is a former

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player. His elder brother Kyohei Yamagata is also a former footballer.

Playing career

Yamagata was born in

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on October 4, 1983. After graduating from high school, he joined

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club

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in 2002. He played several matches as right side back from first season. In 2004, he moved to

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. In 2005, he returned to Japan and joined

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. His elder brother Kyohei also played for Avispa from 2004 to 2007. Although Yamagata could not play many matches until 2006, he became a regular as right side back in 2007 and Avispa was promoted to

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end of 2010 season. However Avispa was returned to J2 in a year end of 2011 season. In 2012, he moved to J2 club

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. He played many matches every seasons. However Tochigi finished at the bottom place in 2015 season and was relegated to

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. In 2017, he moved to J3 club

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. He retired end of 2017 season.

Club statistics

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