Daisuke Yokota

Japanese footballer (born 2000)

Daisuke YokotaPersonal information

Date of birth|  (2000-06-15) 15 June 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth|  Itabashi, Japan
Height|  1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)|  Midfielder, winger
Team information

Current team

|  1\. FC Kaiserslautern (on loan from Gent)
Number|  41
Youth career
0000–2018|  Kawasaki Frontale
2018–2019|  FSV Frankfurt
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
2019–2020|  Carl Zeiss Jena II|  3|  (2)
2021–2023|  Valmiera|  57|  (9)
2023–2024|  Górnik Zabrze|  31|  (9)
2024–|  Gent|  9|  (1)
2024–|  → 1\. FC Kaiserslautern (loan)|  0|  (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 August 2024

Daisuke Yokota (Japanese: 横田大祐; born 15 June 2000) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or winger for German 2\. Bundesliga club 1\. FC Kaiserslautern, on loan from Belgian club Gent.

## Early life

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Yokota moved from Japan to Europe at the age of eighteen.[1]

## Career

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Yokota played for Latvian side Valmiera, where he was regarded as one of the club's most important players.[2]

Yokota joined 1\. FC Kaiserslautern on loan on 30 August 2024.[3]

## Style of play

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Yokota mainly operates as a midfielder or winger and is known for his dribbling ability.[4]

## Honours

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Valmiera

* Latvian Higher League: 2022[5]

## References

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1. ^ "Historia Daisuke Yokoty. Jak trafił do Górnika Zabrze?". onet.pl (Archived).
2. ^ ""Fruwali po boisku, grali jak Liverpool"". sport.pl.
3. ^ "Daisuke Yokota verstärkt auf Leihbasis die Roten Teufel" [Daisuke Yokota joins the Red Devils on loan] (in German). 1. FC Kaiserslautern. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
4. ^ "Daisuke Yokota – powrót do formy w wielkim stylu". igol.pl.
5. ^ "Daisuke Yokota". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 3 May 2024.

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1\. FC Kaiserslautern - current squad

* 1 Krahl
* 2 Tomiak
* 3 Kleinhansl
* 6 Touré
* 7 Ritter (c)
* 8 Zimmer
* 9 Ache
* 10 Klement
* 11 Redondo
* 13 Wekesser
* 17 Opoku
* 18 Mause
* 19 Hanslik
* 20 Raschl
* 21 Zuck
* 22 Haas
* 23 Aremu
* 24 Heuer
* 26 Kaloč
* 27 Ronstadt
* 28 Heck
* 29 Tachie
* 30 Spahić
* 31 Sirch
* 32 Gyamerah
* 33 Elvedi
* 37 Robinson
* 40 Abiama
* 41 Yokota
* Gibs
* Stavridis
* Manager: Anfang

*[Apps]: League appearances
*[Gls]: League goals
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*[Haas]: Mika Haas
*[Heck]: Fabian Heck
*[Sirch]: Luca Sirch
*[Robinson]: Leon Robinson
*[Stavridis]: Angelos Stavridis