Takuji Yonemoto

Takuji Yonemoto
	Yonemoto playing for FC Tokyo
Personal information
Full name	Takuji Yonemoto
Date of birth	December 3, 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth	Itami, Hyogo, Japan
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Nagoya Grampus
Youth career
2006–2008	Itami High School
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–2018	FC Tokyo
2017–2018	→FC Tokyo U-23 (loan)
2019–	Nagoya Grampus
National team
2007	Japan U-17
2010	Japan
Honours
FC Tokyo
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of the 2020 season

Takuji Yonemoto (米本拓司, Yonemoto Takuji, born December 3, 1990) is a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography[change | change source]

Yonemoto was born in Itami on December 3, 1990. After graduating from Itami High School, he joined J1 League club FC Tokyo in 2009. He played many matches as defensive midfielder from first season. Tokyo won the champions in the 2009 J.League Cup. However he could not play many matches for injury in 2010 and 2011 season. Tokyo was relegated to J2 League end of the 2010 season. In 2011, Tokyo won the champions and returned to J1 in a year. He played many matches again from the 2012 season. He played 215 matches for the club in 10 seasons. In 2019, he moved to Nagoya Grampus.

In 2007, Yonemoto was selected the Japan U-17 national team for 2007 U-17 World Cup. At this tournament, he played 2 matches. In January 2010, he was selected the Japan national team for 2011 Asian Cup qualification. At this qualification, he debuted against Yemen on January 6.

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
2009	FC Tokyo	J1 League	28	1	3	0	8	3	-		39	4
2010		J1 League	7	0	2	0	0	0	-		9	0
2011		J2 League	1	0	0	0	-		-		1	0
2012		J1 League	27	0	1	0	4	0	5	0	37	0
2013			33	1	5	0	4	0	-		42	1
2014			33	2	3	0	6	0	-		42	2
2015			31	1	2	0	5	0	-		38	1
2016			21	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	28	0
2017			11	0	1	0	7	0	-		19	0
2018			23	0	2	0	3	0	-		28	0
2017	FC Tokyo U-23	J3 League	10	0	-		-		-		10	0
2018	FC Tokyo U-23	J3 League	3	0	-		-		-		3	0
2019	Nagoya Grampus	J1 League	28	0	0	0	2	0	-		30	0
2020			27	1	-		2	0	-		29	1
2021
Country	Japan		283	6	19	0	41	3	12	0	355	9
Total			283	6	19	0	41	3	12	0	355	9