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Yuta Minami
南 雄太
Personal information
Full name Yuta Minami
Date of birth (1979-09-30) 30 September 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Omiya Ardija
Number 35
Youth career
1995–1997 Shizuoka Gakuen High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2009 Kashiwa Reysol 291 (0)
2010–2013 Roasso Kumamoto 155 (0)
2014–2021 Yokohama FC 175 (0)
2021 Omiya Ardija (loan) 19 (0)
2022– Omiya Ardija 0 (0)
National team
1997–1999 Japan U-20 11 (0)
Honours
Kashiwa Reysol
Winner J.League Cup 1999
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2008
Representing  Japan
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Silver 1999 Nigeria
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 December 2021.
† Appearances (Goals).

Yuta Minami (南 雄太, Minami Yūta, born 30 September 1979) is a Japanese football player who plays for Omiya Ardija.

Club career

Minami was born in Kawasaki on 30 September 1979. After graduating from Shizuoka Gakuen High School, he joined J1 League club Kashiwa Reysol in 1998. He played as regular goalkeeper instead Yoichi Doi from summer in first season. He battles with Minami for the position with Motohiro Yoshida from 1999 and Reysol won the 3rd place in 1999 and 2000 J1 League. Minami completely became a regular goalkeeper from 2001. However the club results were sluggish from 2002 and was relegated to J2 League end of 2005 season. In 2006 season, Reysol won the 2nd place and returned to J1 from 2007. Although he played as regular goalkeeper from 2007, his opportunity to play decreased behind new player Takanori Sugeno from 2008. In 2009, he could not play at all in the match in J1 League and Reysol was relegated to J2 again.

In 2010, Minami moved to J2 club Roasso Kumamoto. He played as regular goalkeeper for 4 seasons until 2013 season. In 2014, he moved to J2 club Yokohama FC.

National team career

In June 1997, when Minami was a Shizuoka Gakuen High School student, he was selected Japan U-20 national team for 1997 World Youth Championship and he played 4 matches. In April 1999, he was selected U-20 Japan for 1999 World Youth Championship second time. At this tournament, he played full time in all 7 matches and Japan won the 2nd place.

Mistake

Minami became one of the few goalkeepers in football history managing to score an own goal against Sanfrecce Hiroshima in a J. League match on 22 May 2004. He had gathered the ball and originally planned to throw the ball at first, but he paused and lost control, hurling the ball back into the net to the disbelief of his Kashiwa teammates. The goal wouldn't matter, as Kashiwa lost 3-0.

Club statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1998 Kashiwa Reysol J1 League 22 0 1 0 4 0 27 0
1999 18 0 4 0 2 0 24 0
2000 20 0 2 0 0 0 22 0
2001 29 0 1 0 4 0 34 0
2002 27 0 1 0 7 0 35 0
2003 26 0 0 0 3 0 29 0
2004 28 0 0 0 4 0 32 0
2005 33 0 1 0 5 0 39 0
2006 J2 League 45 0 0 0 - 45 0
2007 J1 League 33 0 0 0 2 0 35 0
2008 10 0 1 0 1 0 12 0
2009 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0
Total 291 0 11 0 35 0 337 0
2010 Roasso Kumamoto J2 League 36 0 2 0 - 38 0
2011 38 0 0 0 - 38 0
2012 39 0 2 0 - 41 0
2013 42 0 0 0 - 42 0
Total 155 0 4 0 - 159 0
2014 Yokohama FC J2 League 39 0 1 0 - 40 0
2015 42 0 2 0 - 44 0
2016 23 0 0 0 - 23 0
2017 1 0 0 0 - 1 0
2018 25 0 1 0 - 26 0
2019 -
Total 130 0 4 0 - 134 0
Career total 576 0 19 0 35 0 630 0

Honors and awards

  • FIFA World Youth Championship runner-up: 1999

See also

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