Koki Yonekura

Koki Yonekura
Personal information
Full name	Koki Yonekura
Date of birth	May 17, 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Inage-ku, Chiba, Japan
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Right back
Club information
Current team	JEF United Chiba
Number	11
Youth career
2004–2006	Yachiyo High School
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007–2013	JEF United Chiba
2007	→ JEF Reserves (loan)
2014–2019	Gamba Osaka
2018	Gamba Osaka U-23
2019	→ JEF United Chiba (loan)
2020–	JEF United Chiba
National team
2015	Japan
Honours
Gamba Osaka
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:02, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

Koki Yonekura (米倉恒貴, Yonekura Kōki, born May 17, 1988 in Inage-ku, Chiba) is a Japanese footballer who plays for JEF United Chiba as a right full-back. He has played for the Japanese national team.

Biography

Yonekura was born in Chiba on May 17, 1988. After graduating from Yachiyo High School, he joined J1 League club JEF United Chiba in 2007. JEF was relegated to J2 League for the first time in the club history at the end of the 2009 season. From 2011, he played many matches as a defensive midfielder. In 2013, he was converted to right-side back. In 2014, he moved to J1 club Gamba Osaka. In 2014, Gamba won all three major titles in Japan; J1 League, J.League Cup and Emperor's Cup. Gamba also won the 2015 Emperor's Cup. In July 2019, Yonekura moved back to his first club JEF United Chiba.

In July 2015, Yonekura was selected the Japan national team for 2015 East Asian Cup. At this tournament, he debuted against China on August 9. He played two games for Japan in 2015.

Statistics

Club career statistics

As of 2 December 2018^[1]^[2]

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other¹		Total
Club	Season	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		League Cup		Asia				Total
2008	JEF United	J1	8	0	0	0	3	1	–		–		11	1
2009		J1	16	0	3	2	4	0	–		–		23	2
2010		J2	12	5	1	0	–		–		–		13	5
2011			35	7	3	1	–		–		–		38	8
2012			24	3	4	0	–		–		–		28	3
2013			41	6	1	0	–		–		–		42	7
Total			166	21	12	3	7	1	–		–		185	25
2014	Gamba Osaka	J1	21	1	4	0	9	2	–		–		34	3
2015			31	2	4	0	1	0	10	2	3	0	49	4
2016			21	1	0	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	31	1
2017			13	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	–		19	0
2018			26	1	0	0	6	0	-		-		32	1
2019			0	0	0	0	0	0	-		-		0	0
Total			112	5	9	0	25	2	16	2	3	0	165	9
Career Total			278	26	21	3	32	3	16	2	3	0	350	34

¹ includes J. League Championship, Japanese Super Cup and Suruga Bank Championship appearances.

Reserves statistics

Last Updated: 21 March 2018

Club performance			League		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Total
2018	Gamba Osaka U-23	J3	1	0	1	0
Career total			1	0	1	0

National team statistics

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Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2015	2	0
Total	2	0

Honors

References

↑ "Koki Yonekura Soccerway Player Statistics". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
↑ "Stats Centre: Koki Yonekura Facts". Guardian.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
↑ Japan National Football Team Database(in Japanese)

Other websites

Koki Yonekura at National-Football-Teams.com
Koki Yonekura at J.League (in Japanese)

[Koki_Yonekura_Soccerway_Player_Statistics-1] "Koki Yonekura Soccerway Player Statistics". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 21 January 2018.

[2] "Stats Centre: Koki Yonekura Facts". Guardian.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2009-05-08.

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

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