Nao Yamada
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 November 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Saitama, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Mito HollyHock | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Tsurugashima Nishi SSS | |||
| Sakado Diplomats FC | |||
| Urawa Reds | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2024 | Mito HollyHock | 76 | (1) |
| 2025– | Tokushima Vortis | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Japan U16 | ||
| 2019 | Japan U17 | ||
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:22, 20 February 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:04, 9 June 2021 (UTC) | |||
Nao Yamada (山田 奈央, Yamada Nao, born 18 November 2002) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a defender for Tokushima Vortis.
Club career
[edit]Yamada made his professional debut in a 0–3 Emperor's Cup loss against Thespakusatsu Gunma.[1]
On 12 December 2024, Yamada joined Tokushima Vortis.[2]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 9 August 2022.[3]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Mito HollyHock | 2021 | J2 League | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 12 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
- Notes
- ^ a b Appearances in the Emperor's Cup
Honours
[edit]Japan U16
References
[edit]- ^ "水戸ホーリーホック 0–3 ザスパクサツ群馬". jfa.jp (in Japanese). 9 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "山田 奈央選手 水戸ホーリーホックより完全移籍加入のお知らせ" [Nao Yamada joins the team on a permanent transfer from Mito Hollyhock]. www.vortis.jp (in Japanese).
- ^ Nao Yamada at Soccerway
External links
[edit]- Nao Yamada at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
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- Living people
- Association football people from Saitama Prefecture
- Japanese men's footballers
- Japan men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Urawa Red Diamonds players
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- 21st-century Japanese sportsmen
- Japanese football defender, 1990s birth stubs