Nobuhisa Yamada

Nobuhisa Yamada
山田 暢久

Personal information
Full name	Nobuhisa Yamada
Date of birth	10 September 1975
Place of birth	Fujieda, Shizuoka, Japan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Center back, Right back, Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1991–1993	Fujieda Higashi High School
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1994– 2014	Urawa Red Diamonds	540	(27)
National team^‡
1995	Japan U20	4	(1)
2002–2004	Japan	15	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 February 2014. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 February 2010

Nobuhisa Yamada (山田 暢久 Yamada Nobuhisa, born 10 September 1975) is a former Japanese footballer. He mainly played on the right as a defender or midfielder. He spent his entire professional career at Urawa Red Diamonds of J. League with more than 500 league appearances.^[1] He earned 15 caps playing for Japan.

Club career

He was educated at and played for Fujieda Higashi High School. After graduating from high school, he joined Urawa in 1994. He made his first league appearance on 27 April 1994 against Shimizu S-Pulse at Kusanagi Athletic Stadium. His first professional goal came on 19 November 1994 against Yokohama Marinos at Toyama Athletic Stadium. He played more than 500 league matches for Urawa.

Although he mainly played as a right-side defender or midfielder, he had also played as a stopper, libero, and attacking midfielder.

He announced his retirement from the game at the end of the 2013 season.

International career

Yamada represented Japan at several underage levels. He was a member of the Japan team for the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship hosted by Qatar.^[2]

He made his full international debut for Japan on 20 November 2002 in a friendly against Argentine at Saitama Stadium. His first international goal came on 7 February 2003 in a friendly against Malaysia at Kashima Soccer Stadium.

Career statistics

As of 28 August 2011^[3]

Club

Club	Season	League		Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		Champions League		Other^1		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Urawa Red Diamonds	1994	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	39	2	2	0	2	0	-		-		43	2
	2001	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	-		2	0	42	4
	2005	32	3	5	2	10	1	-		-		47	6
	2006	32	6	5	0	7	1	-		1	0	45	7
	2007	29	0	0	0	2	0	9	1	6	0	46	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	20	0			1	0	-		-		21	0
	Total	518	27	46	5	98	6	13	1	9	0	684	39

¹Includes J. League Championship, Japanese Super Cup, A3 Champions Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.

International

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Japan U20
	1995	4	1
	Total	4	1
Japan
	2002	1	0
	2003	11	0
	2004	3	1
	Total	15	1

International goals

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first.

Under-20

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	19 April 1995	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha	Burundi	2–0	2–0	1995 FIFA World Youth Championship

Senior team

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	7 February 2004	Kashima Stadium, Kashima	Malaysia	3–0	4–0	Friendly

Honours

Club

Urawa Red Diamonds

• AFC Champions League: 1

2007

• J. League Division 1: 1

2006

• Emperor's Cup: 2

2005, 2006

• J. League Cup: 1

2003

• Japanese Super Cup: 1

2006

See also

• List of one-club men

References

1. "Stats Centre: Nobuhisa Yamada Facts". Guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
2. Nobuhisa Yamada – FIFA competition record
3. Nobuhisa Yamada at National-Football-Teams.com

External links

• Official site (Japanese)
• Nobuhisa Yamada – FIFA competition record
• Nobuhisa Yamada – Urawa Red Diamonds official site (Japanese)
• Nobuhisa Yamada – Yahoo! Japan sports profile (Japanese)