Hidekazu Otani (大谷 秀和, Otani Hidekazu, born 6 November 1984) is a Japanese football manager and former professional player who played as a defensive midfielder. He made over 600 career appearances for Kashiwa Reysol and stayed with them for his entire career.[2] He is currently first-team coach for J1 League club Kashiwa Reysol.
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| Full name | Hidekazu Otani[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 6 November 1984 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nagareyama, Chiba, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | Kashiwa Reysol | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2022 | Kashiwa Reysol | 478 | (23) | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 478 | (23) | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 November 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career
editOtani was born in Nagareyama on 6 November 1984. He joined J1 League club Kashiwa Reysol from youth team in 2003. He debuted in 2003 and played many matches as defensive midfielder from 2004. Although he became a regular player summer 2005, Reysol was relegated to J2 League end of 2005 season. In 2006, he played many matches as left side back and left side midfielder and was promoted to J1 in a year. From 2007, he played as regular left side back.
From Summer 2009, he was returned to his original position, defensive midfielder under new manager Nelsinho Baptista and played as regular defensive midfielder for a long time. Reysol also won the 2nd place in 2008 Emperor's Cup. However the club results were sluggish and was relegated to J2 end of 2009 season again. Reysol won the champions in 2010 season and was returned to J1 in a year. In 2011, Reysol won the champions in J1 League first time in the club history.
From 2012, Reysol won the champions in 2012 Emperor's Cup and 2013 J.League Cup.
Club statistics
edit| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Asia | Other | Total | ||||||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | AFC | Total | |||||||||
| 2003 | Kashiwa Reysol | J1 League | 4 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2004 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 21 | 2 | ||||
| 2005 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 2[6] | 0 | 26 | 5 | |||
| 2006 | J2 League | 29 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 29 | 1 | |||||
| 2007 | J1 League | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 0 | |||
| 2008 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 42 | 3 | ||||
| 2009 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 1 | ||||
| 2010 | J2 League | 35 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 38 | 2 | ||||
| 2011 | J1 League | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 4[7] | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 2012 | 31 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1[8] | 0 | 48 | 1 | ||
| 2013 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1[8] | 0 | 47 | 0 | ||
| 2014 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | – | 1[9] | 0 | 43 | 1 | |||
| 2015 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | 9 | 1 | 1[9] | 0 | 43 | 3 | |||
| 2016 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 2 | ||||
| 2017 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 35 | 5 | |||||
| 2018 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | – | 36 | 1 | |||
| 2019 | J2 League | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 32 | 0 | |||
| 2020 | J1 League | 23 | 2 | – | 3 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 2 | ||||
| 2021 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 0 | ||||
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 478 | 23 | 38 | 3 | 56 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 610 | 29 | ||
Honours
editReferences
edit- ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2011 presented by Toyota: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 December 2011. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2012.
- ^ Hidekazu Otani at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- ^ Kashiwa Reysol(in Japanese)
- ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 32 out of 289)
- ^ 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. 65 out of 289)
- ^ Relegation play-off J1/JSL
- ^ Club World Cup
- ^ a b Japan Supercup
- ^ a b Suruga Bank Cup
External links
edit- Hidekazu Otani – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Hidekazu Otani at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Profile at Kashiwa Reysol
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