Nobuhisa Yamada

Nobuhisa Yamada
Personal information
Full name	Nobuhisa Yamada
Date of birth	September 10, 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth	Fujieda, Shizuoka, Japan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender, Midfielder
Youth career
1991–1993	Fujieda Higashi High School
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–2013	Urawa Reds
Total
National team
1995	Japan U-20
2002–2004	Japan
Honours
Urawa Reds
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Nobuhisa Yamada (山田暢久, Yamada Nobuhisa, born September 10, 1975) is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography[change | change source]

Yamada was born in Fujieda on September 10, 1975. After graduating from Fujieda Higashi High School, he joined J1 League club Urawa Reds in 1994. He became a regular player from 1995. Although he mainly played as a right-side defender or midfielder, he also played many position, center back, defensive midfielder and attacking midfielder. He played more than 500 league matches for Urawa and also served captain from 2004 to 2008. The club won the champions 2006 J1 League, 2003 J.League Cup, 2005 and 2006 Emperor's Cup. In Asia, the club won the champions 2007 AFC Champions League and the 3rd place 2007 Club World Cup. He retired end of the 2013 season.

Yamada was a member of the Japan U-20 national team for the 1995 World Youth Championship. He played all 4 matches as right midfielder and scored a goal against Burundi. On November 20, 2002, he debuted for the Japan national team against Argentina. In 2003, he played most matches as right side-back including 2003 Confederations Cup. He played 15 games and scored 1 goal for Japan until 2004.

Statistics[change | change source]

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Club statistics			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Asia		Total
1994	Urawa Reds	J1 League	15	1	3	0	0	0	-		18	1
1995			42	1	3	0	-		-		45	1
1996			30	3	4	1	11	0	-		45	4
1997			22	1	2	0	6	0	-		30	1
1998			34	0	3	0	4	0	-		41	0
1999			29	1	2	1	4	1	-		35	3
2000		J2 League	39	2	2	0	2	0	-		43	2
2001		J1 League	27	3	4	1	6	0	-		37	4
2002			28	1	1	0	8	0	-		37	1
2003			27	3	1	0	11	0	-		39	3
2004			27	2	4	0	9	2	-		40	4
2005			32	3	5	2	10	1	-		47	6
2006			32	6	5	0	7	1	-		44	7
2007			29	0	0	0	2	0	9	1	40	1
2008			28	0	2	0	6	0	4	0	40	0
2009			30	0	1	0	7	1	-		38	1
2010			27	0	4	0	4	0	-		35	0
2011			24	0	4	0	4	0	-		32	0
2012			8	0	2	0	5	0	-		15	0
2013			10	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	15	0
Country	Japan		540	27	53	5	109	6	14	1	716	39
Total			540	27	53	5	109	6	14	1	716	39