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player who plays for

Ventforet Kofu is a Japanese professional football club from Kōfu in Yamanashi Prefecture. The team currently competes in the J2 League, Japanese second tier of professional football, hosting their home matches in the JIT Recycle Ink Stadium, located in Kōf ...

Playing career

Yamamoto was born in Ichikawa on June 26, 1980. He joined

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club JEF United Ichihara from youth team in 1999. He debuted against

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on March 17, 2001 and played several matches in 2001 season. However he could hardly play in the match in 2002. In 2003, he moved to

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club

. He played many matches as substitute from 2003. In 2005, Ventforet finished at the 3rd place and was promoted to J1 first time in the club history. He also became a regular player as left side-back from 2006. After that, Ventforet repeated relegation to J2 and promotion to J1. From 2010, he played mainly as center back and defensive midfielder for a long time. He scored the winning penalty in the 2022 Emperor's Cup

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, helping

to win the title at the penalty shoot-outs by 5–4.

Club statistics

Honours

Club

Ventforet Kofu *

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References

External links

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Profile at Ventforet Kofu
1980 births Living people Association football people from Chiba Prefecture Japanese men's footballers J1 League players J2 League players JEF United Chiba players Ventforet Kofu players Men's association football defenders 21st-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-footy-defender-1980s-stub