Daisuke Yokota

Daisuke Yokota

Personal 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)	12	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 December 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

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

Career

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

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

Honours

Valmiera

• Latvian Higher League: 2022^[5]

References

1. "Historia Daisuke Yokoty. Jak trafił do Górnika Zabrze?". onet.pl (Archived).
2. ""Fruwali po boisku, grali jak Liverpool"". sport.pl. 21 February 2023.
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. 6 November 2023.
5. "Daisuke Yokota". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 3 May 2024.