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Shigeru Yokotani
Japanese footballer
Shigeru Yokotani (横谷 繁, Yokotani Shigeru, born May 3, 1987 in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Ehime FC.
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| Full name | Shigeru Yokotani | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1987-05-03) May 3, 1987 (age 37) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Ehime FC | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Gamba Osaka Youth | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2012 | Gamba Osaka | 18 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | → Ehime FC (loan) | 81 | (8) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | → Kyoto Sanga FC (loan) | 37 | (11) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Kyoto Sanga FC | 24 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Omiya Ardija | 115 | (12) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Ventforet Kofu | 36 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Ehime FC | 2 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Japan U-19 | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:49, 7 July 2020 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born in Hyōgo Prefecture, Yokotani was brought up in the Koto area of Nishinomiya where he attended the Koryo junior high school.
Yokotani was a product of Gamba Osaka youth academy and has been capped for the Japan at Under 17, 19 and Under 21 level. He was a member of the Japan squad playing at the AFC Youth Championship in 2006.
Yokotani was promoted to Gamba's first team in 2008. He made his first team debut on 7 July 2007, in a League Cup tie away at Urawa Red Diamonds. In January 2008, he joined 2nd Division side Ehime on loan. He scored his first goal for Ehime in a 4-1 defeat at Sanfrecce Hiroshima, on 23 September 2008.[1]
On 7 January 2013, Yokotani moved to Kyoto Sanga on a season-long loan.[2] He then signed for Kyoto-based club, before moving to Omiya Ardija.
Updated to 23 February 2018.[3][4]
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J. League Cup | AFC | Total | |||||||
| 2006 | Gamba Osaka | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2008 | Ehime FC | J2 League | 36 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 38 | 2 | ||
| 2009 | 45 | 6 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 46 | 6 | ||||
| 2010 | Gamba Osaka | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2011 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2012 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||
| 2013 | Kyoto Sanga | J2 League | 37 | 11 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 38 | 12 | ||
| 2014 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 2015 | Omiya Ardija | 38 | 8 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 40 | 8 | |||
| 2016 | J1 League | 31 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 38 | 3 | ||
| 2017 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 28 | 1 | |||
| Total | 252 | 31 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 278 | 33 | ||
- Hiroshima 4-1 Ehime. J League. 23 September 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- "横谷繁選手 期限付き移籍加入のお知らせ（一部情報追加）｜京都サンガF.c.オフィシャルサイト". www.sanga-fc.jp. Archived from the original on 2013-01-13.
- 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 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 164 out of 289)
- Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 62 out of 289)
- Profile at Omiya Ardija
- Shigeru Yokotani at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Shigeru Yokotani career stats at Guardian.co.uk at the Wayback Machine (archived June 13, 2012)
- Shigeru Yokotani at Soccerway
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