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player. His younger brother

Yoshiaki Ota is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. His elder brother Keisuke Ota is also former footballer. Club career Ota was born in Hamamatsu on 11 June 1983. He joined J1 League club Júbilo Iwata for youth team in 2 ...

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Playing career

Ota was born in

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on July 23, 1981. He joined

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from youth team in 2000. However he could not play at all in the match. In 2001, he moved to

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on loan. He became a regular player as forward and scored 11 goals which is top scorer in the club. In 2002, he returned to Shimizu S-Pulse. He debuted in J1 League in 2002 and his opportunity to play increased in 2003. In 2004, he became a regular player as right midfielder. However he could hardly play in the match from 2006. In July 2007, he moved to

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. He became a regular player as right midfielder immediately and he played in all 34 matches in 2008. However his opportunity to play decreased in 2009. In July 2009, he moved to

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. Although he played many matches in 2009, the club was relegated to J2 first time in the club history from 2010. Although he became a regular player, he played many matches until 2011. In 2012, he moved to J2 club

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. He played many matches in 2 seasons and the club was promoted to J1 first time in the club history from 2014. However he moved to J2 club

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in 2014 without playing J1. Although he played many matches in 2014, his opportunity to play decreased in 2015 and he retired end of 2015 season.

Club statistics

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* 1981 births Living people Japanese men's footballers J1 League players J2 League players Shimizu S-Pulse players Ventforet Kofu players Kashiwa Reysol players JEF United Chiba players Tokushima Vortis players FC Gifu players Men's association football midfielders Association football people from Hamamatsu {{Japan-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub