Masato Yamazaki (footballer, born 1981)
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 Yamazaki with Sanfrecce Hiroshima in 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Masato Yamazaki[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | December 4, 1981[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kyoto, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–1999 | Kumiyama High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2003 | Kokushikan University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Oita Trinita | 61 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Gamba Osaka | 53 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 33 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2015 | Montedio Yamagata | 133 | (20) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 70 | (9) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Thespakusatsu Gunma | 14 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 379 | (42) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Masato Yamazaki (山﨑 雅人, Yamazaki Masato; born December 4, 1981) is a Japanese former football player.[2]
Yamazaki played in over 500 league games, playing mainly in the J1 League. In 2014, he scored the winning goal in the promotion playoffs to take Montedio Yamagata to the J1 League.
On 22 July 2011, Yamazaki was announced at Montedio Yamagata on a one year loan.[3]
On 30 December 2011, Yamazaki was announced at Montedio Yamagata on a permanent transfer.[4] On 7 December 2014, he scored the winning goal against JEF United Chiba in the promotion playoffs, meaning that Montedio Yamagata would return to the J1 League for the first time in four years.[5] On 30 December 2014, the club announced that Yamazaki would extend his contract for the 2015 season.[6] During the 2015 season, he was appointed as a vice-captain along with Kodai Watanabe and Masaki Miyasaka.[7]
On 30 December 2015, Yamazaki was announced at Zweigen Kanazawa on a permanent transfer.[8] On 30 December 2016, the club announced that Yamazaki had renewed his contract for the 2017 season.[9] On 30 December 2017, the club announced that he had renewed his contract for the 2018 season.[10]
On 11 December 2018, Yamazaki announced his retirement from football.[11] During his playing days, instead of having Yamazaki on the back of his shirt, he had just "Zaki".[12]
Coaching career
Club statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | AFC | Other1 | Total | ||||||||
| 2000 | Kokushikan University | JFL | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | ||||
| 2001 | 12 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 4 | ||||||
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 2004 | Yokohama F. Marinos | J1 League | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||
| 2005 | Oita Trinita | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 12 | 3 | |||
| 2006 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | 30 | 0 | ||||
| 2007 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | 34 | 1 | ||||
| 2008 | Gamba Osaka | 30 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 56 | 14 | |
| 2009 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 5 | ||
| 2010 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 32 | 3 | ||
| 2011 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 9 | 0 | ||||
| 2011 | Montedio Yamagata | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 14 | 4 | |||
| 2012 | J2 League | 35 | 4 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 36 | 4 | ||||
| 2013 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | 38 | 8 | |||||
| 2014 | 36 | 4 | 6 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 44 | 7 | ||||
| 2015 | J1 League | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 16 | 1 | |||
| 2016 | Zweigen Kanazawa | J2 League | 38 | 7 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | 40 | 7 | ||
| 2017 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | 30 | 2 | |||||
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | |||||
| Thespakusatsu Gunma | J3 League | 14 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 14 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 400 | 47 | 30 | 8 | 27 | 2 | 28 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 502 | 69 | ||
1Includes J.League Championship, A3 Champions Cup, Japanese Super Cup, Pan-Pacific Championship, Suruga Bank Championship, FIFA Club World Cup, Promotion Playoffs to J1 and J2/J3 Playoffs.
