Taikai Uemoto

Taikai Uemoto
上本大海
Personal information
Full name	Taikai Uemoto
Date of birth	June 1, 1982 (age 42)
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
2001–2004	Júbilo Iwata
2005–2009	Oita Trinita
2010–2011	Cerezo Osaka
2012–2015	Vegalta Sendai
2016	V-Varen Nagasaki
2017	Kagoshima United FC
Total
Medal record
Júbilo Iwata
Oita Trinita
Vegalta Sendai
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Taikai Uemoto (上本大海, Uemoto Taikai, born June 1, 1982) is a former Japanese football player.

Playing career

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

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Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
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	Cerezo Osaka	J1 League	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

^ Kagoshima United FC(in Japanese)

External links

Taikai Uemoto at Soccerway
Taikai Uemoto at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)

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[1] Kagoshima United FC(in Japanese)

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