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Early life

His father is a former football player who played for Mazda SC and Japan U-20 national team.

National team career

In August 2007, Yamada was elected Japan U-17 national team for

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. He wore the number 10 shirt for Japan and played full time in all 3 matches. Yamada made his senior national team debut on 27 May 2009, in a friendly match against

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in Osaka and assisted on a goal by Keisuke Honda.

Frequent injuries

Yamada has suffered from frequent injuries that kept him out for several matches. On 6 January 2010 in

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between Yemen and

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, Yamada was forced to go out after 21 minutes after his right leg was exposed to a violent break after the intervention of the Yemeni defender Ahmed Sadeq to miss the matches for a period of 3 months. On 20 March 2012, Yamada was exposed to yet another injury with a break in the anterior cruciate ligament in a match between Urawa Reds and

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in the

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. Urawa Reds announced his absence from the matches for a period of 6 months. And deprived of participation in the

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with

Career statistics

Club

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International

Honours

Japan

* AFC U-17 Championship:

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* Kirin Cup:

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References

External links

Profile at Shonan Bellmare

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Naoki Yamada
– Yahoo! Japan Sports {{DEFAULTSORT:Yamada, Naoki 1990 births Living people Association football people from Saitama Prefecture Japanese footballers Japan youth international footballers Japan international footballers J1 League players J2 League players Urawa Red Diamonds players Shonan Bellmare players Sportspeople from Hiroshima Association football midfielders