Quick Facts
Biography
Naoki Yamada (山田 直輝, Yamada Naoki, born 4 July 1990) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Shonan Bellmare.
Early life
His father is a former football player who played for Mazda SC and U20 Japan national football team.
Club career
International career
Yamada made his senior national team debut on 27 May 2009, in a friendly match against Chile at Nagai Stadium in Osaka and assisted on a goal by Keisuke Honda.
Frequent injuries
Yamada suffer from frequent injuries that kept him out for more matches. 6 January 2010 in 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification Between Yemen and Japan, Forced to go out in 21' after his right leg exposure to violent break after the intervention of the Yemeni defender Ahmed Sadeqto miss the matches for a period of 3 months.
On 20 March 2012, Yamada exposure to injury which is a break in the Anterior cruciate ligament in match between Urawa Reds and Vegalta Sendai in the 2012 J. League Cup. Urawa Reds announced his absence from the matches for a period of 6 months. And deprived of participation in the 2012 Summer Olympics with Japan.
Career statistics
Club
Updated to 23 February 2016.
| Club | Season | League | Emperor's Cup | J. League Cup | ACL | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2009 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | - | 26 | 3 | ||
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2011 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | 28 | 1 | ||
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | ||
| Shonan Bellmare | 2015 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | 23 | 3 | |
| Total | 44 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 6 | |
International
- As of 10 August 2011
Honours
Japan
- AFC U-17 Championship: 2006
- Kirin Cup: 2009