| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yoshiaki Fujita | ||
| Date of birth | (1983-01-12)12 January 1983 (age 42) | ||
| Place of birth | Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2004 | Juntendo University | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2006 | JEF United Chiba | 1 | (0) |
| 2006–2010 | Oita Trinita | 109 | (2) |
| 2011–2020 | Júbilo Iwata | 228 | (3) |
Medal record | |||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 January 2021 | |||
Yoshiaki Fujita (藤田 義明,Fujita Yoshiaki; born 12 January 1983 inUtsunomiya, Tochigi) is a Japanese former professionalfootballer who played as adefender forJEF United Chiba,Oita Trinita and most notablyJúbilo Iwata.
Fujita started playing football at 6 years old and looked up to German playersLothar Matthäus andJürgen Klinsmann as inspiration. He attended Utsunomiya Hakuyo High School.[1]
Fujita attended Juntendo University between 2001–2004. He signed his first professional contract in 2005 withJ. League Division 1 clubJEF United Chiba. He made his debut for the club in a 2–1 league defeat toShimizu S-Pulse in April 2005.[2]After getting little game time at JEF United Chiba, Fujita was loaned toOita Trinita for the second half of the 2006 season. He again struggled for game time until he moved permanently to Oita in 2007 and made his way into the starting XI. He helped the club win the2008 J.League Cup.[3]After making over 100 appearances for Oita Trinita, he transferred to J1 League clubJúbilo Iwata in 2011. He stayed at the club for ten seasons, making almost 300 appearances across all competitions, before announcing his retirement in December 2020.[4]
Following retirement, Fujita stayed with Júbilo Iwata, firstly as their U-15 coach in 2021, the U-13 coach in 2022 and spent 8 months as the U-18 manager in 2023.[5]At the start of the 2024 season, he was named as one of the first team coaches at Júbilo.[6]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J. League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
| JEF United Chiba | 2005 | J1 League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
| 2006 | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oita Trinita | 2006 | J1 League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | |
| 2007 | J1 League | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 38 | 2 | ||
| 2008 | J1 League | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | – | 38 | 0 | ||
| 2009 | J1 League | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 37 | 0 | |
| 2010 | J2 League | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 0 | |||
| Total | 109 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 139 | 2 | ||
| Júbilo Iwata | 2011 | J1 League | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 37 | 1 |
| 2012 | J1 League | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 36 | 1 | ||
| 2013 | J1 League | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 39 | 0 | ||
| 2014 | J2 League | 41 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 1[b] | 0 | 45 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | J2 League | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 36 | 1 | |||
| 2016 | J1 League | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | – | 24 | 1 | ||
| 2017 | J1 League | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | – | 13 | 1 | ||
| 2018 | J1 League | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2019 | J1 League | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | – | 20 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | J2 League | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 0 | |||
| Total | 228 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 282 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 338 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 57 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 422 | 7 | ||
Oita Trinita