Kenji Yamada (footballer)

Kenji Yamada
山田 賢二
Personal information
Full name Kenji Yamada
Date of birth (1989-03-15) 15 March 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Renofa Yamaguchi (Goalkeeper coach)
Youth career
2004–2006 Muroran Ohtani HS
2007–2010 Kokushikan University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2019 Vanraure Hachinohe 191 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 March 2020

Kenji Yamada (山田 賢二, Yamada Kenji, born 15 March 1989) is a Japanese former footballer who last played as a goalkeeper and currently goalkeeper coach of Renofa Yamaguchi from 2024.

Career

Yamada retired from playing at the end of the 2019 season to become Vanraure Hachinohe's goalkeeping coach.[1]

From 2024, Yamada become to Renofa Yamaguchi as Goalkeeper coach.[2]

Career statistics

Club

As of 21 March 2020.[3][4]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Kokushikan University 2011 – 1[a] 0 – 0 0 1 0
Vanraure Hachinohe 2011 TSL 2 Division 9 0 0 0 – 0 0 9 0
2012 TSL 2 Division North 14 0 1[a] 0 – 0 0 15 0
2013 TSL 1 Division 18 0 2[a] 0 – 0 0 20 0
2014 JFL 26 0 2[a] 0 – 0 0 27 0
2015 30 0 1[a] 0 – 2[b] 0 32 0
2016 28 0 1[a] 0 – 0 0 29 0
2017 29 0 1[a] 0 – 0 0 30 0
2018 8 0 0 0 – 0 0 8 0
2019 J3 League 29 0 2[a] 0 0 0 0 0 31 0
Career total 191 0 11 0 0 0 2 0 204 0
Notes
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Appearances in the Emperor's Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in the JFL Championship

References

  1. ^ "山田賢二氏　トップチームＧＫコーチ就任のお知らせ". vanraure.net (in Japanese). Vanraure Hachinohe. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  2. ^ "山田 賢二氏 レノファ山口FC トップチーム ゴールキーパーコーチ就任のお知らせ | レノファ山口FC". RENOFA YAMAGUCHI FC (in Japanese). 2023-12-12. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  3. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2019 (NSK MOOK)", 9 February 2019, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411628 (p. 272 out of 289)
  4. ^ Kenji Yamada at Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2019.