Shigeru Yokotani
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| Full name | Shigeru Yokotani | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | May 3, 1987 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Ehime FC | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Gamba Osaka Youth | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2012 | Gamba Osaka | 18 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | → Ehime FC (loan) | 81 | (8) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | → Kyoto Sanga FC (loan) | 37 | (11) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Kyoto Sanga FC | 24 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Omiya Ardija | 115 | (12) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Ventforet Kofu | 36 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Ehime FC | 2 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Japan U-19 | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11:49, 7 July 2020 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Shigeru Yokotani (横谷 繁, Yokotani Shigeru; born May 3, 1987 in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Ehime FC.
Born in Hyōgo Prefecture, Yokotani was brought up in the Koto area of Nishinomiya where he attended the Koryo junior high school.
Yokotani was a product of Gamba Osaka youth academy and has been capped for the Japan at Under 17, 19 and Under 21 level. He was a member of the Japan squad playing at the AFC Youth Championship in 2006.
Yokotani was promoted to Gamba's first team in 2008. He made his first team debut on 7 July 2007, in a League Cup tie away at Urawa Red Diamonds. In January 2008, he joined 2nd Division side Ehime on loan. He scored his first goal for Ehime in a 4–1 defeat at Sanfrecce Hiroshima, on 23 September 2008.[1]
On 7 January 2013, Yokotani moved to Kyoto Sanga on a season-long loan.[2] He then signed for Kyoto-based club, before moving to Omiya Ardija.
