Yuto Ozeki
{{short description|Japanese footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Eastern name order|Ozeki Yuto}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Yuto Ozeki
{{nobold|大関 友翔}}
| image =
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| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2005|2|6|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan{{Cite web|url=https://jebentertainment.jp/en/leaguer/yuto-ozeki/|title=Yuto Ozeki ｜ 株式会社ジェブエンターテイメント｜JEB ENTERTAINMENT co.,ltd.}}
| height = 1.78m
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = Kawasaki Frontale
| clubnumber = 16
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Shinpukuji FC
| youthyears2 = {{0|0000}}–2019 | youthclubs2 = FC Tama
| youthyears3 = 2020–2022 | youthclubs3 = Kawasaki Frontale
| years1 = 2023– | clubs1 = Kawasaki Frontale | caps1 = 15 | goals1 = 2
| years2 = 2024–2025 | clubs2 = →Fukushima United (loan) | caps2 = 33 | goals2 = 8
| nationalyears1 = 2023
| nationalteam1 = Japan U18
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 2024
| nationalteam2 = Japan U19
| nationalcaps2 = 3
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2024–
| nationalteam3 = Japan U20
| nationalcaps3 = 11
| nationalgoals3 = 2
| nationalyears4 = 2025–
| nationalteam4 = Japan
| nationalcaps4 = 2
| nationalgoals4 = 0
| club-update = 14:26, 11 July 2025 (UTC)
| ntupdate = 12 July 2025 (UTC)
| medaltemplates =
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Yuto Ozeki ({{langx|ja|大関 友翔}}; born 6 February 2005) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Kawasaki Frontale and the Japan national team.
Club career
Ozeki is a youth product of Shinpukuji FC, FC Tama and Kawasaki Frontale.{{Cite web|url=https://ilovetrend.hatenablog.com/entry/2025/07/03/153053|title=大関友翔(川崎フロンターレ)wiki｜小学校や高校は？年齢・身長、プレースタイルは？|date=3 July 2025|website=日刊トレンド便}} He was announced to be promoted to Kawasaki Frontale 28 June 2022 for the 2023 season.{{Cite web|url=https://web.gekisaka.jp/news/jleague/detail/?362256-362256-fl|title=川崎F U-18からMF大関友翔、DF松長根悠仁がトップチーム昇格!! “飛び級”DF高井幸大に続き同学年から3人目|date=28 June 2022|website=ゲキサカ}} He made his senior and professional debut with Kawasaki Frontale in a 2–2 AFC Champions League Elite tie with Ulsan HD on 12 December 2023. He joined Fukushima United on loan in the J3 League for the 2024 season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.footballista.jp/special/186817|title=大関友翔、松長根悠仁が加入。川崎流の攻撃サッカーでJ3福島を変えた寺田周平監督のしなやかな手腕 - footballista | フットボリスタ|first=小林|last=健志|date=9 July 2024|website=www.footballista.jp}} On 27 December 2024, it was announced that he would be returning to Kawasaki Frontale's first team squad in January 2025.{{Cite web|url=https://www.frontale.co.jp/info/2024/1227_2.html|title=川崎フロンターレ：大関友翔選手 復帰のお知らせ|website=川崎フロンターレ オフィシャルWEBサイト}}
International career
Ozeki was called up to the Japan U20s for the 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup.{{cite web|title= U-20日本代表 メンバー・スケジュール（2.1-3.2 中国／深圳） AFC U20アジアカップ中国2025|url=https://www.jfa.jp/news/00034735/|website=jfa.jp/eng/|publisher=JFA|access-date=28 January 2025|language=ja|date=28 January 2025}} He again was called up to the U20s for the 2025 Maurice Revello Tournament.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jfa.jp/eng/national_team/u20_2025/mauricerevellotournament_2025/member.html|title=Selected Players / Staffs | The 51st Maurice Revello Tournament | U-20 2025 | JFA|website=www.jfa.jp}}
Ozeki was called up to the senior Japan national team for the 2025 EAFF E-1 Football Championship.{{Cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/eaff-e-1-championship-full-squads-japan-china-south-korea-hong-kong-east-asian-football/article69776034.ece|title=EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2025: Full squads of Japan, China, South Korea and Hong Kong|first=Team|last=Sportstar|date=5 July 2025|website=Sportstar}} He debuted with Japan that tournament in a 6–1 win over Hong Kong on 8 July 2025.{{Cite web|url=https://topics.smt.docomo.ne.jp/article/soccerking/sports/soccerking-2037616|title=ロス五輪世代の大関友翔が上々のA代表デビュー「入りとしては悪くはなかった」（SOCCER KING）｜ｄメニューニュース|first=SOCCER|last=KING|website=topics.smt.docomo.ne.jp}}
Honours
References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|yuto-ozeki/859497}}
- [https://www.frontale.co.jp/profile/2022/mem_33.html Frontale profile]
{{Kawasaki Frontale squad}}
{{2024 J3 League Best XI}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ozeki, Yuto}}
Category:Association football people from Kawasaki, Kanagawa
Category:Japanese men's footballers
Category:Japan men's international footballers
Category:Japan men's youth international footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Kawasaki Frontale players