Kenji Yamada (footballer)

Kenji Yamada (山田 賢二, Yamada Kenji, born 15 March 1989) is a Japanese former footballer who last played as a goalkeeper and currently goalkeeper coach of Renofa Yamaguchi from 2024.

Kenji Yamada
山田 賢二

Personal information
Full name	Kenji Yamada
Date of birth	(1989-03-15) 15 March 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Renofa Yamaguchi (Goalkeeper coach)
Youth career
2004–2006	Muroran Ohtani HS
2007–2010	Kokushikan University
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2019	Vanraure Hachinohe	191	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 March 2020

Career

Yamada retired from playing at the end of the 2019 season to become Vanraure Hachinohe's goalkeeping coach.^[1]

From 2024, Yamada become to Renofa Yamaguchi as Goalkeeper coach.^[2]

Career statistics

Club

As of 21 March 2020.^[3][4]

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Kokushikan University	2011	–			1[a]	0	–		0	0	1	0
Vanraure Hachinohe	2011	TSL 2 Division	9	0	0	0	–		0	0	9	0
	2012	TSL 2 Division North	14	0	1[a]	0	–		0	0	15	0
	2013	TSL 1 Division	18	0	2[a]	0	–		0	0	20	0
	2014	JFL	26	0	2[a]	0	–		0	0	27	0
	2015		30	0	1[a]	0	–		2[b]	0	32	0
	2016		28	0	1[a]	0	–		0	0	29	0
	2017		29	0	1[a]	0	–		0	0	30	0
	2018		8	0	0	0	–		0	0	8	0
	2019	J3 League	29	0	2[a]	0	0	0	0	0	31	0
Career total			191	0	11	0	0	0	2	0	204	0

Notes

1. Appearances in the Emperor's Cup
2. Appearances in the JFL Championship

References

1. "山田賢二氏　トップチームＧＫコーチ就任のお知らせ". vanraure.net (in Japanese). Vanraure Hachinohe. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
2. "山田 賢二氏 レノファ山口FC トップチーム ゴールキーパーコーチ就任のお知らせ | レノファ山口FC". RENOFA YAMAGUCHI FC (in Japanese). 2023-12-12. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
3. 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 2019 (NSK MOOK)", 9 February 2019, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411628 (p. 272 out of 289)
4. Kenji Yamada at Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2019.

External links

• Kenji Yamada at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)