Naoki Yamada facts for kids
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| Full name | Naoki Yamada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 4 July 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Urawa, Saitama, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Shonan Bellmare | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kitaurawa SSS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2008 | Urawa Red Diamonds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2019 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 54 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | → Shonan Bellmare (loan) | 67 | (8) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | → Shonan Bellmare (loan) | 9 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Shonan Bellmare | 95 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2005–2007 | Japan U17 | 11 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Japan U20 | 1 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Japan U23 | 2 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Japan | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Naoki Yamada (山田 直輝, Yamada Naoki, born 4 July 1990) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Shonan Bellmare.
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Early life
His father is a former football player who played for Mazda SC and Japan U-20 national team.
National team career
In August 2007, Yamada was elected 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.
Yamada made his senior national team debut on 27 May 2009, in a friendly match against Chile at Nagai Stadium in Osaka and assisted on a goal by Keisuke Honda.
Frequent injuries
Yamada has suffered from frequent injuries that kept him out for several matches.
On 6 January 2010 in 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification between Yemen and Japan, Yamada was forced to go out after 21 minutes after his right leg was exposed to a violent break after the intervention of the Yemeni defender Ahmed Sadeq to miss the matches for a period of 3 months.
On 20 March 2012, Yamada was exposed to yet another injury with a break in the anterior cruciate ligament in a match between Urawa Reds and Vegalta Sendai in the 2012 J. League Cup. Urawa Reds announced his absence from the matches for a period of 6 months. And deprived of participation in the 2012 Summer Olympics with Japan.
Career statistics
Club
Updated to 20 February 2019.
| Club | Season | League | Emperor's Cup | J. League Cup | ACL | Total | |||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | ||
| Shonan Bellmare | 2015 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | 23 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | 16 | 4 | ||
| 2017 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 40 | 5 | |||
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 2018 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | 8 | 1 | |
| Total | 120 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 17 | |
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Honours
Japan
- AFC U-17 Championship: 2006
- Kirin Cup: 2009
See also
In Spanish: Naoki Yamada para niños
