Keisuke Honda

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Keisuke Honda
Full name	Keisuke Honda
Date of birth	June 13, 1986 (1986-06-13) (age 21)
Place of birth	Settsu, Osaka, Japan
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	VVV-Venlo
Youth clubs
199?-2001 2002-2004	Settsu FC Gamba Osaka Junior Youth Seiryo High School
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005-2008 2008-present	Nagoya Grampus Eight VVV-Venlo	090 0(11) 014 00(2)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 16, 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of May 16, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Keisuke Honda (本田圭佑, Honda Keisuke^?, born June 13, 1986 in Settsu, Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese football player. He is a midfielder and can also play as a left full back. He currently plays for Eredivisie side VVV-Venlo.

[edit] 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 in Ishikawa 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 by J. 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 one J. 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 with Eredivisie side VVV-Venlo. On 15 March, 2008 he scored his debut goal in Eredivisie; a free kick against Feyenoord.

[edit] 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 for 2008 Summer Olympics football tournament finals.

[edit] External Links

Special free-kick for Japan U-23

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VVV-Venlo – current squad

1 Begois • 2 Mampuya • 3 Auassar • 4 Verdellen • 5 Fleuren • 6 Leemans • 7 Soltani • 8 Linssen • 9 Jans • 10 Kantelberg • 11 Ofrany • 12 Timisela • 14 Calabro • 15 Reekers • 16 Wintjens • 18 Janssen • 19 Broers • 20 Kahya • 21 El Gaaouiri • 22 Van Driel • 23 Willemse • 24 Amrabat • 25 Verbeek • 26 Blondelle • 27 De Regt • 28 Gerritsen • 29 Honda • 31 Oost • Manager: Wetzel