Shigeru Yokotani

Shigeru Yokotani
横谷繁
Personal information
Full name	Shigeru Yokotani
Date of birth	May 3, 1987 (age 34)
Place of birth	Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Ehime FC
Number	7
Youth career
2003–2005	Gamba Osaka Youth
Senior career*
National team
Gamba Osaka
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:49, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

Shigeru Yokotani (横谷繁, Yokotani Shigeru, born May 3, 1987 in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Ehime FC.

Career[]

Born in Hyōgo Prefecture, Yokotani was brought up in the area of Nishinomiya where he attended the Koryo junior high school.

Yokotani was a product of Gamba Osaka youth academy and has been capped for the Japan at Under 17, 19 and Under 21 level. He was a member of the Japan squad playing at the AFC Youth Championship in 2006.

Yokotani was promoted to Gamba's first team in 2008. He made his first team debut on 7 July 2007, in a League Cup tie away at Urawa Red Diamonds. In January 2008, he joined 2nd Division side Ehime on loan. He scored his first goal for Ehime in a 4-1 defeat at Sanfrecce Hiroshima, on 23 September 2008.^[1]

On 7 January 2013, Yokotani moved to Kyoto Sanga on a season-long loan.^[2] He then signed for Kyoto-based club, before moving to Omiya Ardija.

Club statistics[]

Updated to 23 February 2018.^[3]^[4]

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		AFC		Total
2006	Gamba Osaka	J1 League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	Gamba Osaka	J1 League	0	0	0	0	2	0	–		0	0
2008	Ehime FC	J2 League	36	2	2	0	–		–		38	2
2009	Ehime FC	J2 League	45	6	1	0	–		–		46	6
2010	Gamba Osaka	J1 League	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
2011			11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	13	0
2012			7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	8	1
2013	Kyoto Sanga	J2 League	37	11	1	1	–		–		38	12
2014	Kyoto Sanga		24	0	1	0	–		–		25	0
2015	Omiya Ardija		38	8	2	0	–		–		40	8
2016		J1 League	31	3	3	0	4	0	–		38	3
2017		J1 League	23	1	0	0	5	0	–		28	1
Total			252	31	13	2	11	0	2	0	278	33

References[]

^ Hiroshima 4-1 Ehime. J League. 23 September 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
^ http://www.sanga-fc.jp/news/detail/19637
^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 164 out of 289)
^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 62 out of 289)

External links[]

Profile at Omiya Ardija
Shigeru Yokotani at J.League (in Japanese)
Shigeru Yokotani career stats at Guardian.co.uk at the Wayback Machine (archived June 13, 2012)
Shigeru Yokotani at Soccerway

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[1] Hiroshima 4-1 Ehime. J League. 23 September 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2013.

[2] ttp://www.sanga-fc.jp/news/detail/19637

[3] Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 164 out of 289)

[4] Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 62 out of 289)

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