is a Japanese

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player who plays for

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Club career

Having worked his way through the S-Pulse youth system, he signed full professional terms with at the start of the

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season. Yamamoto has thus far been a deputy to the omnipresent

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National team career

In June 2005, Yamamoto was selected Japan U-20 national team for 2005 World Youth Championship. In August 2008, he was selected Japan U-23 national team for

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. But he did not play in the match, as he was the team's reserve goalkeeper behind

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both tournaments.

Club statistics

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References

External links

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Profile at Yokohama FC
1985 births Living people Association football people from Shizuoka Prefecture Japanese footballers J1 League players J2 League players J3 League players Shimizu S-Pulse players Vissel Kobe players JEF United Chiba players Yokohama FC players Roasso Kumamoto players category:Fukushima United FC players Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Japan Association football goalkeepers {{Japan-footy-goalkeeper-stub