yokosuka, next to a satellite city of Yokohama. Ono joined Yokohama F. Marinos youth academy at age 13. He was a member of the Yokohama F. Marinos youth team that won the Prince Takamado Cup in 2009 beating Júbilo Iwata.[1] Ono made his competitive debut in a J. League match against Sanfrecce Hiroshima at Hiroshima Big Arch in 18 July 2010, as a 62nd-minute substitute for Shingo Hyodo. At 17 years and 208 days, he was club's youngest-ever league debutante, a record previously held by Kota Mizunuma (17 years and 247 days).[2] Two months later, on 5 September 2009, Ono scored his first goal in a 3–1 victory against V-Varen Nagasaki in the Emperor's Cup. In January 2011, he signed a new long term contract with Marinos.[3]

International career

In February 2011, Ono was called up to the Japan national under-23 football team, or the "U-22 team". He earned his first cap for the Japan U-22's against Bahrain U-22's on 12 February 2011.[4]

Personal Life

Yuji's older brother, Yuto Ono, is also a footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Tercera División de Mexico club F.C. Iguala.

Career statistics

Club

As of 27 December 2014[5]
Club Season League Cup1 League Cup2 Continental Other3 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Yokohama F. Marinos 2010 1733200--205
2011 2945340--387
2012 3325161--444
Total 799136101--10216
Standard Liège 2012–13 9000--0090
2013–14 0000--0000
2014–15 11121-4000172
Total 20121-4000262
Career total 9910157101400012818

1Includes Emperor's Cup and Belgian Cup.

2Includes J. League Cup.

3Includes Belgian Pro League Play-offs.

References

  1. Purachina sedai no daburyūhai. Takahito Ando. 2011. pp. 51–56. ISBN 486191745X.
  2. "Gekisaka blog". Kodansha. 17 October 2010. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
  3. "Ono signed five-year contract". Daily Sports. 16 January 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
  4. "Japan U-22s beat Bahrain in friendly". Japan Football Association. 13 February 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
  5. "Yuji Ono facts". guardian.co.uk. Guardian.

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