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Kazuya Yamamura
山村 和也
Personal information
Full name Kazuya Yamamura
Date of birth (1989-12-02) 2 December 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Yokohama F. Marinos
Number 47
Youth career
2002–2004 Kunimi Junior High School
2005–2007 Kunimi High School
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Ryutsu Keizai University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Kashima Antlers 63 (4)
2016–2018 Cerezo Osaka 85 (16)
2019–2023 Kawasaki Frontale 85 (7)
2024– Yokohama F. Marinos 0 (0)
International career‡
2009 Japan U20 9 (2)
2010–2012 Japan U23 26 (1)
2010 Japan 1 (0)
Medal record
Kashima Antlers
Winner J.League Cup 2012
Winner J.League Cup 2015
Cerezo Osaka
Winner J.League Cup 2017
Winner Emperor's Cup 2017
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
Gold 2010 Guangzhou Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 November 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 August 2012

Kazuya Yamamura (山村 和也, Yamamura Kazuya, born 2 December 1989) is a Japanese football player. He plays as a centre back, which means he helps protect his team's goal. Kazuya currently plays for Yokohama F. Marinos.

Playing for Japan

Kazuya Yamamura has played for Japan's national football teams at different age levels. He made his first appearance for the senior Japan team on January 6, 2010. This was during a game against Yemen for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification.

He was also part of the Japan team that played in the football tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Club Career Statistics

This table shows how many games Kazuya Yamamura played and how many goals he scored for different clubs.

Updated to 5 November 2022.

Club Season League Cup1 League Cup2 Asia Other3 Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ryutsu Keizai University FC 2008 JFL 14 1 2 0 - - - 16 1
2009 4 0 2 0 - - - 6 0
Total 18 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 1
Kashima Antlers 2012 J1 League 18 1 0 0 5 0 - - 23 1
2013 24 3 2 1 3 0 - 1 0 30 4
2014 8 0 1 0 1 0 - - 10 0
2015 13 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 - 20 1
Total 63 4 5 1 14 1 0 0 1 0 83 6
Cerezo Osaka 2016 J2 League 34 6 3 0 - - 2 0 39 6
2017 J1 League 27 8 5 1 3 0 - 0 0 37 9
2018 24 2 2 0 2 0 6 0 1 0 35 2
Total 85 16 10 1 5 0 6 0 3 0 111 17
Kawasaki Frontale 2019 J1 League 18 2 3 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 28 2
2020 13 1 0 0 1 0 - - 14 1
2021 17 1 5 0 2 1 7 1 0 0 31 3
2022 23 1 2 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 32 1
2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 32 1
Total 71 5 10 0 10 1 14 1 0 0 115 7
Career total 237 26 29 2 29 2 20 1 4 0 321 31

1Includes Emperor's Cup.

2Includes J. League Cup.

3Includes Suruga Bank Championship.

International Statistics

This table shows Kazuya Yamamura's appearances and goals for Japan's national youth and senior teams.

Awards and Trophies

Kazuya Yamamura has won several important trophies with his clubs and with the national team.

Club Trophies

Kashima Antlers
  • J.League Cup: He helped his team win this cup three times in 2012, 2013, and 2015.
  • Suruga Bank Championship: He also won this championship in 2013.
Cerezo Osaka
Kawasaki Frontale
  • J1 League: He was part of the team that won Japan's top league in 2020 and 2021.
  • Emperor's Cup: They won the Emperor's Cup in 2020 and 2023.
  • J.League Cup: They also won the J.League Cup in 2019.

International Trophies

Japan U-23
  • Asian Games: He won a gold medal with the Japan Under-23 team at the 2010 Asian Games.

See also

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