Takuji Yonemoto

Takuji Yonemoto
米本拓司
	Yonemoto with FC Tokyo in April 2016
Personal information
Full name	Takuji Yonemoto
Date of birth	3 December 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth	Itami, Hyōgo, Japan
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Nagoya Grampus
Number	6
Youth career
1997–2002	Mizuho SC
2003–2005	Itami FC
2006–2008	Itami High School
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–2018	FC Tokyo
2017	→ FC Tokyo U-23 (loan)
2019–	Nagoya Grampus
2022	→ Shonan Bellmare (loan)
International career‡
2007	Japan U-17
2010	Japan
Medal record
FC Tokyo
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, 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 3 December 1990) is a Japanese footballer who plays as defensive midfielder for J1 League club Nagoya Grampus.^[1]^[2]

National team career

In August 2007, Yonemoto was elected Japan U-17 national team for 2007 U-17 World Cup. He played 2 matches.

Yonemoto made his full international debut for Japan on 6 January 2010 in a 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualifier against Yemen.

On 7 May 2015, Japan's coach Vahid Halilhodžić called him for a two-days training camp.^[3] On 23 July 2015, he was called again for the upcoming 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup.^[4]

As of match played 5 November 2022.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Club	Season	League			Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		AFC		Total
Club	Season	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	J1 League	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

Last Updated: 21 February 2019

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^ 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)
^ 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)
^ 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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