Nobuhisa Yamada

Nobuhisa Yamada
山田暢久
Personal information
Full name	Nobuhisa Yamada
Date of birth	10 September 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Fujieda, Shizuoka, Japan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender, Midfielder
Youth career
1991–1993	Fujieda Higashi High School
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–2013	Urawa Reds
Total
International career
1995	Japan U-20
2002–2004	Japan
Medal record
Urawa Reds
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nobuhisa Yamada (山田暢久, Yamada Nobuhisa, born 10 September 1975) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Yamada mainly played on the right as a defender or midfielder. He spent his entire professional career at Urawa Reds of J1 League with more than 500 league appearances.^[1] He earned 15 caps playing for Japan.

Club career

Yamada was educated at and played for Fujieda Higashi High School. After graduating from high school, he joined Urawa Reds in 1994. He made his first league appearance on 27 April 1994 against Shimizu S-Pulse at Kusanagi Athletic Stadium. His first professional goal came on 19 November 1994 against Yokohama Marinos at Toyama Stadium.

Although he mainly played as a right-side defender or midfielder, he had also played as a stopper, libero, and attacking midfielder. He played more than 500 league matches for Urawa and also served captain from 2004 to 2008. The club won the champions 2006 J1 League, 2003 J.League Cup, 2005 and 2006 Emperor's Cup. In Asia, the club won the champions 2007 AFC Champions League and the 3rd place 2007 FIFA Club World Cup.

He announced his retirement from the game at the end of the 2013 season.

National team career

Yamada represented Japan at several underage levels. He was a member of the Japan U-20 national team for the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship hosted by Qatar.^[2] He played all 4 matches as right midfielder and scored a goal against Burundi.

He made his full international debut for Japan on 20 November 2002 in a friendly against Argentine at Saitama Stadium 2002. In 2003, he played most matches as right side-back including 2003 Confederations Cup. His first international goal came on 7 February 2004 in a friendly against Malaysia at Kashima Soccer Stadium. He played 15 games and scored 1 goal for Japan until 2004.^[3]

Club statistics

^[4]

Club	Season	League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Champions League		Other¹		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Urawa Reds	1994	15	1	3	0	0	0	-		-		18	1
	1995	42	1	3	0	-		-		-		45	1
	1996	30	3	4	1	11	0	-		-		45	4
	1997	22	1	2	0	6	0	-		-		30	1
	1998	34	0	3	0	4	0	-		-		41	0
	1999	29	1	2	1	4	1	-		-		35	3
	2000	39	2	2	0	2	0	-		-		43	2
	2001	27	3	4	1	6	0	-		-		37	4
	2002	28	1	1	0	8	0	-		-		37	1
	2003	27	3	1	0	11	0	-		-		39	3
	2004	27	2	4	0	9	2	-		2	0	42	4
	2005	32	3	5	2	10	1	-		-		47	6
	2006	32	6	5	0	7	1	-		1	0	45	7
	2007	29	0	0	0	2	0	9	1	6	0	46	1
	2008	28	0	2	0	6	0	4	0	-		40	0
	2009	30	0	1	0	7	1	-		-		38	1
	2010	27	0	4	0	4	0	-		-		35	0
	2011	24	0	4	0	4	0	-		-		32	0
	2012	8	0	2	0	5	0	-		-		15	0
	2013	10	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	-		15	0
	Total	540	27	53	5	109	6	14	1	9	0	725	39