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Yasutaka Yanagi
柳やなぎ 育いく崇たかし
Personal information
Full name Yasutaka Yanagi
Date of birth (1994-06-22) 22 June 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Chiba, Japan
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Fagiano Okayama
Number 5
Youth career
Kashima Antlers Junior Youth
Yachiyo High School
2013–2016 Senshu University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Albirex Niigata (S) 22 (2)
2018–2020 Albirex Niigata 4 (0)
2020 → Tochigi SC (loan) 35 (6)
2021 Tochigi SC 42 (8)
2022– Fagiano Okayama 78 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 November 2023, 5:22 (UTC)

Yasutaka Yanagi (柳やなぎ 育いく崇たかし, Yanagi Yasutaka, born June 22, 1994) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a centre-back for J2 League side, Fagiano Okayama.

Early career[edit]

He was educated at the Kashima Antlers Junior Youth team and played for Yachiyo High School and Senshu University before moving to Singapore in 2017.[1]

Club career[edit]

Albirex Niigata Singapore[edit]

Yanagi signed his first professional contract with Albirex Niigata Singapore, a satellite team of J.League side Albirex Niigata, playing in the top tier of football in Singapore, the S.League.

Yanagi's stellar performances for the White Swans earned him a spot in the Singapore Selection side that took on Selangor FA in the annual Sultan of Selangor's Cup.[2]

During the September international break, he was selected to participate in a week-long training stint with his parent club. He traveled to Niigata prefecture with club captain Shuto Inaba and the duo trained with the first team, playing in a training match against Iwaki FC, a non-J League team.[3]

He played a total of 22 league games for the White Swans and scored 2 goals as they claimed the quadruple for the second consecutive year. His importance for the team is highlighted in the fact that he White Swans’ only two losses came when he was not on the field.[4]

Albirex Niigata[edit]

Following his stellar performances for the White Swans' satellite club, Yanagi was given a chance to prove himself and has joined the White Swans' parent club for the upcoming 2018 J2 League season.[4]

Tochigi SC[edit]

In 2020, he was originally registered with Albirex Niigata. However, on 11 February 2020, he joined Tochigi SC with a one-year loan transfer.[5][6]On 16 December of the same year, he scored his sixth goal of the season against JEF United Chiba in Matchweek 41. This was the first J-League goal scored at Kanseki Stadium Tochigi, where the J.League official game was held for the first time on the same day.[7]On 29 December 2020, Yanagi permanently transfer to Tochigi SC after loan from Albirex Niigata has been expired.[8]

Fagiano Okayama[edit]

On 6 January 2022, Yanagi joined to J2 club Fagiano Okayama from Tochigi SC as a permanent transfer after playing the full 90 minutes of 42 matches in the J2 League with Tochigi SC.[9]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of the end 2023 season.[10]
Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Singapore League Singapore Cup League Cup Total
2017 Albirex Niigata FC (S) S.League 22 2 5 0 5 0 32 2
Japan League Cup League Cup Total
2018 Albirex Niigata J2 League 3 0 2 0 5 0 10 0
2019 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
2020 Tochigi SC (loan) 35 6 0 0 0 0 35 6
2021 Tochigi SC 42 8 2 0 0 0 44 8
2022 Fagiano Okayama 39 4 0 0 0 0 39 4
2023 39 4 0 0 0 0 39 4
2024 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 181 24 10 0 10 0 201 24

Honours[edit]

Club[edit]

Albirex Niigata Singapore

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Albirex Niigata Singapore アルビレックス新潟にいがたシンガポール 公式こうしきサイト » Contract with Yasutaka YANAGI". Albirex Niigata Singapore Official Website (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  2. ^ "Fandi vows to wow the fans". The New Paper. 2017-05-03. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  3. ^ ""I wanted to be a footballer, not a salesman": Albirex's 'De Rossi' chases childhood dream". FourFourTwo. 2017-10-03. Archived from the original on 2017-10-14. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  4. ^ a b "Albirex defender Yanagi makes the leap to Japanese second division". FourFourTwo. 2018-01-01. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  5. ^ "柳やなぎ育いく崇たかし選手せんしゅ アルビレックス新潟にいがたより期限きげん付つき移籍いせき加入かにゅうのお知しらせ" (Press release). 栃木とちぎSC. 2020-02-11. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
  6. ^ "柳やなぎ 育いく崇たかし 選手せんしゅ 栃木とちぎSCに期限きげん付つき移籍いせきのお知しらせ" (Press release). アルビレックス新潟にいがた. 2020-02-11. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
  7. ^ "【公式こうしき】栃木とちぎvs千葉ちばの試合しあい結果けっか・データ（明治めいじ安田やすだ生命せいめいＪ２リーグ：2020年ねん12月16日にち）：Ｊじぇいリーグ.jp".
  8. ^ "柳やなぎ育いく崇たかし選手せんしゅ アルビレックス新潟にいがたより完全かんぜん移籍いせき加入かにゅうのお知しらせ" (Press release). 栃木とちぎSC. 2020-12-29. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  9. ^ "柳やなぎ 育いく崇たかし選手せんしゅ 完全かんぜん移籍いせき加入かにゅうのお知しらせ" (Press release). ファジアーノ岡山おかやま. 2022-01-06. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  10. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポにっぽんすぽーツ企画出版社つきかくしゅっぱんしゃ, "J1&J2&J3選手せんしゅ名鑑めいかんハンディ版ばん 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 161 out of 289)

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