Satoshi Yamaguchi (footballer, born 1978)

For footballer born 1959, see Satoshi Yamaguchi (footballer, born 1959).

Satoshi Yamaguchi (山口 智, Yamaguchi Satoshi; born April 17, 1978) is a Japanese professional football manager and former player who is the manager of J1 League club Shonan Bellmare.

Satoshi Yamaguchi
山口 智

Yamaguchi with Gamba Osaka in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Satoshi Yamaguchi[1]
Date of birth	(1978-04-17) 17 April 1978 (age 47)[1]
Place of birth	Sakawa, Kochi, Japan
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Shonan Bellmare (manager)
Youth career
1994–1996	JEF United Ichihara
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–2000	JEF United Ichihara	128	(5)
2001–2011	Gamba Osaka	320	(32)
2012–2014	JEF United Chiba	116	(13)
2015	Kyoto Sanga FC	17	(1)
Total		581	(51)
International career
1997	Japan U-20	5	(0)
2009	Japan	2	(0)
Managerial career
2021–	Shonan Bellmare
Medal record JEF United Chiba Runner-up J.League Cup 1998 Gamba Osaka Winner AFC Champions League 2008 Winner J1 League 2005 Runner-up J1 League 2010 Winner J.League Cup 2007 Runner-up J.League Cup 2005 Winner Emperor's Cup 2008 Winner Emperor's Cup 2009 Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2006
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Yamaguchi was born in Sakawa, Kochi on April 17, 1978. He joined JEF United Ichihara (later JEF United Chiba) from youth team in 1996. He debuted on March 20, when he was 17 year and 354 days old. It was the youngest player to play for J1 League until Yuki Abe made new record in 1998. He became a regular player as center back from 1997. He moved to Gamba Osaka in 2001. The club won the champions 2005 J1 League, 2007 J.League Cup, 2008 and 2009 Emperor's Cup. He was also elected Best XI for 3 years in a row (2006-2008). In Asia, in 2008, the club won the champions AFC Champions League and the 3rd place Club World Cup. He returned JEF United Chiba in 2012 and played in 3 seasons. He moved to Kyoto Sanga FC in 2015 and retired end of 2015 season.

National team career

In June 1997, Yamaguchi was selected Japan U-20 national team for 1997 World Youth Championship. He played as right back of 3 back defense with Tsuneyasu Miyamoto and Kazuyuki Toda full time in all 5 matches.

On May 27, 2009, Yamaguchi debuted for Japan national team against Chile. On May 31, he also played against Belgium. He played 2 games for Japan in 2009.^[2]

Managerial career

From 2021 season, he will be the assistant coach of Shonan Bellmare on 14 May 2021.^[3] On 1 September 2021, Yamaguchi was appointed as manager of J1 club, Shonan Bellmare following the retirement of Bin Ukishima for during 2021 season. After winning his first victory as a manager in the 33rd round against Yokohama FC. On October 23 at same year, he led the team to remain in the final round of the 38th round against Gamba Osaka on December 4 at same year. It was decided that he would continue to serve as manager in the 2022 season and in June he was awarded the monthly best manager award.

Club statistics

^[4]

Club	Season	League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Continental1		Other2		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
JEF United Ichihara	1996	12	0	1	0	2	0	–		–		15	0
	1997	28	2	1	1	8	0	–		–		37	3
	1998	30	1	1	0	6	1	–		2	0	39	2
	1999	29	0	1	0	0	0	–		-		30	0
	2000	29	2	3	0	3	0	–		-		35	2
Gamba Osaka	2001	22	2	3	0	3	0	–		-		28	2
	2002	29	2	2	0	8	1	–		-		39	3
	2003	29	2	2	1	6	1	–		-		37	4
	2004	27	5	3	1	7	1	–		-		37	7
	2005	33	3	3	1	9	0	–		-		45	4
	2006	32	6	5	0	2	0	6	2	1	0	46	8
	2007	33	3	4	0	11	2	–		1	0	49	5
	2008	34	5	5	2	3	0	15	3	–		57	10
	2009	33	2	6	0	2	0	6	1	1	0	48	3
	2010	18	0	5	0	2	0	3	0	–		28	0
	2011	30	2	2	0	0	0	5	0	–		37	2
JEF United Chiba	2012	37	5	2	0	–		–		2	0	41	5
	2013	41	6	1	0	–		–		1	1	43	7
	2014	38	2	2	0	–		–		1	0	41	2
Kyoto Sanga FC	2015	17	1	1	0	–		–		–		18	1
Total		581	51	51	6	74	6	35	6	9	0	750	69

¹Includes AFC Champions League and FIFA Club World Cup.

²Includes Japanese Super Cup and Promotion Playoffs to J1.

National team statistics

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Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2009	2	0
Total	2	0

Managerial statistics

As of the start from 2023 season.

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record
			P	W	D	L	Win %
Shonan Bellmare	1 September 2021	present	55	17	15	23	030.9
Total			55	17	15	23	030.9

Personal honours

• J.League Best XI - 2006, 2007, 2008

Team honours

• AFC Champions League - 2008
• Pan-Pacific Championship - 2008
• J1 League - 2005
• Emperor's Cup - 2008, 2009
• J.League Cup - 2007
• Japanese Super Cup - 2007