Keisuke Honda
Keisuke Honda in the jersey of CSKA Moscow
Keisuke Honda (Japanese本田 圭 佑, Honda Keisuke, born June 13, 1986 in Settsu, Osaka Prefecture) is a Japanese football player.
- 2.1 club
- 2.2 national team
- 2.3 Custom
Career
Association
Honda learned to play football in childhood Settsu FC. There his talent was discovered and he joined the youth academy of Gamba Osaka. There he not made the breakthrough and moved in 2001 to the crew of the Seiryo High School. Within two years, increased his achievements and he led his team as a key player into the semifinals at the national school championship. His performances did not go unnoticed even in J. League teams and so in 2005 he moved to Nagoya Grampus. There he became the starting players and performers.
On 16 January 2008, the midfielder signed with the Dutch first division side VVV -Venlo a -half -year contract. Honda became an instant regulars. The club rose after the end of the season from the Eerste Divisie. By Honda and a good team performance achieved immediate promotion back to the Eredivisie. Go to the top of the 2009/10 season the offensive player inspired by good matches and goals. The year before, the Japanese had developed a crowd favorite and got the nickname Keizer Keisuke (カイザー·ケイスケ, Kaiza Keisuke ). In addition, he was voted the best player in the Eerste Divisie in 2008/ 09. In the first eight games after duty resurgence he scored seven goals.
On January 1, 2010 Honda moved for six million euros to the Russian club CSKA Moscow. The 2-1 away win against CSKA Moscow in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League 2009/10 against FC Sevilla Honda was the first hit before and scored the second goal himself on August 28 in the city derby against Spartak Moscow suffered Honda a knee injury and failed for three months. On 18 November 2010 in the 1-2 home defeat against Rubin Kazan Honda made his comeback.
Honda changed on January 3, 2014 free transfer to AC Milan.
National
With the Japanese U -20 Honda participated in the Netherlands at the Junior World Cup in 2005. He was also nominated for the U- 23, which ran aground at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Since 2008, Honda plays in the Japanese national soccer team. He was appointed to the Japanese squad for the World Cup 2010. In the group stage, he scored two goals and qualified with the team for the next round, which they lost on penalties to the Paraguayan national football team.
In 2011, Honda part with the Japanese selection of the Asian Cup in Qatar, which was won with a 1-0 final victory over Australia. Honda ran in five games on from the beginning, in the game against Saudi Arabia he was struck on the bench. He was voted the best player of the tournament.
Achievements
Association
- Promotion to the Eredivisie with VVV Venlo: 2009
- Russian Championship with CSKA Moscow: 2012/2013
- Russian Football Cup Winners' Cup with CSKA Moscow: 2011, 2013
- Russian Supercup final with CSKA Moscow: 2013
National
- Asia Cup: 2011
Individually
- Best player of the Eerste Divisie: 2009
- Best player of the Asia Cup: 2011