Naoki Yamada

Japanese association football player

Naoki Yamada (山田 直輝, Yamada Naoki, born July 4, 1990) is a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Naoki Yamada
Personal information
Full name Naoki Yamada
Date of birth (1990-07-04) July 4, 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Saitama, Saitama, Japan
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Shonan Bellmare
Youth career
2006–2008 Urawa Reds
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2019 Urawa Reds 54 (2)
2015–2017Shonan Bellmare (loan) 67 (8)
2019– Shonan Bellmare 25 (2)
National team
2007 Japan U-17 3 (0)
2009–2010 Japan 2 (0)
Honours
Urawa Reds
Runner-up J1 League 2014
Runner-up J.League Cup 2011
Runner-up J.League Cup 2013
Winner Emperor's Cup 2018
Representing  Japan
AFC U-17 Asian Cup
Gold medal – first place 2006 Singapore
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of the 2020 season

Biography

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Yamada was born in Saitama on July 4, 1990. He joined J1 League club Urawa Reds from their youth team in 2008. Although he played many matches until 2011, he could hardly play in the match from 2012. In 2015, he moved to Shonan Bellmare on loan. He played many matches for Shonan. However Shonan was relegated to J2 League end of the 2016 season. In 2017, Shonan won the champions and was returned to J1 from 2018 in a year. In 2018, he returned to Urawa Reds. However there were few opportunities to play and he moved to Shonan Bellmare again in July 2019.

In August 2007, Yamada was selected Japan U-17 national team for 2007 U-17 World Cup. He wore the "number 10" shirt for Japan and played full time in all 3 matches. On May 27, 2009, he debuted for the Japan national team against Chile. He played 2 games for Japan until 2010.

Statistics

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Club statistics League CupLeague CupTotal
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
JapanLeague Emperor's Cup J.League CupTotal
2008 Urawa Reds J1 League 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
2009 20 1 1 0 5 2 26 3
2010 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
2011 18 1 4 0 6 0 28 1
2012 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
2013 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
2014 2 0 1 0 2 0 5 0
2015 Shonan Bellmare J1 League 17 1 2 1 4 1 23 3
2016 11 2 3 2 2 0 16 4
2017 J2 League 39 5 1 0 - 40 5
2018 Urawa Reds J1 League 3 0 1 1 4 0 8 1
2019 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
2019 Shonan Bellmare J1 League 9 1 0 0 0 0 9 1
2020 16 1 - 2 1 18 2
2021
Country Japan 146 12 15 4 28 4 189 20
Total 146 12 15 4 28 4 189 20

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Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
2009 1 0
2010 1 0
Total 2 0

References

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  1. Naoki Yamada at National-Football-Teams.com  
  2. Naoki Yamada at J.League (in Japanese)  
  3. Japan National Football Team Database

Other websites

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