Takuji Yonemoto

{{short description|Japanese footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Takuji Yonemoto
米本 拓司

| fullname = Takuji Yonemoto

| image = Yonemoto Takuji.jpg

| image_size = 160px

| caption = Yonemoto with FC Tokyo in April 2016

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|12|3|df=y}}

| birth_place = Itami, Hyōgo, Japan

| height = {{height|m=1.77}}

| currentclub = Kyoto Sanga

| clubnumber = 8

| position = Defensive midfielder

| youthyears1 = 1997–2002 | youthclubs1 = Mizuho SC

| youthyears2 = 2003–2005 | youthclubs2 = Itami FC

| youthyears3 = 2006–2008 | youthclubs3 = Itami High School

| years1 = 2009–2018 | clubs1 = FC Tokyo | caps1 = 215 | goals1 = 5

| years2 = 2017 | clubs2 = → FC Tokyo U-23 (loan) | caps2 = 13 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2019–2025 | clubs3 = Nagoya Grampus | caps3 = 122 | goals3 = 1

| years4 = 2022 | clubs4 = → Shonan Bellmare (loan) | caps4 = 27 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2024–2025 | clubs5 = → Kyoto Sanga (loan) | caps5 = 11 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2025– | clubs6 = Kyoto Sanga | caps6 = 5 | goals6 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2007 | nationalteam1 = Japan U-17 | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2010 | nationalteam2 = Japan | nationalcaps2 = 1 | nationalgoals2 = 0

|medaltemplates=

{{Medal|Team|FC Tokyo}}

{{Medal|W|J.League Cup|2009}}

{{Medal|W|Emperor's Cup|2011}}

| pcupdate = 16 March 2025

| ntupdate = 28 July 2015

}}

{{nihongo|Takuji Yonemoto|米本 拓司|Yonemoto Takuji|born 3 December 1990}} is a Japanese footballer who plays as defensive midfielder for {{Japanese football updater|KyotoSan}} club Kyoto Sanga.{{cite web |title=米本 拓司:名古屋グランパス:Jリーグ.jp |url=https://www.jleague.jp/player/800823/#attack |website=Jリーグ.jp(日本プロサッカーリーグ) |access-date=13 March 2023 |language=ja}}{{cite web|publisher=Guardian.co.uk|title=Stats Centre: Takuji Yonemoto Facts|url=http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?Lang=0&CTID=63&CPID=147&pStr=Player&PLID=209368&TEID=3538|accessdate=2009-12-20|archive-date=28 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928041102/http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?Lang=0&CTID=63&CPID=147&pStr=Player&PLID=209368&TEID=3538|url-status=dead}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.nikkansports.com/soccer/japan/news/1473077.html|title=大久保嘉人ら28人日本代表候補合宿メンバー/一覧 - 日本代表 : 日刊スポーツ|website=Nikkansports.com|accessdate=1 October 2017}} On 23 July 2015, he was called again for the upcoming 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup.{{cite web|url=http://www.jfa.jp/national_team/news/00006836/|title=EAFF東アジアカップ2015(8/2~9@中国/武漢) SAMURAI BLUE(日本代表)メンバー・スケジュール|website=Jfa.jp|accessdate=1 October 2017}}

Career statistics

=Club=

{{Updated|match played 5 November 2022}}.Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, [https://www.amazon.co.jp/J1-J3%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E5%90%8D%E9%91%91%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E7%89%88-2018-NSK-MOOK/dp/4905411521 "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, [https://www.amazon.co.jp/2017-J1-J3%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E5%90%8D%E9%91%91-NSK-MOOK/dp/4905411424/ref=pd_sim_14_1/356-9491148-0114816?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=BA8BN4Y0F97GNWKQM78H "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, [https://www.amazon.co.jp/J1-J3%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E5%90%8D%E9%91%91-2015-NSK-MOOK/dp/4905411246 "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 2015 (NSK MOOK)"], 14 February 2015, Japan, {{ISBN|978-4905411246}} (p. 75 out of 298)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|Emperor's Cup

!colspan="2"|J. League Cup

!colspan="2"|AFC

!colspan="2"|Total

Division

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

rowspan="11"|FC Tokyo

|2009

|rowspan="2"|J1 League

|28

13083colspan="2"
|394
2010

|7

02000colspan="2"
|90
2011

|J2 League

|1

000colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|10
2012

|rowspan="7"|J1 League

|27

0104050370
2013

|33

15040colspan="2"
|421
2014

|33

23060colspan="2"
|422
2015

|31

12050colspan="2"
|381
2016

|21

0000081291
2017

|11

01070colspan="2"|–190
2018

|23

02030colspan="2"|–280
colspan="2"|Total

!215||5||19||0||37||3||13||1||284||9

rowspan="4"|Nagoya Grampus

|2019

|rowspan="3"|J1 League

|28

00020colspan=2|–300
2020

|27

1colspan=2|–20colspan=2|–291
2021

|28

0302060390
colspan="2"|Total

!83||1||3||0||6||0||6||0||98||1

Shonan Bellmare (loan)

|2022

|J1 League

|27

01060colspan=2|–340
colspan="3"|Career Total

!325||6||23||0||49||3||19||1||416||10

Reserves performance

Last Updated: 21 February 2019

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
colspan=3 | Club performance

! colspan=2 | League

! colspan=2 | Total

SeasonClubLeague

! Apps

Goals

! Apps

Goals
colspan=3 | Japan

! colspan=2 | League

! colspan=2 | Total

2017rowspan=2|FC Tokyo U-23rowspan=2|J3100100
20183030
colspan=3 | Career total

!13||0||13||0

National team statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! colspan=3 | Japan national team

YearAppsGoals
201010
Total||1||0

Honors

References

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