Satoshi Yamaguchi (footballer, born 1978)

Satoshi Yamaguchi
山口 智
Yamaguchi with Gamba Osaka in 2011
Personal information
Full name Satoshi Yamaguchi[1]
Date of birth (1978-04-17) 17 April 1978 (age 46)[1]
Place of birth Sakawa, Kochi, Japan
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Shonan Bellmare (manager)
Youth career
1994–1996 JEF United Ichihara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2000 JEF United Ichihara 128 (5)
2001–2011 Gamba Osaka 320 (32)
2012–2014 JEF United Chiba 116 (13)
2015 Kyoto Sanga FC 17 (1)
Total 581 (51)
International career
1997 Japan U-20 5 (0)
2009 Japan 2 (0)
Managerial career
2021– Shonan Bellmare
Medal record
JEF United Chiba
Runner-up J.League Cup 1998
Gamba Osaka
Winner AFC Champions League 2008
Winner J1 League 2005
Runner-up J1 League 2010
Winner J.League Cup 2007
Runner-up J.League Cup 2005
Winner Emperor's Cup 2008
Winner Emperor's Cup 2009
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2006
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Satoshi Yamaguchi (山口 智, Yamaguchi Satoshi, born April 17, 1978) is a Japanese professional football manager and former player who is the manager of J1 League club Shonan Bellmare.

Club career

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Yamaguchi was born in Sakawa, Kochi on April 17, 1978. He joined JEF United Ichihara (later JEF United Chiba) from youth team in 1996. He debuted on March 20, when he was 17 year and 354 days old. It was the youngest player to play for J1 League until Yuki Abe made new record in 1998. He became a regular player as center back from 1997. He moved to Gamba Osaka in 2001. The club won the champions 2005 J1 League, 2007 J.League Cup, 2008 and 2009 Emperor's Cup. He was also elected Best XI for 3 years in a row (2006-2008). In Asia, in 2008, the club won the champions AFC Champions League and the 3rd place Club World Cup. He returned JEF United Chiba in 2012 and played in 3 seasons. He moved to Kyoto Sanga FC in 2015 and retired end of 2015 season.

National team career

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In June 1997, Yamaguchi was selected Japan U-20 national team for 1997 World Youth Championship. He played as right back of 3 back defense with Tsuneyasu Miyamoto and Kazuyuki Toda full time in all 5 matches.

On May 27, 2009, Yamaguchi debuted for Japan national team against Chile. On May 31, he also played against Belgium. He played 2 games for Japan in 2009.[2]

Managerial career

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From 2021 season, he will be the assistant coach of Shonan Bellmare on 14 May 2021.[3] On 1 September 2021, Yamaguchi was appointed as manager of J1 club, Shonan Bellmare following the retirement of Bin Ukishima for during 2021 season. After winning his first victory as a manager in the 33rd round against Yokohama FC. On October 23 at same year, he led the team to remain in the final round of the 38th round against Gamba Osaka on December 4 at same year. It was decided that he would continue to serve as manager in the 2022 season and in June he was awarded the monthly best manager award.

Club statistics

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Club Season League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Continental1 Other2 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
JEF United Ichihara 1996 12 0 1 0 2 0 15 0
1997 28 2 1 1 8 0 37 3
1998 30 1 1 0 6 1 2 0 39 2
1999 29 0 1 0 0 0 - 30 0
2000 29 2 3 0 3 0 - 35 2
Gamba Osaka 2001 22 2 3 0 3 0 - 28 2
2002 29 2 2 0 8 1 - 39 3
2003 29 2 2 1 6 1 - 37 4
2004 27 5 3 1 7 1 - 37 7
2005 33 3 3 1 9 0 - 45 4
2006 32 6 5 0 2 0 6 2 1 0 46 8
2007 33 3 4 0 11 2 1 0 49 5
2008 34 5 5 2 3 0 15 3 57 10
2009 33 2 6 0 2 0 6 1 1 0 48 3
2010 18 0 5 0 2 0 3 0 28 0
2011 30 2 2 0 0 0 5 0 37 2
JEF United Chiba 2012 37 5 2 0 2 0 41 5
2013 41 6 1 0 1 1 43 7
2014 38 2 2 0 1 0 41 2
Kyoto Sanga FC 2015 17 1 1 0 18 1
Total 581 51 51 6 74 6 35 6 9 0 750 69

1Includes AFC Champions League and FIFA Club World Cup.

2Includes Japanese Super Cup and Promotion Playoffs to J1.

National team statistics

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Japan national team
Year Apps Goals
2009 2 0
Total 2 0

Managerial statistics

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As of the start from 2023 season.
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
P W D L Win %
Shonan Bellmare 1 September 2021 present 55 17 15 23 030.9
Total 55 17 15 23 030.9

Personal honours

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Team honours

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 Presented By TOYOTA — List Of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 5 December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2008.
  2. ^ a b Japan National Football Team Database
  3. ^ "山口智氏 トップチームコーチ就任のお知らせ". 湘南ベルマーレ公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  4. ^ Kyoto Sanga FC(in Japanese)
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