is a former

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ese

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player. His younger brother

Tatsunori Yamagata is a former Japanese football player. His elder brother Kyohei Yamagata is also a former footballer. Playing career Yamagata was born in Kitakyushu on October 4, 1983. After graduating from high school, he joined J2 League club Albirex Niigata ...

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Playing career

Yamagata was born in

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on September 7, 1981. After graduating from high school, he joined

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club

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in 2000. However he could hardly play in the match and the club was relegated to

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from 2003. In 2004, he moved to J2 club Avispa Fukuoka based in his local. He became a regular player and the club was promoted to J1 from 2006. His younger brother

also joined the club from 2005 and played together. However he could hardly play in the match in 2006 and the club was relegated to J2 in a year. In 2007, he became a regular player again. In 2008, he moved to

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club

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. He played many matches and retired end of 2008 season.

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* 1981 births Living people Association football people from Fukuoka Prefecture Japanese men's footballers J1 League players J2 League players Sanfrecce Hiroshima players Avispa Fukuoka players V-Varen Nagasaki players Men's association football midfielders {{Japan-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub