Taikai Uemoto (上本 大海, Uemoto Taikai, born June 1, 1982) is a former Japanese football player.
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| Full name | Taikai Uemoto | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | June 1, 1982 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ibusuki, Kagoshima, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2000 | Kagoshima Jitsugyo High School | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2004 | Júbilo Iwata | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2009 | Oita Trinita | 127 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Cerezo Osaka | 58 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | Vegalta Sendai | 39 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Kagoshima United FC | 22 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 257 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career edit
Uemoto was born in Ibusuki on June 1, 1982. After graduating from high school, he joined J1 League club Júbilo Iwata in 2001. However he could hardly play in the match in the club have many Japan national team players Hideto Suzuki, Makoto Tanaka and so on. In 2005, he moved to J1 club Oita Trinita. He became a regular player as left back of three backs defense and played many matches for a long time. The club won the champions 2008 J.League Cup first major title in the club history. However the club was relegated to J2 League end of 2009 season and he was released from the club due to their financial problems. In 2010, he moved to J1 club Cerezo Osaka. He played many matches as regular center back with Teruyuki Moniwa. In 2012, he moved to J1 club Vegalta Sendai. He played as regular center back with Jiro Kamata in 2012. However he could not play many matches for injuries from 2013. In 2016, he moved to J2 club V-Varen Nagasaki. However he could hardly play in the match. In 2017, he moved to J3 League club Kagoshima United FC based in his local. He played many matches and retired end of 2017 season.
Club statistics edit
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Asia | Total | |||||||
| 2001 | Júbilo Iwata | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2003 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 8 | 0 | |||
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2005 | Oita Trinita | J1 League | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 16 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 29 | 0 | |||
| 2007 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | 34 | 0 | |||
| 2008 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | - | 42 | 3 | |||
| 2009 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | 36 | 0 | |||
| 2010 | Cerezo Osaka | J1 League | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | 39 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 36 | 1 | ||
| 2012 | Vegalta Sendai | J1 League | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 25 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2014 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 16 | 0 | |||
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2016 | V-Varen Nagasaki | J2 League | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | Kagoshima United FC | J3 League | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 257 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 321 | 6 | ||
References edit
- ^ Kagoshima United FC(in Japanese)
External links edit
- Taikai Uemoto at Soccerway
- Taikai Uemoto at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
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