Yuki Abe

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Yuki Abe
阿部勇樹
Personal information
Abe playing for Leicester City
Full name	Yuki Abe
Date of birth	(1981-09-06) 6 September 1981
Place of birth	Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9 ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1994–1998	JEF United Ichihara
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1998–2006	JEF United Ichihara	214	(36)
2007–2010	Urawa Red Diamonds	120	(14)
2010–2012	Leicester City	52	(2)
2012–	Urawa Red Diamonds	60	(10)
National team^‡
2000	Japan U-20	2	(2)
2002–2004	Japan U-23	13	(3)
2005–2011	Japan	53	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 December 2012. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 October 2011 (UTC)

Yuki Abe (阿部勇樹, Abe Yūki, born 6 September 1981) is a Japanese footballer who plays for the Japanese national team and Urawa Red Diamonds as a midfielder.

Club career

JEF United Ichihara

Born in Ichikawa, Chiba, 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 on 5 August 1998, 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.

Urawa Red Diamonds

Abe playing for Urawa Red Diamonds

On 22 January 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. He scored once in the second leg of the final against Iran's Sepahan F.C..^[2] Abe participated in the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup playing for Urawa who eventually lost to A.C. Milan. Urawa finished in third place.

Leicester City

Abe in his final season with Leicester City on 25 Sept 2011

On 26 August 2010, Abe was signed by English Championship club Leicester City,^[3] signing a three-year contract.^[4] He made his debut in a 2-1 league win over Cardiff City on 14 September,^[5] scoring his first goal for the club in a 4-2 win over Ipswich Town on 7 May 2011.^[6] His last league goal for the club was in a 1-0 win over Brighton on 17 September 2011.^[7] Suffering from homesickness, Abe's contract was cancelled by mutual consent on 22 January 2012 and he returned to Japan to re-join former club Urawa Reds.^[8]

International career

Abe made his senior national team debut on 29 January 2005, in a friendly match against Kazakhstan and scored his first national team goal on 6 September 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. He appeared in all of Japan's games at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Despite missing out on Japan's 2011 Asian Cup victory, on 29 March 2011 he played 45 minutes against the J-League All Stars. On 4 August 2011 Abe was announced in the Japan squad to play South Korea.

Career statistics

As of 2 October 2011.

Club

Club	Season	League		Cup¹		League Cup²		Continental³		Other⁴		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
JEF United Ichihara Chiba	1998	1	0	-		-		-		-		1	0
	1999	30	1	1	0	2	0	-		-		33	1
	2000	25	0	3	2	3	0	-		-		31	2
	2001	17	3	2	0	2	0	-		-		21	3
	2002	24	1	2	0	3	0	-		-		29	1
	2003	27	3	4	0	3	0	-		-		34	3
	2004	24	5	1	0	5	1	-		-		30	6
	2005	33	12	1	0	10	5	-		-		44	17
	2006	33	11	1	0	8	2	-		3	1	45	14
	Total	214	36	15	2	36	8	-		3	1	268	47
Urawa Red Diamonds	2007	33	3	1	0	-		12	3	6	0	52	6
	2008	33	6	1	0	1	0	4	0	-		39	6
	2009	34	2	-		4	0	-		-		38	2
	2010	20	3	-		2	1	-		-		22	4
	Total	120	14	2	0	7	1	16	3	6	0	151	18
Leicester City	2010–11	36	1	2	0	2	0	-		-		40	1
	2011–12	16	1	1	0	2	0	-		-		19	1
	Total	52	2	3	0	4	0	-		-		59	2
Urawa Red Diamonds	2012	34	4	3	0	4	0	-	-	-	-	41	4
	2013	26	6	3	0	0	0	6	1	-	-	35	7
	Total	60	10	6	0	4	0	6	1	-	-	76	11
Career total		446	56	26	2	51	9	22	4	9	1	550	78

¹Includes Emperor's Cup and FA Cup.

²Includes J. League Cup and Football League Cup.

³Includes AFC Champions League.

⁴Includes Japanese Super Cup, A3 Champions Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.

