is a former

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player. He last played for Japan national team until 2011. His younger brother Kodai is also a professional footballer playing for

Ehime FC commonly known as Ehime FC (愛媛FC, ''Ehime Efu Shī'') is a professional Association football, football club based in Matsuyama, Ehime, Matsuyama, the capital city of Ehime Prefecture of Japan. The club currently compete in J2 League, the s ...

Club career

Yasuda was born in

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on 20 December 1987, and was raised in

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from the age of five. He joined

Gamba Osaka is a Japanese professional association football, football club based in Suita, Osaka Prefecture. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. The club's home stadium is Panasonic Stadium Suita. They form a ...

from youth team in 2006. On 5 January 2011 a deal was announced between

and Dutch side

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. Yasuda is the first Japanese footballer at

. On 26 January 2022, Yasuda announced would be joining to

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. After leaving from the club, On 4 January 2023, Yasuda was announced would retirement from football after 16 years career as professional football.

National team career

In July 2007, Yasuda was elected Japan U-20 national team for 2007 U-20 World Cup. At this tournament, he played all 4 matches as mainly left side back. In August 2008, he was elected Japan U-23 national team for

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. At this tournament, he played 1 match. In February 2008, Yasuda was elected Japan national team for

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. At this tournament, on 17 February, he debuted against

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Career statistics

Club

''Updated to 4 December 2017''.

¹Includes

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and

UEFA Europa League The UEFA Europa League (UEL), usually known simply as the Europa League, is an annual association football, football club competition organised since 1971 by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European footb ...

²Includes

Japanese Super Cup The , the for sponsorship reasons, is an annual one-match association football competition in Japan organised by J.League and the Japan Football Association. This competition serves as the season opener and is played between the reigning J1 Leag ...

, Eredivisie Playoffs and

K League K League () is South Korea's professional football league. It includes the first division K League 1 and the second division K League 2. Clubs competing in the K League have won a record total of twelve AFC Champions League Elite, AFC Champions ...

play-offs.

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first.''

Under-20

Senior team

Appearances in major competitions

Awards and honours

Club

;Gamba Osaka *

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(2) :

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

* J. League Cup (1) :

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

(1) :

Pan-Pacific Championship The Pan-Pacific Football Championship was an inter-confederation football (soccer), football tournament between teams from A-League (Australia and New Zealand), Chinese Super League (People's Republic of China, China), J. League (Japan), K-League ...

(1) :

Individual

* J. League Cup Most Valuable Player (1) :

* J. League Cup New Hero Award (1) :

References

External links

Profile at Albirex Niigata
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yasuda, Michihiro 1987 births Living people Association football people from Hyōgo Prefecture Association football people from Osaka Prefecture Sportspeople from Kobe Sportspeople from Suita Japanese men's footballers Japan men's youth international footballers 21st-century Japanese sportsmen Japan men's international footballers J1 League players J2 League players Eredivisie players Gamba Osaka players SBV Vitesse players Júbilo Iwata players Sagan Tosu players Vissel Kobe players Nagoya Grampus players Albirex Niigata players JEF United Chiba players Olympic footballers for Japan Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Japanese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Japanese expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Men's association football defenders