Nobuhisa Yamada

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Nobuhisa Yamada
Personal information
Full name	Nobuhisa Yamada
Date of birth	September 10, 1975 (1975-09-10) (age 32)
Place of birth	Fujieda, Shizuoka, Japan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Right Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Urawa Red Diamonds
Number	6
Youth clubs
1991-1993	Fujieda Higashi High School
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994-present	Urawa Red Diamonds	426 0(27)
National team2
2002-2004	Japan	015 00(1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 June 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 14 June 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Nobuhisa Yamada (山田 暢久, Nobuhisa Yamada^?, born September 10, 1975 in Fujieda, Shizuoka, Japan) is a Japanese football (soccer) player. He mainly plays on the right as a defender or midfielder. He currently plays for Urawa Red Diamonds of J. League. He has been capped 15 times and scored 1 goal for the Japanese national team.

Contents 1 Playing career 1.1 Club 1.2 International 2 Clubs 3 Honors and awards 3.1 Team 4 National team 5 International goals

[edit] Playing career

[edit] Club

He was educated at and played for Fujieda Higashi High School. After graduating from high school, he joined Urawa in 1994. He made his first league appearance on April 27, 1994 against Shimizu S-Pulse at Kusanagi Athletic Stadium. His first professional goal came on November 19, 1994 against Yokohama Marinos at Toyama Athletic Stadium. He has played more than 400 league matches for Urawa (as of October 2007). He has been the captain of the team since 2004.

[edit] International

Yamada represented Japan at several underage levels. He was a member of the Japan team for the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship hosted by Qatar.

He made his full international debut for Japan on November 20, 2002 in a friendly against Argentine at Saitama Stadium. His first international goal came on February 7, 2003 in a friendly against Malaysia at Kashima Stadium. He played for Japan 15 times between 2002 and 2004, and scored one goal.

[edit] Clubs

• 1994-present: Urawa Red Diamonds

[edit] Honors and awards

[edit] Team

• AFC Champions League Winner: 2007
• J. League Winner: 2006
• Emperor's Cup Winner: 2005, 2006
• J. League Cup Winner: 2003
• Japanese Super Cup Winner: 2006

[edit] National team

• 2003 Confederations Cup

[edit] International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	February 7, 2004	Kashima, Japan	Malaysia	4-0	Won	Friendly

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