Takuji Yonemoto

Takuji Yonemoto
米本 拓司
Yonemoto with FC Tokyo in April 2016
Personal information
Full name Takuji Yonemoto
Date of birth (1990-12-03) 3 December 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Itami, Hyōgo, Japan
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Nagoya Grampus
Number 6
Youth career
2006–2008 Itami High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2018 FC Tokyo 215 (5)
2017 → FC Tokyo U-23 (loan) 13 (0)
2019– Nagoya Grampus 115 (1)
2022 → Shonan Bellmare (loan) 27 (0)
National team‡
2007 Japan U-17 2 (0)
2010 Japan 1 (0)
Honours
FC Tokyo
Winner J.League Cup 2009
Winner Emperor's Cup 2011
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:04, 5 November 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 July 2015

Takuji Yonemoto (米本 拓司, Yonemoto Takuji, born December 3, 1990) is a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography

Yonemoto was born in Itami on December 3, 1990. After graduating from Itami High School, he joined J1 League club FC Tokyo in 2009. He played many matches as defensive midfielder from first season. Tokyo won the champions in the 2009 J.League Cup. However he could not play many matches for injury in 2010 and 2011 season. Tokyo was relegated to J2 League end of the 2010 season. In 2011, Tokyo won the champions and returned to J1 in a year. He played many matches again from the 2012 season. He played 215 matches for the club in 10 seasons. In 2019, he moved to Nagoya Grampus.

In 2007, Yonemoto was selected the Japan U-17 national team for 2007 U-17 World Cup. At this tournament, he played 2 matches. In January 2010, he was selected the Japan national team for 2011 Asian Cup qualification. At this qualification, he debuted against Yemen on January 6.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 5 November 2022.[1][2][3]
Club Season League Emperor's Cup J. League Cup AFC Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC Tokyo 2009 J1 League 28 1 3 0 8 3 - 39 4
2010 7 0 2 0 0 0 - 9 0
2011 J2 League 1 0 0 0 - - 1 0
2012 J1 League 27 0 1 0 4 0 5 0 37 0
2013 33 1 5 0 4 0 - 42 1
2014 33 2 3 0 6 0 - 42 2
2015 31 1 2 0 5 0 - 38 1
2016 21 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 29 1
2017 11 0 1 0 7 0 – 19 0
2018 23 0 2 0 3 0 – 28 0
Total 215 5 19 0 37 3 13 1 284 9
Nagoya Grampus 2019 J1 League 28 0 0 0 2 0 – 30 0
2020 27 1 – 2 0 – 29 1
2021 28 0 3 0 2 0 6 0 39 0
Total 83 1 3 0 6 0 6 0 98 1
Shonan Bellmare (loan) 2022 J1 League 27 0 1 0 6 0 – 34 0
Career Total 325 6 23 0 49 3 19 1 416 10

National team statistics

Japan national team
Year Apps Goals
2010 1 0
Total 1 0

Reserves performance

Last Updated: 21 February 2019

Club performance League Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Total
2017 FC Tokyo U-23 J3 10 0 10 0
2018 3 0 3 0
Career total 13 0 13 0

References

  1. ↑ 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 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 105 out of 289)
  2. ↑ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 73 out of 289)
  3. ↑ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 2015 (NSK MOOK)", 14 February 2015, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411246 (p. 75 out of 298)

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