| Kohei Yamada 山田晃平 | |
| Fullname: | Yamada Kohei |
| Birth Date: | 1989 1, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Itami, Hyōgo, Japan |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Nara Club |
| Clubnumber: | 33 |
| Youthyears1: | 2006–2009 |
| Youthclubs1: | Osaka University of Economics |
| Years1: | 2010–2011 |
| Caps1: | 34 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2012 |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2012–2014 |
| Caps3: | 32 |
| Goals3: | 2 |
| Years4: | 2014 |
| Clubs4: | → AC Nagano Parceiro (loan) |
| Caps4: | 16 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2015–2016 |
| Caps5: | 28 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Years6: | 2017 |
| Clubs6: | FC Gifu |
| Caps6: | 24 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Years7: | 2018– |
| Clubs7: | Nara Club |
| Caps7: | 30 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 18 November 2018 |
(born 8 January 1989 in Itami, Hyōgo, Japan) is a Japanese footballer who currently plays for Nara Club.
Product of Cerezo Osaka U-15, and winning the Japanese national high school championship as the striker of the team with Takashi Inui up front, Kohei Yamada left Osaka University of Economics during his sophomore season to begin his career with Thespa Kusatsu in Japan's J. League 2. He made his official debut with the club during the 2010 season and ended his first professional season appearing in 18 league matches.
After two seasons with Thespa Kusatsu, Yamada was scouted at the Japan Pro-Footballers Association (JPFA) Tryout by Major League Soccer, and invited to the Major League Soccer combine in January 2012, with a hope of being selected by one of Major league Soccer's nineteen clubs. He was selected by Colorado Rapids in the third round of the 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft (52nd overall).[1] Yamada had signed with MLS before the draft, so became part of the Rapids squad immediately.[2]
Yamada was waived by Colorado on 20 June 2012.[3]
Updated to 23 February 2018.[4] [5]
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||||
| 2010 | Thespa Kusatsu | J2 League | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 19 | 0 | |||
| 2011 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 16 | 0 | |||||
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||||
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| USA | League | Open Cup | North America | Total | ||||||||
| 2012 | Colorado Rapids | MLS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||||
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J. League Cup | Total | ||||||||
| 2012 | V-Varen Nagasaki | JFL | 8 | 1 | – | – | 8 | 1 | ||||
| 2013 | J2 League | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 25 | 2 | ||||
| 2014 | 7 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 0 | ||||||
| 2014 | Nagano Parceiro | J3 League | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 16 | 0 | |||
| 2015 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 24 | 1 | |||||
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 2017 | FC Gifu | J2 League | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 24 | 1 | |||
| 2019 | Nara Club | JFL | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 31 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | – | |||||||||||
| Total | Japan | 167 | 5 | 4 | 0 | – | 171 | 5 | ||||
| USA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 167 | 5 | 4 | 0 | – | 171 | 5 | |||||