Yasutaka Yanagi
柳 育崇
Personal information
Full name Yasutaka Yanagi
Date of birth (1994-06-22) 22 June 1994
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)
2020Tochigi 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 育崇, Yanagi Yasutaka, born June 22, 1994) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a centre-back for J2 League side, Fagiano Okayama.

Early career

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

Albirex Niigata Singapore

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

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

In 2020, it 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

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

Club

As of the end 2023 season.[10]
Club performanceLeagueCupLeague CupTotal
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Singapore League Singapore Cup League Cup Total
2017Albirex Niigata FC (S)S.League2225050322
Japan League Cup League Cup Total
2018Albirex NiigataJ2 League302050100
201910100020
2020Tochigi SC (loan)3560000356
2021Tochigi SC4282000448
2022Fagiano Okayama3940000394
20233940000394
202400000000
Career total 1812410010020124

Honours

Club

Albirex Niigata Singapore

References

  1. "Albirex Niigata Singapore アルビレックス新潟シンガポール 公式サイト » 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. 1 2 "Albirex defender Yanagi makes the leap to Japanese second division". FourFourTwo. 2018-01-01. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  5. "柳育崇選手 アルビレックス新潟より期限付き移籍加入のお知らせ" (Press release). 栃木SC. 2020-02-11. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
  6. "柳 育崇 選手 栃木SCに期限付き移籍のお知らせ" (Press release). アルビレックス新潟. 2020-02-11. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
  7. "【公式】栃木vs千葉の試合結果・データ(明治安田生命J2リーグ:2020年12月16日):Jリーグ.jp".
  8. "柳育崇選手 アルビレックス新潟より完全移籍加入のお知らせ" (Press release). 栃木SC. 2020-12-29. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  9. "柳 育崇選手 完全移籍加入のお知らせ" (Press release). ファジアーノ岡山. 2022-01-06. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  10. 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. 161 out of 289)
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