Oh Jae-suk ( ko, 오재석; or ; born 4 January 1990) is a South Korean
football
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player who currently plays as
full-back for
Incheon United
Incheon United FC is a South Korean professional football club based in Incheon that competes in the K League 1, the top flight of South Korean football. Founded in 2003, the club is a so-called "community club", with the government of the city ...
in the
K League 1
The K League 1 (Hangul: K리그1) is the men's top professional football division of the South Korean football league system. The league is contested by twelve clubs.
History
The South Korean professional football league was founded in 1 ...
. He previously played for
Suwon Samsung Bluewings
''(The Blue, White and Reds)''Tricolor''
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, ground = Suwon World Cup Stadium
, capacity = 44,031
, owner = Cheil Worldwide(Samsung's subsidiary)
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and
Gangwon FC
Gangwon FC (Hangul:강원 FC) is a South Korean football club. Based in Gangwon Province of South Korea, Gangwon FC joined the K League as its 15th club for the 2009 season. The club is sponsored by High1 Resort.
History
Foundation
Gangw ...
in his homeland. He has also represented his country at full international level.
Club career
Oh started out his professional career with
Suwon Samsung Bluewings
''(The Blue, White and Reds)''Tricolor''
, short name = SSB
, image =
, caption =
, founded =
, ground = Suwon World Cup Stadium
, capacity = 44,031
, owner = Cheil Worldwide(Samsung's subsidiary)
, chairma ...
in 2010. He made just 5 league appearances before being loaned to
Gangwon FC
Gangwon FC (Hangul:강원 FC) is a South Korean football club. Based in Gangwon Province of South Korea, Gangwon FC joined the K League as its 15th club for the 2009 season. The club is sponsored by High1 Resort.
History
Foundation
Gangw ...
for the majority of the 2011 season. He played 22 matches and scored once as his side finished 16th and last in the final standings, however they retained their league status due to their being no relegation from the K-League that year. He signed for Gangwon permanently in 2012 and made 31 league appearances to help them to a 14th-place finish, just above the relegation spots.
In 2013 he joined, then J2 League side, Gamba Osaka who had been relegated from J1 League the previous season. His first year in Japan was spent largely as a reserve behind veteran right-back
Akira Kaji
is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a defender. He last played for Japan national team until 2008.
Club career
After graduating from Takigawa Daini High School, Kaji joined Cerezo Osaka in 1998. He made his first league ...
and he made just 5 appearances as Gamba bounced back at the first time of asking, ending the season as J2 League champions.
2014 got even better for the men in blue and black as their return to J1 League saw them go on to win the domestic treble, lifting the J1 League title, the J.League Cup and the Emperor's Cup. Kaji departed for America before the season and Oh saw himself in competition with the newly acquired
Koki Yonekura
is a Japanese people, Japanese Association football, footballer who plays for JEF United Chiba as a Defender (association football), right full-back, and occasionally as an attacking midfielder.
He previously played for JEF United Chiba, JEF Un ...
for the right-back position and
Hiroki Fujiharu
is a Japanese football player. He plays as a left back for Gamba Osaka in J1 League.
Club career
Born and raised in Osaka, Fujiharu joined local club Gamba Osaka in 2011 after graduating from the Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences. ...
for the left-back slot. Due to a gruelling schedule, all 3 were rotated by coach
Kenta Hasegawa
is a former Japanese football player and manager. He is the current head coach J1 League club of Nagoya Grampus. He played for the Japan national team.
Club career
Hasegawa was educated at and played for Shimizu Higashi High School. He won th ...
throughout the year and Oh ended up making 37 appearances in all competitions.
Gamba retained their Emperor's Cup title in 2015 and added the
Japanese Super Cup
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to their trophy cabinet, they also reached the semi-finals of the
2015 AFC Champions League
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Guangzhou Evergrande won the tournament ...
before going down to Chinese outfit
Guangzhou Evergrande
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over 2 legs. Oh didn't feature nearly as much as he had the previous year as Yonekura and Fujiharu locked down the starting berths, he played just 10 times in the league and 22 games in total. He was also red-carded in the league championship final play-off first leg at home to
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
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. With Gamba leading 2–1 in the 86th minute, Oh was shown a straight red-card. They went on to concede injury time goals to
Sho Sasaki
is a Japanese retired badminton player from Tonami Transportation badminton team. He competed at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Olympics. He also competed in four Asian Games from 2002 to 2014.
Career
In 2007 he won the Japanese National Cham ...
and
Yoshifumi Kashiwa
Yoshifumi Kashiwa (柏好文, ''Kashiwa Yoshifumi'', born July 28, 1987) is a Japanese football player who plays for Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
Club statistics
1Includes Japanese Super Cup, FIFA Club World Cup and J. League Championship.
Honours C ...
and lost 3-2 before drawing the return leg 1-1 which led to a 4-3 aggregate defeat and Sanfrecce being crowned J League Champions.
There were to be no trophies for Gamba between 2016 and 2018, but Oh went on to feature regularly for them in that period despite fierce competition not only from Yonekura and Fujiharu but also from the up-and-coming
Ryo Hatsuse. Oh played 18, 29 and 24 league games respectively across the 2016, 2017 and 2018 seasons as Gamba finished in 4th, 10th and 9th positions.
International career
Oh played for the South Korean Olympic football team at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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, helping them to win the bronze medal.
He was called up to the senior South Korea team by
Uli Stielike
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for a
2018 FIFA World Cup
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qualifier against
Lebanon
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in March 2016, but had to withdraw through injury and was replaced by
Kim Chang-soo
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International career
On 1 February 2009, he played at first senior level game for South Korea against Syria national football ...
.
Club career statistics
1 includes J.League Championship
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, Japanese Super Cup
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and Suruga Bank Championship
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The tournament was previously officially called the ...
appearances.
Reserves performance
Honors
Gamba Osaka
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J.League Division 1 –
2014
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J.League Division 2
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2013
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Emperor's Cup
, commonly known as or also Japan FA Cup is a Japanese football competition. It has the longest tradition of any football match in Japan, dating back to 1921, before the formation of the J.League, Japan Football League and their predecessor, J ...
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2014
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2015
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J.League Cup
The is a Japanese football (soccer) competition organized by J.League. It has been sponsored by Yamazaki Biscuits (YBC) of Yamazaki Baking (formerly Yamazaki Nabisco) since its inception in 1992. It is also known as the or (Levain is one of YB ...
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2014
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Japanese Super Cup
The , known as the for sponsorship reasons, is an annual one-match association football competition in Japan organised by J. League and the Japan Football Association (JFA). This competition serves as the season opener and is played between the r ...
–
2015
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References
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1990 births
Living people
Association football defenders
South Korean footballers
South Korea under-17 international footballers
South Korea under-20 international footballers
South Korea under-23 international footballers
South Korea international footballers
South Korean expatriate footballers
Suwon Samsung Bluewings players
Gangwon FC players
Gamba Osaka players
Gamba Osaka U-23 players
FC Tokyo players
K League 1 players
J1 League players
J2 League players
J3 League players
Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers of South Korea
Olympic medalists in football
Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea
Expatriate footballers in Japan
South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Japan
Kyung Hee University alumni
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Asian Games medalists in football
Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games
Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea
Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
People from Uijeongbu
Sportspeople from Gyeonggi Province