Kohei Yamada (山田 晃平, Yamada Kōhei) (born 8 January 1989 in Itami, Hyōgo, Japan) is a Japanese footballer who currently plays for Nara Club.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yamada Kohei | ||
| Date of birth | 8 January 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Itami, Hyōgo, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Nara Club | ||
| Number | 33 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2009 | Osaka University of Economics | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2011 | Thespa Kusatsu | 34 | (0) |
| 2012 | Colorado Rapids | 0 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 32 | (2) |
| 2014 | → AC Nagano Parceiro (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | AC Nagano Parceiro | 28 | (1) |
| 2017 | FC Gifu | 24 | (1) |
| 2018– | Nara Club | 30 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 November 2018 | |||
Club career edit
Product of Cerezo Osaka U-15, and winning the Japanese national high school championship as the striker of the team with Takashi Inui up front, Kohei Yamada left Osaka University of Economics during his sophomore season to begin his career with Thespa Kusatsu in Japan's J. League 2. He made his official debut with the club during the 2010 season and ended his first professional season appearing in 18 league matches.
After two seasons with Thespa Kusatsu, Yamada was scouted at the Japan Pro-Footballers Association (JPFA) Tryout by Major League Soccer, and invited to the Major League Soccer combine in January 2012, with a hope of being selected by one of Major league Soccer's nineteen clubs. He was selected by Colorado Rapids in the third round of the 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft (52nd overall).[1] Yamada had signed with MLS before the draft, so became part of the Rapids squad immediately.[2]
Yamada was waived by Colorado on 20 June 2012.[3]
Club statistics edit
Updated to 23 February 2018.[4][5]
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 2010 | Thespa Kusatsu | J2 League | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 19 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 16 | 0 | |||
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| USA | League | Open Cup | North America | Total | ||||||
| 2012 | Colorado Rapids | MLS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J. League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 2012 | V-Varen Nagasaki | JFL | 8 | 1 | – | – | 8 | 1 | ||
| 2013 | J2 League | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 25 | 2 | ||
| 2014 | 7 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 0 | ||||
| 2014 | Nagano Parceiro | J3 League | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 16 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 24 | 1 | |||
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2017 | FC Gifu | J2 League | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 24 | 1 | |
| 2019 | Nara Club | JFL | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 31 | 0 | |
| 2019 | – | |||||||||
| Total | Japan | 167 | 5 | 4 | 0 | – | 171 | 5 | ||
| USA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 167 | 5 | 4 | 0 | – | 171 | 5 | |||
References edit
- ^ "2012 Supplemental Draft Tracker". MLSsoccer.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
- ^ German Sferra (26 January 2012). "Brazilian-American after his dream to play for the U.S." Colorado Rapids. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
- ^ "Smith activated from Disabled List for SJ match". Colorado Rapids. 20 June 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑", 10 February 2016, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411338 (p. 255 out of 289)
- ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2選手名鑑 2013 (NSK MOOK)", 14 February 2013, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411161 (p. 253 out of 266)
External links edit
- Profile at FC Gifu
- Profile at Nagano Parceiro
- Kohei Yamada at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
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