Yasuyuki Konno

Yasuyuki Konno
	Konno playing for FC Tokyo
Personal information
Full name	Yasuyuki Konno
Date of birth	January 25, 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth	Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder, Defender
Club information
Current team	Júbilo Iwata
Youth career
1998–2000	Tohoku High School
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001–2003	Consadole Sapporo
2004–2011	FC Tokyo
2012–2019	Gamba Osaka
2018	→Gamba Osaka U-23 (loan)
2019–	Júbilo Iwata
National team
2003	Japan U-20
2004	Japan U-23
2005–2017	Japan
Honours
FC Tokyo
Gamba Osaka
Representing Japan
AFC Asian Cup
AFC U-20 Asian Cup
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of the 2020 season

Yasuyuki Konno (今野泰幸, Konno Yasuyuki, born January 25, 1983) is a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography[change | change source]

Konno was born in Sendai on January 25, 1983. After graduating from Tohoku High School, he joined newly was promoted to J1 League club, Consadole Sapporo in 2001. He played many matches as defensive midfielder from first season. However the club finished at the bottom place in 2002 and was relegated to J2 League. In 2004, he moved to J1 club FC Tokyo. He played as regular player and the club won the champions in the 2004 J.League Cup which was first major title in the club history. In 2009, he was converted to center back. The club won the 2009 J.League Cup. However the club was relegated to J2 end of 2010 season. In 2011, theclub won the champions in J2 and Emperor's Cup. In 2012, he moved to J1 club Gamba Osaka. However the club was relegated J2 end of 2012. In 2013, he was converted to defensive midfielder and the club won the champions in J2. In 2014 in J1 League, the club won all three major title in Japan; J1 League, J.League Cup and Emperor's Cup. His opportunity to play decreased from 2017. In July 2019, he moved to Júbilo Iwata. The club was relegated to J2 end of the 2019 season.

In 2003, Konno was selected the Japan U-20 national team for the 2003 World Youth Championship. He played all 5 matches as defensive midfielder. In 2004, he was also selected the Japan U-23 national team for 2004 Summer Olympics and played all 3 matches. In 2005, he was selected the Japan national team for 2005 East Asian Football Championship. At this tournament, he debuted against China on August 3. He played at 2007 Asian Cup and 2010 World Cup. After the 2010 world cup, he became a regular player as center back under new manager Alberto Zaccheroni. In 2011, he played at 2011 Asian Cup and Japan won the champions. However his opportunity to play decreased behind Masato Morishige from 2013. He was selected Japan for 2014 World Cup and played 2 matches. After the 2014 World Cup, he played as midfielder under manager Javier Aguirre and Vahid Halilhodžić. He played 93 games and scored 4 goals for Japan until 2017.

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
2001	Consadole Sapporo	J1 League	17	0	1	1	1	0	-		19	1
2002		J1 League	22	0	1	0	2	0	-		25	0
2003		J2 League	26	2	0	0	-		-		26	2
2004	FC Tokyo	J1 League	26	4	3	0	7	1	-		36	5
2005			34	7	2	0	6	1	-		42	8
2006			28	5	2	0	6	0	-		36	5
2007			33	5	3	1	6	1	-		42	7
2008			32	4	3	0	2	0	-		37	4
2009			34	2	0	0	5	0	-		39	2
2010			34	5	3	0	3	0	-		40	5
2011		J2 League	33	1	4	1	-		-		37	2
2012	Gamba Osaka	J1 League	33	2	5	0	2	0	5	0	45	2
2013		J2 League	32	4	0	0	-		-		32	4
2014		J1 League	33	2	6	0	7	0	-		46	2
2015			31	3	4	0	4	0	8	0	47	3
2016			33	4	2	1	3	0	5	1	43	6
2017			24	2	2	0	4	0	3	1	33	3
2018			14	0	0	0	1	0	-		15	0
2019			10	0	0	0	5	0	-		15	0
2018	Gamba Osaka U-23	J3 League	1	1	-		-		-		1	1
2019	Júbilo Iwata	J1 League	5	1	0	0	0	0	-		5	1
2020		J2 League	6	0	-		-		-		6	0
2021		J2 League
Country	Japan		541	54	41	4	64	3	21	2	667	63
Total			541	54	41	4	64	3	21	2	667	63

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Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2005	3	0
2006	3	0
2007	8	0
2008	12	0
2009	7	0
2010	7	0
2011	15	1
2012	8	0
2013	15	0
2014	6	1
2015	3	0
2016	0	0
2017	6	2
Total	93	4

References[change | change source]

↑ Yasuyuki Konno at National-Football-Teams.com
↑ Yasuyuki Konno at J.League (in Japanese)
↑ Japan National Football Team Database(in Japanese)

Other websites[change | change source]

Yasuyuki Konno at Olympedia
Yasuyuki Konno at FIFA
Yasuyuki Konno at J.League (player) (in Japanese)
Yasuyuki Konno at National Football Teams.com
Yasuyuki Konno at Soccerway.com
Yasuyuki Konno at Soccerbase.com (player)
Yasuyuki Konno at FootballDatabase.eu
Yasuyuki Konno at WorldFootball.net
Yasuyuki Konno at Transfermarkt (player)
Yasuyuki Konno at AS.com (in Spanish)

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[1] Yasuyuki Konno at National-Football-Teams.com

[2] Yasuyuki Konno at J.League (in Japanese)

[3] Japan National Football Team Database(in Japanese)

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