| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hiroto Yamada | ||
| Date of birth | (2000-03-07)March 7, 2000 (age 25) | ||
| Place of birth | Aichi, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sagan Tosu | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2011 | Aichi FC[2] | ||
| 2012–2014 | Roupeiro Kariya[2] | ||
| 2015–2017 | Cerezo Osaka | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | Cerezo Osaka U-23 | 39 | (10) |
| 2019–2024 | Cerezo Osaka | 48 | (4) |
| 2019 | →FC Ryukyu (loan) | 10 | (2) |
| 2020 | →Vegalta Sendai (loan) | 19 | (2) |
| 2023 | →Vegalta Sendai (loan) | 34 | (2) |
| 2025– | Sagan Tosu | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2015 | Japan U-15 | 1 | (0) |
| 2017 | Japan U-17 | 9 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15:38, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
Hiroto Yamada (山田 寛人,Yamada Hiroto; born March 7, 2000) is aJapanese professionalfootball player who plays as aforward forJ2 League clubSagan Tosu.
Hiroto Yamada joinedCerezo Osaka in 2016. On 29 September 2017, he was officially promoted to the first team from the 2018 season.[3] Yamada made his professional debut for the club in theAFC Champions League againstBuriram United on 6 March 2018.[4] On 11 January 2022, he signed a three year contract extension.[5] Yamada scored his first league goal againstConsadole Sapporo on 19 March 2022, scoring in the 25th minute.[6]
On 22 October 2016, Yamada made his debut for Cerezo Osaka U-23 in a 1-2 defeat againstBlaublitz Akita in theJ3 League, coming on in the 85 minute.[7][8] In doing so, Yamada became the first player born in the 2000s to make an appearance in J3 League and any category of the Japanese football league system. He scored his first league goal for the club againstSC Sagamihara on 25 March 2018, scoring in the 90th+1st minute.[9]
On 27 August 2019, Yamada was loaned to FC Ryukyu.[2]
On 7 February 2020, Yamada was loaned toVegalta Sendai.[10] He made his league debut againstShonan Bellmare on 4 July 2020.[11] Yamada scored his first goal for the club, and his firstJ1 League goal, againstUrawa Red Diamonds on 8 July 2020, scoring in the 49th minute.[12][13]
On 30 November 2022, Yamada was loaned to Vegalta Sendai for a second time.[14]
On 7 January 2025, Yamada was announced at Sagan Tosu.[15]
Updated to 1 December 2022.[16][17]
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Cup | League Cup | ACL | Total | |||||||
| 2016 | Cerezo Osaka U-23 | J3 League | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2017 | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | 8 | 0 | |||||
| 2018 | 15 | 3 | – | – | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | ||||
| 2019 | 15 | 7 | – | – | – | 15 | 7 | |||||
| Cerezo Osaka | J1 League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||
| FC Ryukyu | J2 League | 10 | 2 | – | – | 10 | 2 | |||||
| 2020 | Vegalta Sendai | J1 League | 19 | 2 | – | 2 | 0 | – | 21 | 2 | ||
| 2021 | Cerezo Osaka | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | – | 28 | 6 | |||
| 2023 | Vegalta Sendai | J2 League | – | – | ||||||||
| Career total | 103 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 128 | 23 | ||