Full name Yuji Ono Weight 69 kg Name Yuji Ono Date joined 2013 | Playing position Role Footballer Siblings Yuto Ono Number 25 Height 1.70 m | |
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Date of birth (1992-12-22) 22 December 1992 (age 22) Current team Sint-Truidense V.V. (#25 / Midfielder) | ||
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Yuji Ono (小野 裕二, Ono Yūji, born December 22, 1992) is a Japanese football player. He plays as a striker for Sagan Tosu.
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Club career
Born in Yokosuka, next to a satellite city of Yokohama. Ono joined Yokohama F. Marinos youth academy at age 13. He was a member of the Yokohama F. Marinos youth team that won the Prince Takamado Cup in 2009 beating Júbilo Iwata. Ono made his competitive debut in a J1 League match against Sanfrecce Hiroshima at Hiroshima Big Arch on 18 July 2010, as a 62nd-minute substitute for Shingo Hyodo. At 17 years and 208 days, he was club's youngest-ever league debutante, a record previously held by Kota Mizunuma (17 years and 247 days). Two months later, on 5 September 2009, Ono scored his first goal in a 3–1 victory against V-Varen Nagasaki in the Emperor's Cup. In January 2011, he signed a new long term contract with Marinos.
On 20 July 2015, Ono signed a contract with Sint-Truiden.
International career
In February 2011, Ono was called up to the Japan national under-23 football team, or the "U-22 team". He earned his first cap for the Japan U-22's against Bahrain U-22's on 12 February 2011.
Personal life
Yuji's older brother, Yuto Ono, is also a footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for J2 League club FC Gifu.
Club statistics
Updated to 23 February 2017.
1Includes Emperor's Cup and Belgian Cup.
2Includes J.League Cup.