Yuki Abe

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Yuki Abe
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Personal information
Full name Yuki Abe
Date of birth September 6, 1981 (1981-09-06) (age 26)
Place of birth    Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Flag of Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
Number 22
Youth clubs
1988-1993
1994-1996
1997-1999
Ichikawa FC
JEF United Ichihara Junior Youth
JEF United Ichihara Youth
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1998-2006
2007-
JEF United Ichihara Chiba
Urawa Red Diamonds
214 0(36)
045 00(6)   
National team2
2005- Japan 029 00(2)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 10 May 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 29 May 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Yuki Abe (阿部 勇樹 Abe Yūki?, born September 6, 1981 in Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan) is a Japanese footballer, a midfielder for the Urawa Red Diamonds of the J-League and the Japanese national team.

On August 5, 1998, Abe, then a member of the JEF United Ichihara (now JEF United Ichihara Chiba) youth side, made his debut with the senior club at the age of 16 years and 333 days, at the time a record for the youngest Japanese professional player and J-League. He went on to become JEF United's captain, and led the club to the 2005 and 2006 J. League Cup titles while being named to the league's Best Eleven during the span.

Abe made his senior national team debut on January 29, 2005, in a friendly match against Kazakhstan and scored his first national team goal on September 6, 2006 against Yemen in a 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification match. He was not selected to Japan's 2006 FIFA World Cup team, but he has become a regular under his former JEF United coach Ivica Osim, who took over as the national team head coach after the World Cup. He had previously represented Japan at the Under-20 and Under-23 levels, appearing in all three first round matches at the 2004 Olympics and scoring a goal against Italy.

On January 22, 2007, Abe joined Urawa, the defending J. League and Emperor's Cup champions, for a transfer fee of around ¥360 million (around $3 million), a record amount for a Japanese player in a domestic deal.[1]

Abe helped Urawa to win the AFC Champions League 2007 title by scoring a goal in the second leg of the final against Iran's Sepahan F.C.. [2]

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[edit] Honors and awards

[edit] Individual

[edit] Team

[edit] National Team Career Statistics

[edit] Appearances in major competitions

Team Competition Category Appearances Goals Team Record
Start Sub
Flag of Japan Japan 2004 Olympics U-23 3 0 1 Round 1
Flag of Japan Japan 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification Senior 5 0 1 Qualified

[edit] Goals for Senior National Team

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. August 16, 2006 Niigata, Japan Flag of Yemen Yemen 2-0 Won 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2. July 25, 2007 Hanoi, Vietnam Flag of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 2-3 Lost 2007 AFC Asian Cup Semi-Finals

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