Satoshi Yamaguchi (footballer, born 1978)

Satoshi Yamaguchi (山口 智, Yamaguchi Satoshi, born April 17, 1978) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Satoshi Yamaguchi
山口 智
Personal information
Full name Satoshi Yamaguchi
Date of birth (1978-04-17) April 17, 1978
Place of birth Sakawa, Kochi, Japan
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1994–1996 JEF United Ichihara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2000 JEF United Ichihara 128 (5)
2001–2011 Gamba Osaka 320 (32)
2012–2014 JEF United Chiba 116 (13)
2015 Kyoto Sanga FC 17 (1)
Total 581 (51)
National team
1997 Japan U-20 5 (0)
2009 Japan 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Yamaguchi was born in Sakawa, Kochi on April 17, 1978. He joined JEF United Ichihara (later JEF United Chiba) from youth team in 1996. He debuted on March 20, when he was 17 year and 354 days old. It was the youngest player to play for J1 League until Yuki Abe made new record in 1998. He became a regular player as center back from 1997. He moved to Gamba Osaka in 2001. The club won the champions 2005 J1 League, 2007 J.League Cup, 2008 and 2009 Emperor's Cup. He was also elected Best XI for 3 years in a row (2006-2008). In Asia, in 2008, the club won the champions AFC Champions League and the 3rd place Club World Cup. He returned JEF United Chiba in 2012 and played in 3 seasons. He moved to Kyoto Sanga FC in 2015 and retired end of 2015 season.

National team career

In June 1997, Yamaguchi was selected Japan U-20 national team for 1997 World Youth Championship. He played as right back of 3 back defense with Tsuneyasu Miyamoto and Kazuyuki Toda full time in all 5 matches.

On May 27, 2009, Yamaguchi debuted for Japan national team against Chile. On May 31, he also played against Belgium. He played 2 games for Japan in 2009.[1]

Club statistics

[2]

Club Season League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Continental1 Other2 Total
AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
JEF United Ichihara19961201020150
19972821180373
1998301106120392
19992901000-300
20002923030-352
Gamba Osaka20012223030-282
20022922081-393
20032922161-374
20042753171-377
20053333190-454
200632650206210468
20073334011210495
200834552301535710
200933260206110483
2010180502030280
2011302200050372
JEF United Chiba20123752020415
20134161011437
20143822010412
Kyoto Sanga FC201517110181
Total 581515167463569075069

1Includes AFC Champions League and FIFA Club World Cup.

2Includes Japanese Super Cup and Promotion Playoffs to J1.

National team statistics

[1]

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
200920
Total20

Personal honors

Team honors

References


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