Louis Yamaguchi
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Louis Takaji Julien Thébault Yamaguchi | ||
| Date of birth | 28 May 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | La Garenne-Colombes, France | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Extremadura | ||
| Number | 28 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FC Waseda | |||
| 2010–2014 | FC Tokyo | ||
| 2014–2017 | Lorient | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2019 | Extremadura B | 60 | (0) |
| 2019– | Extremadura | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Japan U19 | 4 | (0) |
| 2017 | Japan U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2018– | Japan U23 | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 November 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 June 2019 | |||
Louis Takaji Julien Thébault Yamaguchi (山口 瑠伊, born 28 May 1998) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Spanish club Extremadura UD as a goalkeeper.
Club career
Born in La Garenne-Colombes, Paris to a French father and a Japanese mother, Yamaguchi moved to Tokyo at six months old,[1] and returned to France at the age of 16, joining FC Lorient's youth setup.[2] On 16 June 2017, after finishing his formation, he moved to Spanish Segunda División B side Extremadura UD, being initially assigned to the reserves.[3]
Yamaguchi made his senior debut on 3 September 2017, starting in a 0–1 Tercera División home loss against UD Montijo. He became a regular starter for the B-side during the following seasons, and ahead of the 2019–20 campaign, he was definitely promoted to the first team as a backup to Casto.
Yamaguchi made his professional debut on 3 November 2019, starting in a 1–3 home loss against Girona FC for the Segunda División championship.[4]
International career
Yamaguchi represented Japan at under-19, under-20 and under-23 levels.
References
- ^ ""Kubo es un fenómeno, por algo le llaman el 'Messi japonés"" ["Kubo is a phenomenon, that is why they call him 'Japanese Messi'"] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 3 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ "Info FM: de Tokyo à Extremadura en passant par Lorient, à la découverte du gardien franco-japonais Louis Thébault-Yamaguchi" [Info FM: from Tokyo to Extremadura going through Lorient, the discovery of a French-Japanese goalkeeper Louis Thébault-Yamaguchi] (in French). Foot Mercato. 23 September 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- ^ "¡Louis Yamaguchi nuevo jugador del Extremadura B!" [Louis Yamaguchi new player of Extremadura B!]. Extremadura UD (in Spanish). Facebook. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- ^ "Yamagouchi 'alegra' el debut de Martí al frente del Girona" [Yamagouchi [sic] 'rejoices' Martí's debut ahead of Girona] (in Spanish). Marca. 3 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
External links
- Louis Yamaguchi – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Louis Yamaguchi at BDFutbol
- Louis Yamaguchi at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- Louis Yamaguchi at Soccerway
- 1998 births
- Living people
- People from La Garenne-Colombes
- Japanese footballers
- Japan under-20 international footballers
- Japan youth international footballers
- French footballers
- Japanese people of French descent
- French people of Japanese descent
- Association football goalkeepers
- Segunda División players
- Tercera División players
- Extremadura UD footballers
- French expatriate footballers
- Japanese expatriate footballers
- French expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Spain