Kota Yoshihara

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

Biography
Yoshihara was born in Fujiidera on February 2, 1978. After graduating from Hatsushiba Hashimoto High School, he joined Japan Football League club Consadole Sapporo in 1996. The club won the champions in 1997 and was promoted to J1 League. However the club was relegated to new league J2 League in 1999. He moved to his local club Gamba Osaka in 2000. Although he became a regular player from 2001, his opportunity to play decreased from 2003. He moved to Omiya Ardija in 2006. He moved to Mito HollyHock in 2009. He made an announcement to retire on February 2, 2013, on his 35th birthday.

In June 1999, Yoshihara was selected Japan national team for 1999 Copa América. At this competition, on July 2, he debuted against Paraguay.

Statistics

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|1996||rowspan="4"|Consadole Sapporo||rowspan="2"|Football League||24||6||3||1||colspan="2"|-||27||7
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|1997||15||8||3||2||2||0||20||10
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|1998||J1 League||34||11||3||1||4||1||41||13
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|1999||J2 League||32||15||2||0||2||0||36||15
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|2000||rowspan="6"|Gamba Osaka||rowspan="6"|J1 League||19||3||3||1||2||0||24||4
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|2001||27||11||3||2||2||0||32||13
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|2002||27||11||2||1||6||3||35||15
|-
|2003||20||6||2||2||4||1||26||9
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|2004||22||5||4||0||5||0||31||5
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|2005||19||2||1||0||9||3||29||5
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|2006||rowspan="3"|Omiya Ardija||rowspan="3"|J1 League||15||2||1||0||1||0||17||2
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|2007||26||5||1||0||5||1||32||6
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|2008||19||2||1||0||2||0||22||2
|-
|2009||rowspan="4"|Mito HollyHock||rowspan="4"|J2 League||47||9||1||0||colspan="2"|-||48||9
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|2010||24||6||0||0||colspan="2"|-||24||6
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|2011||9||2||2||0||colspan="2"|-||11||2
|-
|2012||18||1||1||0||colspan="2"|-||19||1
397||105||33||10||44||9||474||124
397||105||33||10||44||9||474||124
|}
Japan National Football Team Database

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|1999||1||0
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!Total||1||0
|}

References

Other websites

Category:1978 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Osaka Prefecture
Category:Japan international footballers
Category:J1 League players
Category:J2 League players
Category:Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo players
Category:Gamba Osaka players
Category:Omiya Ardija players
Category:Mito HollyHock players