Oh Jae-suk

Oh Jae-suk (Korean: 오재석; Korean pronunciation: [o.dʑɛ̝.sʌk̚] or [o] [tɕɛ̝.sʌk̚]; born 4 January 1990) is a South Korean football player who currently plays as full-back for Incheon United in the K League 1. He previously played for Suwon Samsung Bluewings and Gangwon FC in his homeland. He has also represented his country at full international level.[1][2][3]

Oh Jae-suk
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-01-04) 4 January 1990
Place of birth Uijeongbu, South Korea
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Full back
Club information
Current team
 Nagoya Grampus
Number 34
Youth career
2005–2007 Singal High School
2008–2009 Kyung Hee University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 5 (0)
2011 → Gangwon FC (loan) 22 (1)
2012 Gangwon FC 31 (2)
2013– Gamba Osaka 118 (0)
2016 → Gamba Osaka U-23 (loan) 2 (0)
2019 → FC Tokyo (loan)
2020 Nagoya Grampus
National team‡
2006–2007 South Korea U-17 14 (1)
2008–2009 South Korea U-20 15 (0)
2009–2012 South Korea U-23 21 (0)
2016– South Korea 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 July 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 October 2017
Oh Jae-suk
Hangul
오재석
Hanja
吳宰碩
Revised RomanizationO Jaeseok
McCune–ReischauerO Chaesŏk
In this Korean name, the family name is Oh.

Club career

Oh started out his professional career with Suwon Samsung Bluewings in 2010. He made just 5 league appearances before being loaned to Gangwon FC for the majority of the 2011 season. He played 22 matches and scored once as his side finished 16th and last in the final standings, however they retained their league status due to their being no relegation from the K-League that year. He signed for Gangwon permanently in 2012 and made 31 league appearances to help them to a 14th-place finish, just above the relegation spots.

In 2013 he joined, then J2 League side, Gamba Osaka who had been relegated from J1 League the previous season. His first year in Japan was spent largely as a reserve behind veteran right-back Akira Kaji and he made just 5 appearances as Gamba bounced back at the first time of asking, ending the season as J2 League champions.

2014 got even better for the men in blue and black as their return to J1 League saw them go on to win the domestic treble, lifting the J1 League title, the J.League Cup and the Emperor's Cup. Kaji departed for America before the season and Oh saw himself in competition with the newly acquired Koki Yonekura for the right-back position and Hiroki Fujiharu for the left-back slot. Due to a gruelling schedule, all 3 were rotated by coach Kenta Hasegawa throughout the year and Oh ended up making 37 appearances in all competitions.

Gamba retained their Emperor's Cup title in 2015 and added the Japanese Super Cup to their trophy cabinet, they also reached the semi-finals of the 2015 AFC Champions League before going down to Chinese outfit Guangzhou Evergrande over 2 legs. Oh didn't feature nearly as much as he had the previous year as Yonekura and Fujiharu locked down the starting berths, he played just 10 times in the league and 22 games in total. He was also red-carded in the league championship final play-off first leg at home to Sanfrecce Hiroshima. With Gamba leading 2–1 in the 86th minute, Oh was shown a straight red-card. They went on to concede injury time goals to Sho Sasaki and Yoshifumi Kashiwa and lost 3-2 before drawing the return leg 1-1 which led to a 4-3 aggregate defeat and Sanfrecce being crowned J League Champions.[4]

There were to be no trophies for Gamba between 2016 and 2018, but Oh went on to feature regularly for them in that period despite fierce competition not only from Yonekura and Fujiharu but also from the up-and-coming Ryo Hatsuse. Oh played 18, 29 and 24 league games respectively across the 2016, 2017 and 2018 seasons as Gamba finished in 4th, 10th and 9th positions.[2]

International career

Oh played for the South Korean Olympic football team at the 2012 Summer Olympics, helping them to win the bronze medal.[5]

He was called up to the senior South Korea team by Uli Stielike for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Lebanon in March 2016, but had to withdraw through injury and was replaced by Kim Chang-soo.[6]

Club career statistics
As of 8 July 2019[2]
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Other1 Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
South Korea League KFA Cup League Cup Asia Total
2010Suwon Samsung BluewingsK150302020-120
2011Gangwon FC (loan)2213020--271
2012Gangwon FC312000000-312
Japan League Emperor's Cup League Cup Asia Total
2013Gamba OsakaJ25000---50
2014J124030100--370
201510010304040220
201618020004010250
2017290102070-390
20182401070--320
2019800040--120
Total 118080260150501720
Career total 1763140300170502423

1 includes J.League Championship, Japanese Super Cup and Suruga Bank Championship appearances.

Reserves performance
As of 11 February 2019
Club performance League Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Total
2016Gamba Osaka U-23J32020
Career total 2020

Honors

Gamba Osaka [2]

References
  1. "Gamba Osaka Players". Gamba Osaka. Archived from the original on January 12, 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  2. "Oh Jae-seok Soccerway Statistics". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  3. "Oh Jae-suk Gamba Osaka Player Profile". Gamba Osaka (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  4. "Gamba Osaka vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2 December 2015". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  5. "O Jae-Seok Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2018-12-26.
  6. "Stielike to keep up intensity in upcoming matches". english.yonhapnews.co.kr. 21 March 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
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