Nao Yamada

Nao Yamada
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-11-18) 18 November 2002
Place of birth Saitama, Japan
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
Tokushima Vortis
Number 3
Youth career
Tsurugashima Nishi SSS
Sakado Diplomats FC
Urawa Reds
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2024 Mito HollyHock 76 (1)
2025– Tokushima Vortis 55 (1)
International career‡
2018 Japan U16
2019 Japan U17
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 August 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 17:04, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

Nao Yamada (山田 奈央, Yamada Nao; born 18 November 2002) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a defender for Tokushima Vortis.

Club career

Yamada made his professional debut in a 0–3 Emperor's Cup loss against Thespakusatsu Gunma.[1]

On 12 December 2024, Yamada joined Tokushima Vortis.[2]

Career statistics

Club

As of 9 August 2022.[3]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Mito HollyHock 2021 J2 League 101[a]0000020
2022 12 0 1[a] 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
Career total 130200000140
Notes
  1. 1 2 Appearances in the Emperor's Cup

Honours

Japan U16

References

  1. ↑ "水戸ホーリーホック 0–3 ザスパクサツ群馬". jfa.jp (in Japanese). 9 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "山田 奈央選手 水戸ホーリーホックより完全移籍加入のお知らせ" [Nao Yamada joins the team on a permanent transfer from Mito Hollyhock]. www.vortis.jp (in Japanese).
  3. ↑ Nao Yamada at Soccerway