Naoki Yamada

Naoki Yamada
山田 直輝

Personal information
Full name	Naoki Yamada
Date of birth	(1990-07-04) 4 July 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Urawa, Saitama, Japan
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Shonan Bellmare
Number	10
Youth career
	Kitaurawa SSS
2003–2008	Urawa Red Diamonds
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2019	Urawa Red Diamonds	54	(2)
2015–2017	→ Shonan Bellmare (loan)	67	(8)
2019	→ Shonan Bellmare (loan)	9	(1)
2020–	Shonan Bellmare	95	(7)
International career
2005–2007	Japan U17	11	(1)
2009	Japan U20	1	(2)
2011–2012	Japan U23	2	(1)
2009–2010	Japan	2	(0)
Medal record Urawa Red Diamonds Runner-up J1 League 2014 Runner-up J.League Cup 2011 Runner-up J.League Cup 2013 Winner Emperor's Cup 2018 Representing  Japan AFC U-16 Championship 2006 Singapore
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:06, 5 November 2022 (UTC)

Naoki Yamada (山田 直輝, Yamada Naoki, born 4 July 1990) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Shonan Bellmare.^[2][3]

His father is a former football player who played for Mazda SC and Japan U-20 national team.

In August 2007, Yamada was elected Japan U-17 national team for 2007 U-17 World Cup. He wore the number 10 shirt for Japan and played full time in all 3 matches.

Yamada made his senior national team debut on 27 May 2009, in a friendly match against Chile at Nagai Stadium in Osaka and assisted on a goal by Keisuke Honda.^[4]

Yamada has suffered from frequent injuries that kept him out for several matches.

On 6 January 2010 in 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification between Yemen and Japan, Yamada was forced to go out after 21 minutes after his right leg was exposed to a violent break after the intervention of the Yemeni defender Ahmed Sadeq^[5] to miss the matches for a period of 3 months.^[6]

On 20 March 2012, Yamada was exposed to yet another injury with a break in the anterior cruciate ligament in a match between Urawa Reds and Vegalta Sendai in the 2012 J. League Cup.^[7] Urawa Reds announced his absence from the matches for a period of 6 months.^[8] And deprived of participation in the 2012 Summer Olympics with Japan.^[9]

Updated to 20 February 2019.^{[10][11][12][13]}

As of 10 August 2011

National team Year Apps Goals Japan U17 2005 2 0 2006 6 1 2007 3 0 Total 11 1 Japan U20 2009 1 2 Total 1 2 Japan U23 2011 2 1 Total 2 1 Japan 2009 1 0 2010 1 0 Total 2 0

International appearances and goals # Date Venue Opponent Result Goal Competition 2005 15 November Paju National Football Center, Paju Macau U15 26–0 0 2006 AFC U-17 Championship qualification / Japan U15 17 November Paju National Football Center, Paju South Korea U15 1–1 0 2006 AFC U-17 Championship qualification / Japan U15 2006 3 September Jalan Besar Stadium, Jalan Besar Nepal U16 6–0 1 2006 AFC U-17 Championship / Japan U16 5 September Jalan Besar Stadium, Jalan Besar Singapore U16 1–1 0 2006 AFC U-17 Championship / Japan U16 7 September Jalan Besar Stadium, Jalan Besar South Korea U16 3–2 0 2006 AFC U-17 Championship / Japan U16 11 September Jalan Besar Stadium, Jalan Besar Iran U16 1–1 0 2006 AFC U-17 Championship / Japan U16 14 September Jalan Besar Stadium, Jalan Besar Syria U16 2–0 0 2006 AFC U-17 Championship / Japan U16 17 September Jalan Besar Stadium, Jalan Besar North Korea U16 4–2 0 2006 AFC U-17 Championship / Japan U16 2007 19 August Gwangyang Football Stadium, Gwangyang Haiti U17 3–1 0 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup / Japan U17 22 August Gwangyang Football Stadium, Gwangyang Nigeria U17 0–3 0 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup / Japan U17 25 August Goyang Stadium, Goyang France U17 1–2 0 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup / Japan U17 2009 1. 27 May Nagai Stadium, Osaka  Chile 4–0 0 2009 Kirin Cup 19 December Changwon Football Center, Changwon South Korea U20 2–1 2 Friendly[14] / Japan U20 2010 2. 6 January Ali Muhesen Stadium, Sana'a  Yemen 3–2 0 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification 2011 29 March JAR Stadium, Tashkent Uzbekistan U22 2–1 0 Friendly[15] / Japan U22 10 August Sapporo Dome, Sapporo Egypt U22 2–1 1 Friendly[16] / Japan U22

• AFC U-17 Championship: 2006
• Kirin Cup: 2009

• Profile at Shonan Bellmare (in Japanese)
• Profile at Urawa Red Diamonds (in Japanese)
• Naoki Yamada – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Naoki Yamada at National-Football-Teams.com
• Japan National Football Team Database
• Naoki Yamada at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
• Naoki Yamada – Yahoo! Japan Sports (in Japanese)