Hotaru Yamaguchi

Japanese association football player (1990-)

Hotaru Yamaguchi (山口 蛍, Yamaguchi Hotaru, born October 6, 1990) is a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Hotaru Yamaguchi
Yamaguchi lining up for Japan at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Hotaru Yamaguchi
Date of birth (1990-10-06) 6 October 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Nabari, Mie, Japan
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
Vissel Kobe
Number 96
Youth career
2003–2008 Cerezo Osaka
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2015 Cerezo Osaka 140 (11)
2016 Hannover 96 6 (0)
2016–2018 Cerezo Osaka 84 (3)
2019– Vissel Kobe 165 (20)
National team
2010–2012 Japan U23 29 (1)
2013–2019 Japan 48 (3)
Honours
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2019

Biography

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Yamaguchi was born in Nabari on October 6, 1990. He joined J2 League club Cerezo Osaka from their youth team in 2009. Cerezo was promoted to J1 League from 2010. He played many matches as defensive midfielder from 2011. In 2013, he played all 34 matches and was selected Best Eleven award. However Cerezo was relegated to J2 end of the 2014 season. In January 2016, he moved to German Bundesliga club Hannover. However he could not play many matches and Hannover was relegated to 2. Bundesliga end of the 2015/16 season. In summer 2016, he returned to Cerezo and Cerezo was promoted to J1 end of the 2016 season. In 2017, Cerezo won the champions in the J.League Cup and Emperor's Cup. He was also selected for theBest Eleven award. In 2019, he moved to Vissel Kobe. Vissel won the champions in the 2019 Emperor's Cup which is first major title in the club history.

In July 2012, Yamaguchi was selected for the Japan U-23 national team for 2012 Summer Olympics. He played all 6 matches as defensive midfielder and Japan got fourth place. In July 2013, he was selected for the Japan national team for 2013 East Asian Cup. At this tournament, he debuted against China on July 21. In 2014, he was selected for Japan in the 2014 World Cup and played all 3 matches. In 2018, he played at the 2018 World Cup and Japan qualified to the knockout stage.

Career statistics

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As of 17 March 2021[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other[a] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Cerezo Osaka 2009 J2 League 3 0 0 0 3 0
2010 J1 League 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 0
2011 17 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 23 1
2012 30 2 4 2 6 0 40 4
2013 34 6 0 0 8 1 42 7
2014 19 1 1 0 0 0 8 0 28 1
2015 J2 League 35 1 0 0 2 0 37 1
2016 19 1 1 0 2 0 22 1
2017 J1 League 32 2 5 1 2 0 39 3
2018 33 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 39 0
Total 226 14 16 3 19 1 14 0 4 0 279 18
Hannover 96 2015–16 Bundesliga 6 0 0 0 6 0
Vissel Kobe 2019 J1 League 34 3 5 2 2 1 41 6
2020 34 6 1 0 7 1 42 7
2021 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
Total 73 9 5 2 4 1 7 1 0 0 89 13
Career total 305 21 21 5 23 2 21 1 4 0 374 31
  1. Appearances in J2 Play-offs

International

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As of 19 November 2019[3]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Japan 2013 8 0
2014 7 0
2015 9 1
2016 6 1
2017 8 0
2018 7 0
2019 3 1
Total 48 3
Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Yamaguchi goal.
List of international goals scored by Hotaru Yamaguchi[4]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 5 August 2015 Wuhan Sports Center Stadium, Wuhan, China   South Korea 1–1 1–1 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup
2 6 October 2016 Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan   Iraq 2–1 2–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 19 November 2019 Panasonic Stadium Suita, Suita, Japan   Venezuela 1–4 1–4 2019 Kirin Challenge Cup

Honours

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Cerezo Osaka

Vissel Kobe

Japan

Japan U-23

Individual

References

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  1. "National Team Squad". jfa.or.jp. Japan Football Association. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  2. 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. 145 out of 289)
  3. Japan National Football Team Database(in Japanese)
  4. "Yamaguchi, Hotaru". National Football Teams. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  5. "神戸が悲願の初優勝!井出、武藤のゴールで名古屋に競り勝つ【速報:明治安田J1第33節】". J.League. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  6. "Andrés Iniesta skippers Vissel Kobe to first trophy in David Villa's final match". AS. 1 January 2020. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  7. "Andres Iniesta lifts Japan Super Cup after nine straight pen misses". ESPN. 8 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  8. "2023年Jリーグベスト11は神戸と浦和が最多タイ4名! 大迫勇也や西川周作ら". GOAL. Retrieved December 5, 2023.

Other websites

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