Hidekazu Otani

Hidekazu Otani (大谷 秀和, Otani Hidekazu, born 6 November 1984) is a Japanese football player who plays for Kashiwa Reysol.[1]

Hidekazu Otani
大谷 秀和
Personal information
Full name Hidekazu Otani
Date of birth (1984-11-06) 6 November 1984
Place of birth Nagareyama, Chiba, Japan
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Kashiwa Reysol
Number 7
Youth career
2000–2002 Kashiwa Reysol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003– Kashiwa Reysol 415 (20)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of 2018 season

Playing career

Otani 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
As of 23 December 2018[2][3][4]
Club performance League Cup League Cup Asia Total
Season Club League AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup AFC Total
2003Kashiwa ReysolJ1 League400050-90
20041611041-212
20052032220-245
2006J2 League29100--291
2007J1 League3101020-340
20083334050-423
20092012030-251
2010J2 League35230--382
2011J1 League2703020-320
2012311604060471
2013310204090460
201430021100-421
2015312300091433
20162012040–262
20173253000–355
2018250203150351
2019J2 League
Total 4152036348229152826

References
  1. Hidekazu Otani at J.League (in Japanese)
  2. Kashiwa Reysol(in Japanese)
  3. 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)
  4. 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)
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