- Keisuke Honda
Football player infobox| playername= Keisuke Honda
fullname = Keisuke Honda
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1986|6|13
cityofbirth =Settsu, Osaka
countryofbirth =Japan
height = height|m=1.82
currentclub =VVV-Venlo
position =Midfielder
youthyears =
199?-2001
2002-2004
youthclubs = Settsu FCGamba Osaka Junior Youth
Seiryo High School
years = 2005-2008
2008-
clubs =Nagoya Grampus Eight VVV-Venlo
caps(goals) = 090 0(11)
024 00(5)
nationalyears = 2005
2006-2008
2008-
nationalteam = Japan U-20
Japan U-23
Japan
nationalcaps(goals) = 001 00(0)
018 00(4)
001 00(0)
pcupdate =October 11 2008
ntupdate =October 11 2008 nihongo|Keisuke Honda|本田 圭佑|Honda Keisuke|born
June 13 ,1986 inSettsu, Osaka ,Japan is aJapan ese football player. He is a midfielder and can also play as a left full back. He currently plays forEerste Divisie sideVVV-Venlo .Club career
He started playing football with a local club called Settsu Club when he was a second-grader at primary school. He joined
Gamba Osaka 's junior youth team but the club did not promote him to their youth team. He entered Seiryō High School inIshikawa Prefecture and started playing for the school club. He was one of the key players when Seiryō advanced to the semi-final stage of the national high school championship for the first time as a representative of Ishikawa Prefecture. He was chosen as one of the Designated Players for Development byJ. League and JFA in 2004. Because of this status, Honda was able to register as a Nagoya Grampus Eight player while he was still eligible to play for his high school club. He played oneJ. League Cup match for Nagoya while he was still a student.After the graduation, he officially joined Nagoya in 2005. He started the first match of the season and recorded an assist. In 2006, he became a regular in the club.
On
January 16 ,2008 , he signed a two and half year deal withEredivisie sideVVV-Venlo . On 15 March, 2008 he scored his debut goal in Eredivisie; a free kick againstFeyenoord .International career
He was a member of the Japan team for
2005 FIFA World Youth Championship and currently plays for U-23 national team, that qualified for2008 Summer Olympics football tournament finals. He made a full international debut for Japan onJune 22 ,2008 in a FIFA World Cup qualifier against Bahrain. On14 July 2008 , he was formally named as one of the midfielders of the Japanese U-23 national football team for the Beijing Olympics football competition. [cite web |url=http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=776891 |title= Japan Name Olympic Squad|accessdate=2008-07-17 |date= 2008-07-14 |author=Goal.com |language=English]References
External links
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDbX8I202VU Special free-kick for Japan U-23]
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