Tatsuya Yamashita

Tatsuya Yamashita
山下 達也
Personal information
Full name Tatsuya Yamashita
Date of birth (1987-11-07) November 7, 1987
Place of birth Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Centre back
Youth career
–1999 Akashi FC
2000–2002 Okura Junior High School
2003–2005 Mikage Kogyo High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2010 Cerezo Osaka 17 (0)
2011 Consadole Sapporo 37 (0)
2012–2019 Cerezo Osaka 206 (10)
2019–2021 Kashiwa Reysol 31 (0)
2022–2024 Cerezo Osaka 4 (0)
Total 295 (10)
Medal record
Cerezo Osaka
WinnerJ.League Cup2017
WinnerEmperor's Cup2017
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 00:20, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

Tatsuya Yamashita (山下 達也, Yamashita Tatsuya; born November 7, 1987, in Hyōgo) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a centre back.[1]

A longtime player of Cerezo Osaka, Yamashita played in over 220 games for the club.

Career

Second spell at Cerezo Osaka

On 27 December 2011, Yamashita was announced as a member of Cerezo Osaka's starting team.[2] On 22 February 2019, Yamashita scored against Vissel Kobe in the 11th minute. This was the first time in J.League history that a defender had scored the first goal of the season in the opening match of the J.League season.[3]

Kashiwa Reysol

On 11 August 2019, Yamashita was announced at Kashiwa Reysol.[4] On 2 October 2020, in the J.League Cup semi final, he scored the winning goal against Yokohama F. Marinos in the 11th minute.[5] However, Kashiwa lost in the final to FC Tokyo.[6]

Third spell at Cerezo Osaka

On 12 January 2022, Yamashita returned to Cerezo Osaka.[7]

On 28 July 2023, Yamashita came on as a second-half substitute against Paris Saint-Germain in a friendly match.[8]

On 20 February 2024, Yamashita was announced as captain for Cerezo Osaka for the 2024 season.[9]

On 23 October 2024, Yamashita announced he would be retiring at the end of the 2024 season.[10] He made his final appearance for Cerezo Osaka on 30 November 2024, coming on in the 88th minute for Ryūya Nishio. The match was also his 150th appearance in the J1 League.[11]

International career

On 3 April 2013, Yamashita was called up to the Japan senior team training camp.[12]

Club statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[13][14][15]
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
ClubSeasonLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup League Cup Asia Total
Cerezo Osaka2007J2 League7000–––70
20088010–––90
20091000–––10
2010J1 League100000––10
Total 17010000000180
Consadole Sapporo2011J2 League37000–––370
Cerezo Osaka2012J1 League904000––130
20132633160––354
2014331402082–123
2015J2 League42210–––432
201639120–––411
2017J1 League2621020––292
20182103020502[a][b]0330
20191011170––182
Total 206101921901322025914
Kashiwa Reysol2019J2 League1000000––100
2020J1 League1900031––221
2021201010––40
Total 31010410000361
Cerezo Osaka2022J1 League001010––20
2023J1 League001000––10
2024J1 League402020––80
Total 4040300000110
Career total 295102522611322036115

References

  1. ↑ "山下 達也". セレッソ大阪オフィシャルウェブサイト | Cerezo OSAKA (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "山下達也 選手 セレッソ大阪へ完全移籍のお知らせ". www.jleague.jp (in Japanese).
  3. ↑ "C大阪 山下痛快ゴール!J史上初のDFがシーズン1号". www.sponichi.co.jp (in Japanese).
  4. ↑ "山下 達也選手 移籍加入合意のお知らせ". www.reysol.co.jp (in Japanese).
  5. ↑ "守護神が好守連発の柏、7年ぶりルヴァン杯決勝進出!! DF山下達也の一撃で横浜FMを退ける". web.gekisaka.jp (in Japanese). 7 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "Kashiwa Reysol vs FC Tokyo - 4 January 2021". www.jleague.jp.
  7. ↑ "山下 達也選手 完全移籍加入のお知らせ". www.cerezo.jp (in Japanese). 12 January 2022.
  8. ↑ "Cerezo Osaka vs PSG - 28 July 2023". www.cerezo.jp.
  9. ↑ "2024シーズン キャプテン、副キャプテンについて". www.cerezo.jp (in Japanese). 20 February 2024.
  10. ↑ "山下 達也選手 現役引退について". www.cerezo.jp (in Japanese). 23 October 2024.
  11. ↑ "引退するC大阪・山下主将が終了間際に出場 サポーターら周囲に感謝を伝え、涙ぐむ". www.sponichi.co.jp (in Japanese).
  12. ↑ "【14/04/03】山下 達也選手、南野 拓実選手、長谷川 アーリアジャスール選手 日本代表候補トレーニングキャンプ メンバー選出のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 26 April 2014.
  13. ↑ 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. 26 out of 289)
  14. ↑ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑", 10 February 2016, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411338 (p. 167 out of 289)
  15. ↑ "Soccer D.B. : 2021 Tatsuya Yamashita Result by Season". Soccer D.B. Retrieved 12 March 2022.