| Masato Yamasaki 山崎 理人 | |
| Fullname: | Masato Yamasaki |
| Birth Date: | 7 April 1980 |
| Birth Place: | Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Youthyears1: | 1996–1998 |
| Youthclubs1: | Higashi Fukuoka High School |
| Years1: | 1999–2000 |
| Clubs1: | Kyoto Purple Sanga |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2001–2003 |
| Clubs2: | Mito HollyHock |
| Caps2: | 88 |
| Goals2: | 9 |
| Years3: | 2005–2006 |
| Clubs3: | New Wave Kitakyushu |
| Totalcaps: | 88 |
| Totalgoals: | 9 |
is a former Japanese football player.
Yamasaki was born in Kitakyushu on April 7, 1980.[1] After graduating from high school, he joined J1 League club Kyoto Purple Sanga in 1999. However he could not play at all in the match until 2000. In 2001, he moved to J2 League club Mito HollyHock. He debuted in August and played many matches as substitute after the debut.[2] From summer 2002, he became a regular player as left side midfielder.[3] Although he played many matches in 2003, he was released from the club end of 2003 season. After 1 year blank, he joined Regional Leagues club New Wave Kitakyushu based in his local in 2005. He played for the club in 2 seasons and retired end of 2006 season.
| 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 | |||||||
| 1999 | Kyoto Purple Sanga | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2001 | Mito HollyHock | J2 League | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 36 | 6 | |||
| 2003 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 37 | 3 | |||
| Total | 88 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 9 | |||