Hiroshige Yanagimoto

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

Biography
Yanagimoto was born in Higashiosaka on October 15, 1972. After graduating from Nara Ikuei High School, he joined Mazda (later Sanfrecce Hiroshima) in 1991. He played as regular player at right side-back. The club won the 2nd place at 1994 J1 League, 1995 and 1996 Emperor's Cup. In 1999, he moved to his local club Gamba Osaka. He moved to Osaka Prefecture's cross town rivals, Cerezo Osaka in 2003. The club won the 2nd place at 2003 Emperor's Cup. He retired end of 2006 season.

In January 1995, Yanagimoto was selected for the Japan national team for the 1995 King Fahd Cup. At this competition, on January 8, he debuted against Argentina. After debut, he became a regular player at right side-back. In 1996, he played in all matches included 1996 Asian Cup. However at 1998 World Cup qualification in March 1997, he got hurt and subsequently dropped from the national team. He had played 30 games for Japan until 1997.

Statistics

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|1991–92||Mazda||JSL Division 1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
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|1992||rowspan="7"|Sanfrecce Hiroshima||rowspan="7"|J1 League||colspan="2"|-||0||0||0||0||0||0
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|1993||19||0||2||0||0||0||21||0
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|1994||40||4||3||1||1||0||44||5
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|1995||50||0||5||0||colspan="2"|-||55||0
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|1996||29||0||5||1||14||0||48||1
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|1997||13||0||0||0||0||0||13||0
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|1998||23||0||2||0||4||0||29||0
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|1999||rowspan="4"|Gamba Osaka||rowspan="4"|J1 League||20||0||0||0||4||0||24||0
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|2000||14||0||4||0||2||0||20||0
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|2001||28||0||2||0||4||0||34||0
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|2002||11||0||0||0||5||0||16||0
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|2003||rowspan="4"|Cerezo Osaka||rowspan="4"|J1 League||17||0||5||0||0||0||22||0
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|2004||13||0||0||0||2||0||15||0
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|2005||28||0||4||0||7||0||39||0
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|2006||15||0||0||0||5||0||20||0
320||4||32||2||48||0||400||6
320||4||32||2||48||0||400||6
|}
Japan National Football Team Database

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|1995||12||0
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|1996||13||0
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|1997||5||0
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!Total||30||0
|}

References

Other websites

Category:1972 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Osaka Prefecture
Category:Japan international footballers
Category:J1 League players
Category:Japan Soccer League players
Category:Sanfrecce Hiroshima players
Category:Gamba Osaka players
Category:Cerezo Osaka players
Category:1995 King Fahd Cup players
Category:1996 AFC Asian Cup players