Yusuke Tasaka (田坂 祐介, Tasaka Yusuke, born 8 July 1985) is a Japanese professional football midfielder.[1][2][3]
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| Full name | Yusuke Tasaka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 8 July 1985 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Hiroshima, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2003 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima Youth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2007 | Aoyama Gakuin University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2012 | Kawasaki Frontale | 105 | (11) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | VfL Bochum | 81 | (9) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Kawasaki Frontale | 51 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | JEF United Chiba | 18 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 December 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career edit
Born in Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Tasaka began his career with hometown side Sanfrecce Hiroshima. He was a regular in the academy sides and won the 2003 J-League Youth Cup alongside the likes of Yojiro Takahagi and Issei Takayanagi. After graduating high school Tasaka received an offer from first team, but he decided to continue his study and play football at the Aoyama Gakuin University.
Upon graduating university Tasaka joined Kawasaki Frontale in 2007 and inherited jersey number 6. He made his J-League debut in a 4–0 defeat against Kashiwa Reysol on 23 September 2007.
Tasaka left Kawasaki to sign for VfL Bochum on 24 July 2012. He made his Bochum debut against Dynamo Dresden in the 2. Bundesliga on 12 August 2012.
Career statistics edit
- As of 23 February 2017[4]
| Club | Season | League | Cup1 | League Cup2 | Continental3 | Total | |||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Kawasaki Frontale | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 16 | 1 | ||
| 2009 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 38 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 32 | 5 | ||
| 2012 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | — | 22 | 4 | ||
| Total | 105 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 142 | 17 | |
| VfL Bochum | 2012–13 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 3 | ||
| 2013–14 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 3 | |||
| 2014–15 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 3 | |||
| Total | 81 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 9 | |
| Kawasaki Frontale | 2015 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 3 | ||
| 2016 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | – | 28 | 2 | ||
| Total | 30 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 216 | 24 | 22 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 272 | 31 | |
1Includes Emperor's Cup and DFB-Pokal.
2Includes J. League Cup.
3Includes AFC Champions League.
References edit
- ^ "Yusuke Tasaka" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ "Yusuke Tasaka" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ^ "Yusuke Tasaka". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 24 out of 289)
External links edit
- Yusuke Tasaka at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Profile at Kawasaki Frontale (in Japanese)
- Yusuke Tasaka at fussballdaten.de (in German)
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