Masaki Yanagawa
柳川 雅樹
Personal information
Full name Masaki Yanagawa[1]
Date of birth (1987-05-01) May 1, 1987
Place of birth Sanda, Hyogo, Japan
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
2003–2005 Vissel Kobe
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2011 Vissel Kobe 42 (1)
2010Ventforet Kofu (loan) 6 (0)
2011 Thespa Kusatsu 10 (0)
2012 Tochigi SC 4 (0)
2013–2014 Gainare Tottori 33 (0)
2015 Global 16 (2)
2016–2017 Marikina 43 (2)
Total 154 (5)
International career
2007 Japan U-20 1 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Japan
AFC U-19 Championship
Silver medal – second place2006 India
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Masaki Yanagawa (柳川 雅樹, Yanagawa Masaki, born May 1, 1987) is a former Japanese football player.

Club career

Yanagawa was born in Sanda on May 1, 1987. He joined J2 League club Vissel Kobe from youth team in 2006. In first season, he played many matches as center back and the club was promoted to J1 League. However he could hardly play in the match from 2007. He moved to Ventforet Kofu in 2010. Although he returned to Vissel in 2011, he had no opportunity to play and moved to Thespa Kusatsu in July 2011. From 2012, he played for Tochigi SC (2012) and Gainare Tottori (2013–14). In 2015, he moved to Philippines and joined Global with Vissel teammate Norio Suzuki. He moved to Voltes (later Marikina) in 2016. He left the club end of 2017 season.

National team career

In July 2007, Yanagawa was elected Japan U-20 national team for 2007 U-20 World Cup. At this tournament, he played 1 match as center back against Nigeria.

Club statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup League Cup Total
2006Vissel KobeJ2 League28110-291
2007J1 League20001030
20081000010110
200920000020
2010Ventforet KofuJ2 League-
Career total 4211020451

References

  1. "FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007 – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. July 5, 2007. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 31, 2013.
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