Koji Yamase

Koji Yamase
Personal information
Full name	Koji Yamase
Date of birth	(1981-09-22) 22 September 1981
Place of birth	Sapporo, Japan
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team	Kyoto Sanga
Number	14
Youth career
1997–1999	Hokkai High School
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2002	Consadole Sapporo	52	(9)
2003–2004	Urawa Reds	42	(11)
2005–2010	Yokohama F. Marinos	156	(32)
2011–2012	Kawasaki Frontale	51	(8)
2013–	Kyoto Sanga	71	(11)
National team
2000–2001	Japan U-20	10	(5)
2004	Japan U-23	2	(0)
2006–2010	Japan	13	(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 January 2015.

Koji Yamase (山瀬功治, Yamase Kōji, born 22 September 1981 in Minami-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaidō Prefecture) is a Japanese footballer who currently plays for Kyoto Sanga in J. League Division 2.^[1]

Japan's coach Ivica Osim handed him his first senior cap on 9 August 2006, in a friendly match against Trinidad and Tobago. His first goal for Japan came on 22 August 2007 in a friendly match against Cameroon. Yamase also played for Japan at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship in Argentina.^[2]

His younger brother Yukihiro is also a professional footballer currently playing for J. League Division 2 side Kataller Toyama. His father Isao participated in the 1984 Winter Olympics as an biathlete.

Career statistics

Last update: 1 January 2015

Club	Season	League		Emperor's Cup		League Cup		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Consadole Sapporo	2000	14	2	3	0	1	0	18	2
	2001	24	3	1	0	0	0	25	3
	2002	14	4	0	0	2	0	16	4
Urawa Reds	2003	24	6	1	0	6	2	31	8
Urawa Reds	2004	18	5	0	0	7	2	25	7
Yokohama F. Marinos	2005	19	1	0	0	4	0	23	1
	2006	20	6	3	0	1	0	24	6
	2007	32	11	2	0	10	3	44	14
	2008	25	4	1	0	3	0	29	4
	2009	28	5	2	1	9	5	39	11
	2010	32	5	3	2	5	1	40	8
Kawasaki Frontale	2011	34	6	3	0	4	2	41	8
Kawasaki Frontale	2012	17	2	2	2	2	0	21	4
Kyoto Sanga	2013	35*	8	2	0	-		37	8
Kyoto Sanga	2014	38	3	2	1	-		40	4
Career total		375	71	25	6	55	15	455	92

International goals
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	22 August 2007	Oita, Japan	Cameroon	2–0	Won	Friendly
2.	30 January 2008	Tokyo, Japan	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–0	Won	Friendly
3.	30 January 2008	Tokyo, Japan	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–0	Won	Friendly
4.	20 February 2008	Chongqing, China PR	China PR	1–0	Won	East Asian Football Championship 2008
5.	23 February 2008	Chongqing, China PR	South Korea	1–1	Draw	East Asian Football Championship 2008

Kyoto Sanga FC – current squad

1 Sugeno 2 Suganuma 3 Someya 4 Muta 5 Iwanuma 6 Honda 7 Tamura 8 Andrei 9 Daniel 10 Escudero 11 Horigome 14 Yamase 16 Lee 17 Arita 18 Ishida 19 Yajima 20 Takahashi 21 Shimizu 22 Sato 23 Wada 24 Uchida 25 Kokuryo 26 Shimohata 27 Nagashima 28 Saito 29 Numa 30 Ishibitsu 32 Ogino 33 Yamada Manager: Ishimaru

J.League Rookie of the Year

1993: Sawanobori 1994: Tasaka 1995: Kawaguchi 1996: Saito 1997: Yanagisawa 1998: Ono 1999: Nakazawa 2000: Morisaki 2001: Yamase 2002: Tsuboi 2003: Nasu 2004: Morimoto 2005: Cullen 2006: Fujimoto 2007: Sugeno 2008: Ogawa 2009: Watanabe 2010: Usami 2011: Sakai 2012: Shibasaki 2013: Minamino 2014: Caio 2015: Asano 2016: Ideguchi

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