Kaito Yamamoto (山本 海人, Yamamoto Kaito, born 10 July 1985) is a Japanese football player who plays for Fukushima United FC.[1]
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| Full name | Kaito Yamamoto | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 10 July 1985 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Shizuoka, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Fukushima United FC | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2003 | Shimizu S-Pulse | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2012 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 62 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2016 | Vissel Kobe | 74 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | JEF United Chiba | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Yokohama FC | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Roasso Kumamoto | 34 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Fukushima United FC | 80 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 August 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club career
editHaving worked his way through the S-Pulse youth system, he signed full professional terms at the start of the 2004 season. Yamamoto has thus far been a deputy to the omnipresent Yohei Nishibe.[citation needed]
National team career
editIn June 2005, Yamamoto was selected for the Japan U-20 national team during the 2005 World Youth Championship. In August 2008, he was selected for the Japan U-23 national team at the 2008 Summer Olympics. But he did not play in the match, as he was the team's reserve goalkeeper behind Shusaku Nishikawa in both tournaments.
Club statistics
editUpdated to 10 April 2020.[2][3]
| Club | Season | League | Cup1 | League Cup2 | Total | ||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Shimizu S-Pulse | 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| 2012 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Vissel Kobe | 2013 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 18 | 0 |
| 2014 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| JEF United Chiba | 2017 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | |
| Yokohama FC | 2018 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 7 | 0 | |
| Roasso Kumamoto | 2019 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 35 | 0 | |
| Total | 179 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 235 | 0 | |
1Includes Emperor's Cup.
2Includes J.League Cup.
References
edit- ^ Kaito Yamamoto at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- ^ 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. 192 out of 289)
- ^ 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. 101 out of 289)
External links
edit- Kaito Yamamoto – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Kaito Yamamoto at Soccerway
- Kaito Yamamoto at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Profile at Yokohama FC
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