Shigeru Yokotani

Shigeru Yokotani
横谷 繁

Personal information
Full name	Shigeru Yokotani
Date of birth	(1987-05-03) May 3, 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Ehime FC
Number	7
Youth career
2003–2005	Gamba Osaka Youth
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2012	Gamba Osaka	18	(0)
2008–2009	→ Ehime FC (loan)	81	(8)
2013	→ Kyoto Sanga FC (loan)	37	(11)
2014	Kyoto Sanga FC	24	(0)
2015–2018	Omiya Ardija	115	(12)
2019	Ventforet Kofu	36	(0)
2020–	Ehime FC	2	(1)
International career
2006	Japan U-19
Medal record Gamba Osaka Runner-up J1 League 2010 Winner J.League Cup 2007 Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2006 Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2012
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, 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 Koto 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			0	0	0	0	2	0	–		0	0
2008	Ehime FC	J2 League	36	2	2	0	–		–		38	2
2009			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			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			23	1	0	0	5	0	–		28	1
Total			252	31	13	2	11	0	2	0	278	33

References

1. Hiroshima 4-1 Ehime. J League. 23 September 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
2. "横谷繁選手 期限付き移籍加入のお知らせ（一部情報追加）｜京都サンガF.c.オフィシャルサイト". www.sanga-fc.jp. Archived from the original on 2013-01-13.
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)

External links

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