Yasuyuki Konno
is a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.
Biography
Konno was born in Sendai on January 25, 1983. After graduating from Tohoku High School, he joined newly was promoted to J1 League club, Consadole Sapporo in 2001. He played many matches as defensive midfielder from first season. However the club finished at the bottom place in 2002 and was relegated to J2 League. In 2004, he moved to J1 club FC Tokyo. He played as regular player and the club won the champions in the 2004 J.League Cup which was first major title in the club history. In 2009, he was converted to center back. The club won the 2009 J.League Cup. However the club was relegated to J2 end of 2010 season. In 2011, theclub won the champions in J2 and Emperor's Cup. In 2012, he moved to J1 club Gamba Osaka. However the club was relegated J2 end of 2012. In 2013, he was converted to defensive midfielder and the club won the champions in J2. In 2014 in J1 League, the club won all three major title in Japan; J1 League, J.League Cup and Emperor's Cup. His opportunity to play decreased from 2017. In July 2019, he moved to Jubilo Iwata. The club was relegated to J2 end of the 2019 season.
In 2003, Konno was selected the Japan U-20 national team for the 2003 World Youth Championship. He played all 5 matches as defensive midfielder. In 2004, he was also selected the Japan U-23 national team for 2004 Summer Olympics and played all 3 matches. In 2005, he was selected the Japan national team for 2005 East Asian Football Championship. At this tournament, he debuted against China on August 3. He played at 2007 Asian Cup and 2010 World Cup. After the 2010 world cup, he became a regular player as center back under new manager Alberto Zaccheroni. In 2011, he played at 2011 Asian Cup and Japan won the champions. However his opportunity to play decreased behind Masato Morishige from 2013. He was selected Japan for 2014 World Cup and played 2 matches. After the 2014 World Cup, he played as midfielder under manager Javier Aguirre and Vahid Halilhodzic. He played 93 games and scored 4 goals for Japan until 2017.
Statistics
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|2001||rowspan="3"|Consadole Sapporo||rowspan="2"|J1 League||17||0||1||1||1||0||colspan="2"|-||19||1
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|2002||22||0||1||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||25||0
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|2003||J2 League||26||2||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||26||2
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|2004||rowspan="8"|FC Tokyo||rowspan="7"|J1 League||26||4||3||0||7||1||colspan="2"|-||36||5
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|2005||34||7||2||0||6||1||colspan="2"|-||42||8
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|2006||28||5||2||0||6||0||colspan="2"|-||36||5
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|2007||33||5||3||1||6||1||colspan="2"|-||42||7
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|2008||32||4||3||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||37||4
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|2009||34||2||0||0||5||0||colspan="2"|-||39||2
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|2010||34||5||3||0||3||0||colspan="2"|-||40||5
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|2011||J2 League||33||1||4||1||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||37||2
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|2012||rowspan="8"|Gamba Osaka||J1 League||33||2||5||0||2||0||5||0||45||2
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|2013||J2 League||32||4||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||32||4
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|2014||rowspan="6"|J1 League||33||2||6||0||7||0||colspan="2"|-||46||2
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|2015||31||3||4||0||4||0||8||0||47||3
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|2016||33||4||2||1||3||0||5||1||43||6
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|2017||24||2||2||0||4||0||3||1||33||3
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|2018||14||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||15||0
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|2019||10||0||0||0||5||0||colspan="2"|-||15||0
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|2018||Gamba Osaka U-23||J3 League||1||1||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||1||1
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|2019||rowspan="3"|Jubilo Iwata||J1 League||5||1||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||5||1
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|2020||rowspan="2"|J2 League||6||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||6||0
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|2021||||||||||||||||||||
541||54||41||4||64||3||21||2||667||63
541||54||41||4||64||3||21||2||667||63
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|2005||3||0
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|2006||3||0
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|2007||8||0
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|2008||12||0
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|2009||7||0
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|2010||7||0
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|2011||15||1
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|2012||8||0
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|2013||15||0
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|2014||6||1
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|2015||3||0
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|2016||0||0
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|2017||6||2
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!Total||93||4
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References
Other websites
1983 births
Living people
Footballers from Miyagi Prefecture
Japan international footballers
J1 League players
J2 League players
J3 League players
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo players
FC Tokyo players
Gamba Osaka players
Gamba Osaka U-23 players
Jubilo Iwata players
2010 FIFA World Cup players
2014 FIFA World Cup players
2013 FIFA Confederations Cup players
Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics