Keisuke Honda
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Honda with Japan at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Keisuke Honda | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 13 June 1986 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Settsu, Osaka, Japan | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 1994–1998 | Settsu | |||||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | Gamba Osaka | |||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Seiryo High School | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2004–2008 | Nagoya Grampus Eight | 90 | (12) | |||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | VVV-Venlo | 68 | (24) | |||||||||||
| 2010–2013 | CSKA Moscow | 94 | (20) | |||||||||||
| 2014–2017 | AC Milan | 82 | (12) | |||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Pachuca | 30 | (10) | |||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Melbourne Victory | 18 | (8) | |||||||||||
| 2019 | Vitesse | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2020 | Botafogo | 22 | (4) | |||||||||||
| 2021 | Portimonense | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2021 | Neftçi Baku | 8 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2021 | Sūduva | 6 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2024 | Paro | 6 | (2) | |||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Japan U20 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Japan U23 | 18 | (6) | |||||||||||
| 2008–2018 | Japan | 98 | (38) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2023 | Cambodia | |||||||||||||
| 2023 | Cambodia U-23 | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
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Keisuke Honda is a Japanese former professional footballer and manager who played as a midfielder.
A versatile player, Honda usually played as an attacking midfielder, but could also play as a winger, a false nine or as a deep-lying playmaker, and frequently featured as a right winger for Milan during the 2014–15 season. A quick and creative player, he was also known for his accuracy from bending free-kicks, powerful striking ability from distance, dribbling skills and delivery as a set-piece specialist.
Honda earned over 90 international caps between 2008 and 2018, playing at the 2010, 2014 and 2018 World Cups. He was also part of the squad which won the 2011 Asian Cup, where he was also voted Player of the Tournament.