Nobuhisa Yamada

Nobuhisa Yamada

Personal information
Full name	Nobuhisa Yamada
Date of birth	10 September 1975 (1975-09-10)
Place of birth	Fujieda, Shizuoka, Japan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Center back, Right back, Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current club	Urawa Red Diamonds
Number	6
Youth career
1991–1993	Fujieda Higashi High School
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1994–	Urawa Red Diamonds	518	(27)
National team‡
1995	Japan U20	4	(1)
2002–2004	Japan	15	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 August 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 February 2010

Nobuhisa Yamada (山田 暢久, Yamada Nobuhisa, born September 10, 1975) is a Japanese footballer. He mainly plays on the right as a defender or midfielder. He plays for Urawa Red Diamonds of J. League.

Club career

He was educated at and played for Fujieda Higashi High School. After graduating from high school, he joined Urawa in 1994. He made his first league appearance on April 27, 1994 against Shimizu S-Pulse at Kusanagi Athletic Stadium. His first professional goal came on November 19, 1994 against Yokohama Marinos at Toyama Athletic Stadium. He has played more than 400 league matches for Urawa (as of October 2007). He has been the captain of the team since 2004.

Although he mainly plays as a right-side defender or midfielder, he has also played as a stopper, libero, and attacking midfielder.

International career

Yamada represented Japan at several underage levels. He was a member of the Japan team for the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship hosted by Qatar.

He made his full international debut for Japan on November 20, 2002 in a friendly against Argentine at Saitama Stadium. His first international goal came on February 7, 2003 in a friendly against Malaysia at Kashima Soccer Stadium.

Career statistics

As of 28 August 2011

Club

Club	Season	League		Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		Champions League		Other1		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Urawa Red Diamonds	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	20	0			1	0	-		-		21	0
	Total	518	27	46	5	98	6	13	1	9	0	684	39

¹Includes J. League Championship, Japanese Super Cup, A3 Champions Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.

International

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Japan U20
	1995	4	1
	Total	4	1
Japan
	2002	1	0
	2003	11	0
	2004	3	1
	Total	15	1

International goals

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first.

Under-20

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	19 April 1995	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha	Burundi	2–0	2–0	1995 FIFA World Youth Championship

Senior team

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	7 February 2004	Kashima Stadium, Kashima	Malaysia	3–0	4–0	Friendly

Awards and honours

Club

Urawa Red Diamonds

• AFC Champions League: 1

2007

• J. League Division 1: 1

2006

• Emperor's Cup: 2

2005, 2006

• J. League Cup: 1

2003

• Japanese Super Cup: 1

2006

See also

• List of one-club men

External links

• Official site (Japanese)
• Nobuhisa Yamada – FIFA competition record
• Nobuhisa Yamada – Urawa Red Diamonds official site (Japanese)
• Nobuhisa Yamada – Yahoo! Japan sports profile (Japanese)