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Yasuyuki Moriyama
森山 泰行
Personal information
Full name Yasuyuki Moriyama
Date of birth (1969-05-01) May 1, 1969 (age 56)
Place of birth Gifu, Japan
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1985–1987 Teikyo High School
1988–1991 Juntendo University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–2004 Nagoya Grampus Eight 182 (63)
1998 Bellmare Hiratsuka (loan) 4 (0)
1998–1999 → HIT Gorica (loan) 10 (1)
1999 Sanfrecce Hiroshima (loan) 11 (3)
2000 Kawasaki Frontale (loan) 14 (0)
2002–2003 Consadole Sapporo (loan) 9 (0)
2005–2008 FC Gifu 40 (8)
2019–2020 Maruyasu Okazaki 0 (0)
Total 230 (75)
International career
1997 Japan 1 (0)
Medal record
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yasuyuki Moriyama (born May 1, 1969) is a former Japanese football player. He was a forward, which means he played in an attacking position to score goals. Moriyama also played for Japan's national football team.

Playing for Clubs

Yasuyuki Moriyama was born in Gifu, Japan. After finishing university, he joined a team called Nagoya Grampus Eight in 1992. With this team, he helped them win the 1995 Emperor's Cup. They also came in second place in an Asian competition called the 1996–97 Asian Cup Winners' Cup.

Moving to Different Teams

Later in his career, Moriyama played for several other clubs. These included Bellmare Hiratsuka in 1998, and even an international team, HIT Gorica in Slovenia, from 1998 to 1999. He also played for Sanfrecce Hiroshima in 1999, Kawasaki Frontale in 2000, and Consadole Sapporo from 2002 to 2003.

Retirement and Comeback

In July 2004, Moriyama announced he was retiring from playing football while he was still with Nagoya Grampus Eight. However, he made a comeback in 2005. He started playing again for his local team, FC Gifu, which was in a lower league at the time. He helped FC Gifu get promoted to the Japan Football League in 2007 and then to the J2 League in 2008. He officially retired from playing at the end of the 2008 season.

Later Role in Football

In February 2019, Moriyama took on a new role. He became a player-team director for FC Maruyasu Okazaki, a club in the Japan Football League. Even though he was listed as a player for two seasons until 2020, he did not actually play in any matches during that time.

Playing for Japan

Yasuyuki Moriyama also had the honor of playing for the Japan national football team. His first game for the national team was on June 15, 1997. He played against the Turkey team.

Club Statistics

This table shows how many games Yasuyuki Moriyama played and how many goals he scored for different clubs.

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1992 Nagoya Grampus Eight J1 League - 1 1 4 0 5 1
1993 12 4 1 1 0 0 13 5
1994 39 13 2 1 1 0 42 14
1995 42 14 4 0 - 46 14
1996 26 11 1 0 14 4 41 15
1997 29 9 1 0 5 1 35 10
1998 Bellmare Hiratsuka 4 0 2 0 0 0 6 0
Slovenia League Pokal Hervis League Cup Total
1998/99 HIT Gorica PrvaLiga 10 1 10 1
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1999 Sanfrecce Hiroshima J1 League 11 3 3 0 0 0 14 3
2000 Kawasaki Frontale 14 0 1 0 5 0 20 0
2001 Nagoya Grampus Eight 26 12 1 0 3 0 30 12
2002 7 0 0 0 5 0 12 0
2002 Consadole Sapporo 4 0 3 0 0 0 7 0
2003 J2 League 5 0 0 0 - 5 0
2004 Nagoya Grampus Eight J1 League 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2005 FC Gifu JRL (Tōkai) 8 2 - - 8 2
2006 11 5 2 1 - 13 6
2007 JFL 8 0 3 1 - 11 1
2008 J2 League 13 1 0 0 - 13 1
2019 Maruyasu Okazaki JFL 0 0 - - 0 0
2020 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
Country Japan 260 74 23 5 39 5 322 84
Slovenia 10 1 10 1
Total 270 75 23 5 39 5 332 85

National Team Statistics

This table shows how many games Yasuyuki Moriyama played for the Japan national team.

Japan national team
Year Apps Goals
1997 1 0
Total 1 0

Awards and Achievements

  • Slovenian PrvaLiga Runner-up: 1998-99 (This means his team came in second place in the top football league in Slovenia).

More Information

  • Japan National Football Team Database
  • Yasuyuki Moriyama at J.League Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 22: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).

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