Yoshiteru Yamashita

is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

## Biography

Yamashita was born in Fukuoka on November 21, 1977. After graduating from Higashi Fukuoka High School, he joined J1 League side Avispa Fukuoka in 1996. He played many matches from first season. However the club relegated to J2 League in 2001 and he moved to Vegalta Sendai. However the club relegated to J2 in 2003 again and he moved to Kashiwa Reysol in 2004. However his opportunity to play decreased. He also played in Omiya Ardija on loan in 2005. He moved to Japan Football League club Tochigi SC in 2007 and FC Ryukyu in 2008. He retired end of 2010 season.

In June 1997, Yamashita was selected the Japan U-20 national team for 1997 World Youth Championship. He played in 2 matches. In 2001, Yamashita was selected the Japan national team for 2001 Confederations Cup. He made his international debut in the tournament on June 4 against Brazil. At this tournament, Japan won the 2nd place. He earned 3 caps between 2001 and 2003 and scored no goals for Japan.

## Statistics

|-
|1996||rowspan="6"|Avispa Fukuoka||rowspan="6"|J1 League||19||2||2||2||6||2||27||6
|-
|1997||13||3||3||0||6||0||22||3
|-
|1998||32||7||1||0||3||0||36||7
|-
|1999||25||6||2||1||1||0||28||7
|-
|2000||8||3||0||0||0||0||8||3
|-
|2001||21||6||1||0||3||1||25||7
|-
|2002||rowspan="2"|Vegalta Sendai||rowspan="2"|J1 League||30||10||1||0||0||0||31||10
|-
|2003||29||4||1||1||4||1||34||6
|-
|2004||rowspan="2"|Kashiwa Reysol||rowspan="2"|J1 League||13||0||0||0||3||0||16||0
|-
|2005||9||1||0||0||2||0||11||1
|-
|2005||Omiya Ardija||J1 League||5||0||1||0||2||0||8||0
|-
|2006||Kashiwa Reysol||J2 League||5||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||5||0
|-
|2007||Tochigi SC||Football League||28||6||2||0||colspan="2"|-||30||6
|-
|2008||rowspan="3"|FC Ryukyu||rowspan="3"|Football League||31||6||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||31||6
|-
|2009||30||9||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||30||9
|-
|2010||32||4||0||0||colspan="2"|-||32||4
330||67||14||4||30||4||374||75
330||67||14||4||30||4||374||75
|}

|-
|2001||2||0
|-
|2002||0||0
|-
|2003||1||0
|-
!Total||3||0
|}

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Yoshiteru Yamashita
- **fullname**: Yoshiteru Yamashita
- **birth place**: Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Fukuoka, Japan
- **position**: Forward
- **youthyears1**: 1993–1995
- **youthclubs1**: Higashi Fukuoka High School
- **years1**: 1996–2001
- **clubs1**: Avispa Fukuoka
- **caps1**: 118
- **goals1**: 27
- **years2**: 2002–2003
- **clubs2**: Vegalta Sendai
- **caps2**: 59
- **goals2**: 14
- **years3**: 2004–2006
- **clubs3**: Kashiwa Reysol
- **caps3**: 27
- **goals3**: 1
- **years4**: 2005
- **clubs4**: →Omiya Ardija (loan)
- **caps4**: 5
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2007
- **clubs5**: Tochigi SC
- **caps5**: 28
- **goals5**: 6
- **years6**: 2008–2010
- **clubs6**: FC Ryukyu
- **caps6**: 93
- **goals6**: 19
- **totalcaps**: 330
- **totalgoals**: 67
- **nationalyears1**: 1997
- **nationalteam1**: Japan national under-20 football team, Japan U-20
- **nationalcaps1**: 2
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2001–2003
- **nationalteam2**: Japan national football team, Japan
- **nationalcaps2**: 3
- **nationalgoals2**: 0