Hotaru Yamaguchi
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Hotaru Yamaguchi (山口 蛍, Yamaguchi Hotaru, born 6 October 1990) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Vissel Kobe. He is also a member of the Japan national team.[2]
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![]() Yamaguchi lining up for Japan at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | ||||||||||||||
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Full name | Hotaru Yamaguchi | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1990-10-06) 6 October 1990 (age 33) | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Nabari, Mie, Japan | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | |||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Vissel Kobe | |||||||||||||
Number | 96 | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
2000–2002 | Minowa West SC | |||||||||||||
2003–2008 | Cerezo Osaka | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
2009–2015 | Cerezo Osaka | 140 | (11) | |||||||||||
2016 | Hannover 96 | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||
2016–2018 | Cerezo Osaka | 84 | (3) | |||||||||||
2019– | Vissel Kobe | 165 | (20) | |||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
2010–2012 | Japan U23 | 29 | (1) | |||||||||||
2013–2019 | Japan | 48 | (3) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 December 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2019 |
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