Satoshi Yamaguchi (footballer, born 1978)

Satoshi Yamaguchi
山口智
Personal information
Full name	Satoshi Yamaguchi
Date of birth	April 17, 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Sakawa, Kochi, Japan
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1994–1996	JEF United Ichihara
Senior career*
Years	Team
1996–2000	JEF United Ichihara
2001–2011	Gamba Osaka
2012–2014	JEF United Chiba
2015	Kyoto Sanga FC
Total
National team
1997	Japan U-20
2009	Japan
Teams managed
2021-	Shonan Bellmare
Honours
JEF United Chiba
Gamba Osaka
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Satoshi Yamaguchi (山口智, Yamaguchi Satoshi, born April 17, 1978) is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography

Yamaguchi was born in Sakawa, Kochi on April 17, 1978. He joined JEF United Ichihara (later JEF United Chiba) from their youth team in 1996. He debuted on March 20, when he was 17 year and 354 days old. It was the youngest player to play for J1 League until Yuki Abe made new record in 1998. He became a regular player as center back from 1997. He moved to Gamba Osaka in 2001. The club won the champions 2005 J1 League, 2007 J.League Cup, 2008 and 2009 Emperor's Cup. He was also selected Best Eleven for 3 years in a row (2006-2008). In Asia, in 2008, the club won the champions AFC Champions League and the 3rd place Club World Cup. In 2012, he rejoined his first club, JEF United Chiba and played for the club in 3 seasons. In 2015, he moved to Kyoto Sanga FC and retired end of the 2015 season.

In June 1997, Yamaguchi was selected the Japan U-20 national team for 1997 World Youth Championship. He played as right back of 3 back defense with Tsuneyasu Miyamoto and Kazuyuki Toda full time in all 5 matches. On May 27, 2009, Yamaguchi debuted for Japan national team against Chile. On May 31, he also played against Belgium. He played 2 games for Japan in 2009.

Statistics

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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
1996	JEF United Ichihara	J1 League	12	0	1	0	2	0	-		15	0
1997			28	2	1	1	8	0	-		37	3
1998			30	1	1	0	6	1	-		37	2
1999			29	0	1	0	0	0	-		30	0
2000			29	2	3	0	3	0	-		35	2
2001	Gamba Osaka	J1 League	22	2	3	0	3	0	-		28	2
2002			29	2	2	0	8	1	-		39	3
2003			29	2	2	1	6	1	-		37	4
2004			27	5	3	1	7	1	-		37	7
2005			33	3	3	1	9	0	-		45	4
2006			32	6	5	0	2	0	6	2	45	8
2007			33	3	4	0	11	2	-		48	5
2008			34	5	5	2	3	0	12	3	54	10
2009			33	2	6	0	2	0	6	1	47	3
2010			18	0	5	0	2	0	3	0	28	0
2011			30	2	0	0	2	0	5	0	37	2
2012	JEF United Chiba	J2 League	37	5	2	0	-		-		39	5
2013			41	6	1	0	-		-		42	6
2014			38	2	2	0	-		-		40	2
2015	Kyoto Sanga FC	J2 League	17	1	1	0	-		-		18	1
Country	Japan		581	51	50	6	74	6	32	6	727	69
Total			581	51	50	6	74	6	32	6	727	69