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Naoki Yamada
山田 直輝
Personal information
Full name Naoki Yamada
Date of birth (1990-07-04) 4 July 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Urawa, Saitama, Japan
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club Shonan Bellmare
Number 10
Youth career
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 74 (6)
National team
2005–2007 Japan U17 11 (1)
2009 Japan U20 1 (2)
2011–2012 Japan U23 2 (1)
2009–2010 Japan 2 (0)
Honours
Urawa Red Diamonds
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-16 Championship
Gold 2006 Singapore
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:06, 5 November 2022 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Naoki Yamada (山田 直輝, Yamada Naoki, born 4 July 1990) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Shonan Bellmare.

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
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

International

Honours

Japan

  • AFC U-17 Championship: 2006
  • Kirin Cup: 2009

See also

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