Yutaro Oda

Yutaro Oda
小田 裕太郎

Personal information
Date of birth	(2001-08-12) 12 August 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	Hyōgo, Japan
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Heart of Midlothian
Number	11
Youth career
	Sumoto FC
	Vissel Kobe
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–2023	Vissel Kobe	43	(2)
2023–	Heart of Midlothian	42	(7)
International career
2016	Japan U15	4	(1)
2017	Japan U16	3	(1)
2018	Japan U17	6	(4)
2019	Japan U18	3	(2)
2019	Japan U19	2	(1)
2023–	Japan U23	5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 September 2024 (UTC)

Yutaro Oda (小田 裕太郎, Oda Yutaro, born 12 August 2001) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a forward or a winger for Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian.

Club career

Heart of Midlothian

On 10 January 2023, Oda signed for Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian for an undisclosed fee on a three-and-a-half-year deal.^[1]

On 18 January 2023, he made his debut for the club, coming on as a 85th minute substitute, in a 5–0 win against Aberdeen.^[2] On the last game of the season against rivals Hibernian, Oda scored his first goal for Heart of Midlothian, in a 1–1 draw.^[3] At the end of the 2022–23 season, he made thirteen appearances and scoring once in all competitions. Oda later reflected on his first six months at the club, stating that he was adjusted to settling in Scotland for "two months or three months".^[4]

Career statistics

Club

As of 13 December 2024.^[5]

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Vissel Kobe	2019	J1 League	0	0	0	0	1	0	–		–		1	0
	2020		19	1	–		1	0	3	0	0	0	23	1
	2021		3	1	2	0	4	0	–		–		9	1
	2022		21	0	2	0	1	0	3	1	–		27	1
Heart of Midlothian	2022–23	Scottish Premiership	12	1	1	0	0	0	–		–		13	1
	2023–24		25	5	2	0	1	0	3	0	–		31	5
	2024–25		5	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	9	1
Career total			85	9	7	0	9	0	12	1	0	0	113	10

References

1. "Oda checks in". www.heartsfc.co.uk. 10 January 2023. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
2. "Heart of Midlothian 5-0 Aberdeen". BBC Sport. 18 January 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
3. "Heart of Midlothian 1-1 Hibernian". BBC Sport. 27 May 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
4. "Yutaro Oda reveals Hearts muscle mission as Japanese star sets Olympic target". Daily Record. 30 June 2023. Archived from the original on 27 December 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
5. Yutaro Oda at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 January 2023.

External links

• Yutaro Oda at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)