Shinya Yajima
Shinya Yajima (矢島 慎也, born 18 January 1994) is a Japanese football player who plays for Gamba Osaka in the J1 League. He has previously played for both Urawa Red Diamonds and Fagiano Okayama. His regular playing position is midfielder.[1][2]
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| Full name | Shinya Yajima | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 18 January 1994 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Urawa, Saitama, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Gamba Osaka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2011 | Urawa Red Diamonds Youth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2017 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 23 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | → J.League U-22 Selection | 3 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | → Fagiano Okayama | 74 | (13) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018– | Gamba Osaka | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018– | Gamba Osaka U-23 | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | → Vegalta Sendai (loan) | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Japan U-23 | 3 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 December 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club career
Born and raised in the Urawa area of Saitama, Yajima came through the ranks with his local team Urawa Red Diamonds and joined their first team ahead of the 2012 season aged just 18. He made just a solitary appearance in the Emperor's Cup during his debut season as a professional, but the following year he earned more game time; playing 8 times in the league and 6 in the domestic cups where he found the back of the net 3 times. The next 2 seasons with Urawa saw him struggle to get on the pitch and he appeared just 7 and 6 times respectively in all competitions.
Owing to a lack of game time, Yajima was sent on a 2 season loan to J2 League side Fagiano Okayama in 2015. He immediately became a regular in their midfield and played 37 league games in both of his seasons with Okayama scoring 13 times in total as they finished 11th and 6th in the final standings.
After gaining good top-team experience in J2 it was back to Urawa for 2017 and although he featured more than he had done prior to moving to Okayama, he was still rather a peripheral figure at the Saitama Stadium. He made just 11 appearances in the league and 19 in total, including 4 in Urawa's victorious AFC Champions League campaign.
Yajima moved from Urawa to their fierce rivals Gamba Osaka ahead of the 2018 season.[3] However, he was not flavour of the month with new Brazilian coach Levir Culpi and played a mere 2 league and 2 league cup games in his first year in Osaka. Out of favour, he found himself featuring as an overage player for Gamba Under-23 in J3 League under the leadership of Tsuneyasu Miyamoto. He played 9 times in J3 before being loaned to J1 side Vegalta Sendai at the end of June.[4]
Game time was again hard to come by in Sendai and he played just 5 league games and 3 Emperor's Cup games as Vegalta finished runners up to his former club, Urawa. Tsuneyasu Miyamoto replaced Levir Culpi midway through the 2018 season with Gamba facing the real prospect of relegation to J2, he steadied the ship and was appointed as head coach permanently ahead of the 2019 campaign. Having worked with Yajima previously at Gamba Under-23, he recalled him to first team squad ahead of his first full season in charge at the Panasonic Stadium.[5]
National team career
In August 2016, Yajima was selected in the Japan Under-23 national team squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics. At this tournament, he played all 3 matches and scored a goal against Sweden.[6]
Club statistics
Updated to 10 December 2018.[7][8][1]
| Club | Season | League | Cup1 | League Cup2 | AFC | Other3 | Total | ||||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2012 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 14 | 3 | ||
| 2013 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 7 | 1 | ||
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | 1 | ||
| 2017 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 | |
| Total | 23 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 6 | |
| Fagiano Okayama | 2015 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 38 | 8 | |||
| 2016 | 37 | 5 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | 42 | 5 | |||
| Total | 74 | 13 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | 80 | 13 | |||
| Gamba Osaka | 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | |||
| Vegalta Sendai | 2018 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 1 | ||
| Total | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 1 | |||
| Career Total | 104 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 139 | 20 | |
1Includes Emperor's Cup.
2Includes J. League Cup.
3Includes Japanese Super Cup, J2 playoffs and FIFA Club World Cup.
- Reserves performance
| Club performance | League | Total | ||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Total | ||||
| 2014 | J.League U-22 Selection | J3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2018 | Gamba Osaka U-23 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Career total | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | ||
Honours
References
- "Shinya Yajima Soccerway Player Statistics". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- "Shinya Yajima Gamba Osaka Player Profile". Gamba Osaka (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- "Gamba Osaka News – Shinya Yajima arrival". Gamba Osaka (in Japanese). 21 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- "Gamba Osaka News – Shinya Yajima loan departure". Gamba Osaka (in Japanese). 25 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- "Gamba Osaka News – Shinya Yajima Loan Return". Gamba Osaka (in Japanese). 23 December 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- "U-23 Japan National Team squad, schedule – Olympic Football Tournament Rio 2016". Japan Football Association. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- 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. 199 out of 289)
- 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. 21 out of 289)
- name="Shinya Yajima Soccerway Player Statistics"
External links
- Shinya Yajima – FIFA competition record
- Shinya Yajima at J.League (in Japanese)