Miki Yamane
.jpg) Yamane in 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Miki Yamane[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 22 December 1993 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Right-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Urawa Red Diamonds | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2005 | Azamino FC | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Tokyo Verdy | ||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Daiichi Gakuin High School | ||||||||||||||||
| College career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | Toin University of Yokohama | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Shonan Bellmare | 100 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2024 | Kawasaki Frontale | 133 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2026 | LA Galaxy | 80 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2026– | Urawa Red Diamonds | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Japan | 16 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 August 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 November 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
Miki Yamane (山根 視来, Yamane Miki; born 22 December 1993) is a Japanese professional footballer[2] who plays as a right-back for J1 League club Urawa Red Diamonds.
Club career
Yamane joined J1 League club Shonan Bellmare in 2016. On 20 April, he debuted in J.League Cup (v Júbilo Iwata).[2][3]
In 2020, he moved to J1 League club, Kawasaki Frontale.
On 5 January 2024, Yamane joined Major League Soccer side LA Galaxy on a three-year contract.[4]
International career
Yamane made his debut for the Japan national team on 25 March 2021 in a friendly against South Korea. He scored the opening goal in the 16th minute as Japan won 3–0.[5] He was part of the Japan 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Shonan Bellmare | 2016 | J1 League | – | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2017 | J2 League | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 39 | 0 | ||||
| 2018 | J1 League | 32 | 1 | – | 8 | 0 | – | – | 40 | 1 | ||||
| 2019 | 31 | 2 | – | 3 | 0 | – | 1[c] | 0 | 35 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 100 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 118 | 3 | ||
| Kawasaki Frontale | 2020 | J1 League | 31 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 38 | 4 | ||
| 2021 | 37 | 2 | 4 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 48 | 2 | |||
| 2022 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 38 | 3 | ||
| 2023 | 33 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 2 | ||
| Total | 133 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 166 | 11 | ||
| LA Galaxy | 2024 | Major League Soccer | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[e] | 0 | – | 6[f] | 0 | 43 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5[e] | 0 | 2[g] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 297 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 360 | 15 | ||
- ↑ Includes Emperor's Cup.
- ↑ Includes J.League Cup.
- ↑ J1/J2 Play-offs
- 1 2 Japanese Super Cup
- 1 2 Leagues Cup
- ↑ MLS Cup
- ↑ CONCACAF Champions Cup
International
- As of match played 17 September 2022
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 2021 | 6 | 1 |
| 2022 | 9 | 1 | |
| Total | 15 | 2 | |
- Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Yamane goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 March 2021 | Nissan Stadium, Yokohama, Japan |  South Korea | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 2 | 10 June 2022 | Noevir Stadium Kobe, Kobe, Japan |  Ghana | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2022 Kirin Cup |
Honours
Shonan Bellmare
Kawasaki Frontale
LA Galaxy
Japan
Individual
- J.League Best XI: 2020, 2021, 2022[11]
References
- ↑ "Squad List: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: Japan (JPN)" (PDF). FIFA. 18 December 2022. p. 16. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
- 1 2 "J. League Data Site". data.j-league.or.jp.
- ↑ "J. League Data Site". data.j-league.or.jp.
- ↑ "LA Galaxy sign Japanese defender Miki Yamane | MLSSoccer.com". mlssoccer.
- ↑ "Japan v South Korea game report". ESPN. 25 March 2021.
- ↑ 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. 130 out of 289)
- ↑ "M. Yamane". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
- ↑ "Soccer D.B. : 2021 Miki Yamane Result by Season". Soccer D.B. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
- ↑ "【天皇杯・決勝速報】PK戦まで続く激闘の末、川崎フロンターレに軍配。柏レイソルは猛攻実らず惜敗". Football Channel. 9 December 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
- ↑ Sigal, Jonathan (7 December 2024). "Champions! LA Galaxy lift MLS Cup 2024 over New York Red Bulls". Major League Soccer. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ↑ "2022 Jリーグアウォーズ受賞者一覧". Football Channel. 7 November 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Miki Yamane.
- Profile at Shonan Bellmare
- Profile at Kawasaki Frontale
- Profile at LA Galaxy
- Miki Yamane at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Miki Yamane at National-Football-Teams.com
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- Japanese men's footballers
- Football people from Yokohama
- Men's association football full-backs
- Japan men's international footballers
- 2022 FIFA World Cup players
- J1 League players
- J2 League players
- Major League Soccer players
- Shonan Bellmare players
- Kawasaki Frontale players
- LA Galaxy players
- Toin University of Yokohama alumni
- Japanese expatriate men's footballers
- Japanese expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Japanese football defender, 1990s birth stubs