Takuji Yonemoto
Takuji Yonemoto (米本 拓司, Yonemoto Takuji, born December 3, 1990) is a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.
 Yonemoto with FC Tokyo in April 2016 | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Takuji Yonemoto | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 3 December 1990 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Itami, Hyōgo, Japan | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | |||||||||||||
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Current team | Nagoya Grampus | |||||||||||||
| Number | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Itami High School | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2009–2018 | FC Tokyo | 215 | (5) | |||||||||||
| 2017 | → FC Tokyo U-23 (loan) | 13 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2019– | Nagoya Grampus | 115 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2022 | → Shonan Bellmare (loan) | 27 | (0) | |||||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Japan U-17 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2010 | Japan | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:04, 5 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 July 2015 | ||||||||||||||
Biography
Yonemoto was born in Itami on December 3, 1990. After graduating from Itami High School, he joined J1 League club FC Tokyo in 2009. He played many matches as defensive midfielder from first season. Tokyo won the champions in the 2009 J.League Cup. However he could not play many matches for injury in 2010 and 2011 season. Tokyo was relegated to J2 League end of the 2010 season. In 2011, Tokyo won the champions and returned to J1 in a year. He played many matches again from the 2012 season. He played 215 matches for the club in 10 seasons. In 2019, he moved to Nagoya Grampus.
In 2007, Yonemoto was selected the Japan U-17 national team for 2007 U-17 World Cup. At this tournament, he played 2 matches. In January 2010, he was selected the Japan national team for 2011 Asian Cup qualification. At this qualification, he debuted against Yemen on January 6.
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Emperor's Cup | J. League Cup | AFC | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| FC Tokyo | 2009 | J1 League | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | - | 39 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2011 | J2 League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2012 | J1 League | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 33 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | 42 | 1 | |||
| 2014 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | 42 | 2 | |||
| 2015 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | 38 | 1 | |||
| 2016 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 1 | ||
| 2017 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | – | 19 | 0 | |||
| 2018 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 28 | 0 | |||
| Total | 215 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 284 | 9 | ||
| Nagoya Grampus | 2019 | J1 League | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 30 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 27 | 1 | – | 2 | 0 | – | 29 | 1 | ||||
| 2021 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 0 | ||
| Total | 83 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 98 | 1 | ||
| Shonan Bellmare (loan) | 2022 | J1 League | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | 34 | 0 | |
| Career Total | 325 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 49 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 416 | 10 | ||
National team statistics
| Japan national team | ||
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| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 |
Reserves performance
Last Updated: 21 February 2019
| Club performance | League | Total | ||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Total | ||||
| 2017 | FC Tokyo U-23 | J3 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
References
- Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 105 out of 289)
- 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. 73 out of 289)
- Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 2015 (NSK MOOK)", 14 February 2015, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411246 (p. 75 out of 298)
Other websites
- Takuji Yonemoto at Olympedia
- Takuji Yonemoto at FIFA
- Takuji Yonemoto at J.League (player) (in Japanese)
- Takuji Yonemoto at National Football Teams.com
- Takuji Yonemoto at Soccerway.com
- Takuji Yonemoto at FootballDatabase.eu
- Takuji Yonemoto at WorldFootball.net
- Takuji Yonemoto at Transfermarkt (player)
- Takuji Yonemoto at ESPN FC