Yuki Abe

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Yuki Abe
阿部 勇樹
Abe playing for Leicester City in 2011
Personal information
Full name Yuki Abe[1]
Date of birth (1981-09-06) 6 September 1981 (age 42)[1]
Place of birth Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1997–1998 JEF United Ichihara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2006 JEF United Chiba 214 (36)
2007–2010 Urawa Red Diamonds 120 (14)
2010–2012 Leicester City 52 (2)
2012–2022 Urawa Red Diamonds 256 (25)
Total 642 (77)
National team
2000 Japan U-20 2 (2)
2002–2004 Japan U-23 13 (3)
2005–2011 Japan 53 (3)
Honours
JEF United Chiba
Winner J.League Cup 2005
Winner J.League Cup 2006
Runner-up J.League Cup 1998
Urawa Reds
Winner AFC Champions League 2007
Winner AFC Champions League 2017
Runner-up J1 League 2007
Runner-up J1 League 2014
Runner-up J1 League 2016
Winner J.League Cup 2016
Runner-up J.League Cup 2013
Winner Emperor's Cup 2018
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2015
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2002 Busan Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Yuki Abe (Japanese: 阿部 勇樹, Abe Yuki, born September 6, 1981) is a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography[change | change source]

Abe was born in Ichikawa on September 6, 1981. He joined J1 League club JEF United Ichihara (later JEF United Chiba) from their youth team in 1998. He made his debut at the age of 16 years and 333 days on August 5, 1998, at the time a record for the youngest player and J1 League. The club won the champions in the 2005 and 2006 J.League Cup. In 2007, he moved to Urawa Reds. The club won the champions in the 2007 AFC Champions League. In August 2010, he moved to English EFL Championship club Leicester City. In January 2012, he returned to Urawa. The club won the champions in the 2017 AFC Champions League.

In 2004, Abe was selected the Japan U-23 national team for 2004 Summer Olympics. He played all 3 matches and scored 1 goal. On January 29, 2005, he debuted for the Japan national team against Kazakhstan. However he was not selected the Japan for the 2006 World Cup. After the 2006 World Cup, he played many matches under new manager Ivica Osim. He played at 2007 Asian Cup. Although his opportunity to play decreased under manager Takeshi Okada from 2008, Abe was selected the Japan for the 2010 World Cup. He played all 4 matches as defensive midfielder. He played 53 games and scored 3 goals for Japan until 2011.

Career statistics[change | change source]

Club[change | change source]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[2][3]
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental[c] Other[d] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
JEF United Ichihara 1998 J1 League 1 0 0 0 0 0 – – 1 0
1999 30 1 1 0 2 0 – – 33 1
2000 25 0 3 2 3 0 – – 31 2
2001 17 3 2 0 2 0 – – 21 3
2002 24 1 2 0 3 0 – – 29 1
2003 27 3 4 0 3 0 – – 34 3
2004 24 5 1 0 5 1 – – 30 6
JEF United Chiba 2005 33 12 1 0 10 5 – – 44 17
2006 33 11 1 0 8 2 – 3 1 45 14
Total 214 36 15 2 36 8 – 3 1 268 47
Urawa Reds 2007 J1 League 33 3 1 0 0 0 12 3 6 0 52 6
2008 33 6 1 0 1 0 4 0 – 39 6
2009 34 2 0 0 4 0 – – 38 2
2010 20 3 0 0 2 1 – – 22 4
Total 120 14 2 0 7 1 16 3 6 0 151 18
Leicester City 2010–11 Championship 36 1 2 0 2 0 – – 40 1
2011–12 16 1 1 0 2 0 – – 19 1
Total 52 2 3 0 4 0 – – 59 2
Urawa Reds 2012 J1 League 34 4 3 0 4 0 – – 41 4
2013 33 6 0 0 5 0 6 1 – 44 7
2014 34 4 1 1 7 1 – – 42 6
2015 34 3 4 1 2 2 5 0 2 0 47 7
2016 34 1 1 0 4 1 6 0 – 47 3
2017 33 3 0 0 1 0 11 0 4 1 39 3
2018 27 1 5 0 5 0 – – 37 1
2019 11 0 1 0 1 0 6 0 1 0 20 0
2020 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2021 9 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 13 3
Total 252 25 15 2 33 4 34 1 1 1 341 33
Career total 638 77 35 4 80 13 50 4 16 2 819 100
  1. ↑ Includes Emperor's Cup and FA Cup.
  2. ↑ Includes J.League Cup and Football League Cup.
  3. ↑ Includes AFC Champions League.
  4. ↑ Includes Japanese Super Cup, A3 Champions Cup, Suruga Bank Championship, J.League Championship and FIFA Club World Cup.

International[change | change source]

Appearances and goals by national team and year[4]
National team Year Apps Goals
Japan 2005 5 0
2006 8 1
2007 11 1
2008 9 0
2009 8 1
2010 9 0
2011 3 0
Total 53 3
Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Abe goal.
List of international goals scored by Yuki Abe
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 16 August 2006 Niigata Stadium, Niigata, Japan  Yemen 2–0 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2 25 July 2007 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam  Saudi Arabia 2–3 2007 AFC Asian Cup Semifinals
3 27 May 2009 Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan  Chile 4–0 Kirin Cup 2009

Honours[change | change source]

JEF United Chiba

Urawa Red Diamonds

Individual

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2017: List of Players: Urawa Reds" (PDF). FIFA. 29 November 2017. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2017.
  2. ↑ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 59 out of 289)
  3. ↑ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 19 out of 289)
  4. ↑ Yuki Abe at National-Football-Teams.com

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