is a Japanese

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player.

Playing career

Yamagishi was born in

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on 17 May 1978. After graduating from

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, he joined

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club Urawa Reds based in his local

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in 2001. He debuted in 2002 and became a regular goalkeeper. However he lost his position behind new player Ryota Tsuzuki in 2003. From 2003, Yamagishi battled with Tsuzuki for the position until 2010. Reds won the champions in

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. In 2005, although he could hardly play in the match, Reds won the champions

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. In 2006, he became a regular goalkeeper from May and Reds won

champions. Although he could hardly play in the match from 2007, he became a regular goalkeeper again from September 2009. In 2010, he played full-time in all 34 matches. However he could not play many matches behind Nobuhiro Kato from 2011. In 2014, he could not play at all in the match behind new player

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. In June 2014, Yamagishi moved to

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club

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. He became a regular goalkeeper soon. He entered in the history of Japanese football for scoring in 2014 J2 League playoffs match against

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. In the 91st minute of the game, he headed the 1-1 from a corner kick: a result which let Montedio go through to the final. At the final, Montedio won the match and was promoted to J1. Montedio also won the 2nd place in

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. In 2015, although he played full-time in all 34 matches, Montedio finished at the bottom place and was relegated to J2 end of 2015 season. He played for the club until end of 2016 season. After three seasons with Montedio, Yamagishi decided to move to

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, which just got relegated to

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. He retired end of 2018 season.

Club statistics

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, Japanese Super Cup, A3 Champions Cup and J2 League Playoffs.

Honours

Club

;Urawa Reds *

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References

External links

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Profile at Giravanz Kitakyushu
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yamagishi, Norihiro 1978 births Living people Chuo University alumni Association football people from Saitama Prefecture Japanese footballers J1 League players J2 League players J3 League players Urawa Red Diamonds players Montedio Yamagata players Giravanz Kitakyushu players Association football goalkeepers