International

^[9]

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2005	5	0
2006	8	1
2007	11	1
2008	9	0
2009	8	1
2010	9	0
2011	3	0
Total	53	3

Appearances in major competitions

Team	Competition	Category	Appearances		Goals	Team Record
Team	Competition	Category	Start	Sub	Goals	Team Record
Japan	2004 Summer Olympics qualification	U-22	4	1	2	Qualified
Japan	2004 Summer Olympics	U-23	3	0	1	Round 1
Japan	2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Senior	5	0	1	Qualified
Japan	2007 AFC Asian Cup	Senior	6	0	1	4th place
Japan	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	Senior	6	1	0	Qualified
Japan	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Senior	0	1	0	Qualified
Japan	2010 FIFA World Cup	Senior	4	0	0	Round of 16

Goals for Japan National Team

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	16 August 2006	Niigata Stadium, Niigata, Japan	Yemen	2–0	Won	2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2.	25 July 2007	My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam	Saudi Arabia	2–3	Lost	2007 AFC Asian Cup Semifinals
3.	27 May 2009	Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan	Chile	4–0	Won	Kirin Cup 2009

Honours

Teams

JEF United Ichihara Chiba

J. League Cup : 2005, 2006

Urawa Red Diamonds

AFC Champions League : 2007

Individual

J. League Best Eleven : 2005, 2006, 2007
J. League Cup New Hero Award : 2005

References

↑ "Abe makes record switch to Japan's Urawa Reds". Reuters. 22 January 2007. Retrieved 22 January 2007.
↑ (English) Reds rule Asia / Sink Sepahan to become 1st J.League club to win ACL, earn Club World Cup berth
↑ "Japan midfielder Yuki Abe completes Leicester City move". BBC Sport. 31 August 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
↑ "Leicester City new boy Yuki Abe brushes up on his history". this is Leicestershire. 17 Sep 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
↑ "Leicester 2 - 1 Cardiff". BBC Sport. 13 September 2010. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
↑ "Leicester 4 - 2 Ipswich". BBC Sport. 7 May 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
↑ Leicester 1-0 Brighton, BBC Sport, 17 Sep 2011, retrieved 10 Mar 2012
↑ "Yuki Abe leaves Leicester City for return to Japan". BBC Sport. 22 January 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
↑ Yuki Abe at National-Football-Teams.com

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v t e Urawa Red Diamonds – current squad

1 Yamagishi 2 Tsuboi 3 Ugajin 4 Nasu 5 Makino 6 Nobuhisa Yamada 7 Umesaki 8 Kashiwagi 10 Marcio Richardes 11 Sekiguchi 12 Noda 13 Suzuki 14 Hirakawa 17 M.Nagata 18 Kato 19 Sakano 21 Despotović 22 Abe 23 Nozaki 24 Haraguchi 26 T.Nagata 27 Kojima 28 Okamoto 29 Yajima 30 Koroki 34 Naoki Yamada 46 Moriwaki TBD Nishikawa Manager: Petrović

v t e 2005 J-League Team of the Year

GK: Motohiro Yoshida DF: Ilian Stoyanov DF: Marcus Tulio Tanaka DF: Yuji Nakazawa MF: Mitsuo Ogasawara MF: Yuki Abe MF: Fernandinho MF: Yasuhito Endō MF: Tatsuya Furuhashi FW: Araújo FW: Hisato Satō

v t e 2006 J-League Team of the Year

GK: Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi DF: Marcus Tulio Tanaka DF: Satoshi Yamaguchi DF: Akira Kaji MF: Keita Suzuki MF: Yuki Abe MF: Kengo Nakamura MF: Hiroyuki Taniguchi MF: Yasuhito Endō FW: Washington FW: Magno Alves

v t e 2007 J-League Team of the Year

GK: Ryōta Tsuzuki DF: Daiki Iwamasa DF: Marcus Tulio Tanaka DF: Satoshi Yamaguchi MF: Yuki Abe MF: Keita Suzuki MF: Robson Ponte MF: Kengo Nakamura MF: Yasuhito Endō FW: Juninho FW: Baré

Japan Squad

v t e Japan men's football squad – 2004 Summer Olympics

1 Sogahata 2 Tulio 3 Moniwa 4 Nasu 5 Abe 6 Konno 7 Morisaki 8 Ono 9 Takamatsu 10 Matsui 11 Tanaka 12 Kikuchi 13 Komano 14 Ishikawa 15 Tokunaga 16 Ōkubo 17 Hirayama 18 Kurokawa Coach: Yamamoto

v t e Japan squad – 2007 AFC Asian Cup Fourth Place

1 Kawaguchi (c) 2 Konno 3 Komano 5 Tsuboi 6 Abe 7 Endō 8 Hanyu 9 Yamagishi 10 S. Nakamura 11 Satō 12 Maki 13 Suzuki 14 K. Nakamura 15 Mizuno 18 Narazaki 19 Takahara 20 Yano 21 Kaji 22 Nakazawa 23 Kawashima 24 Hashimoto 28 Ota 29 Inoha Coach: Osim

v t e Japan squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup

1 Narazaki 2 Abe 3 Komano 4 Túlio 5 Nagatomo 6 Uchida 7 Endo 8 Matsui 9 Okazaki 10 S. Nakamura 11 Tamada 12 Yano 13 Iwamasa 14 K. Nakamura 15 Konno 16 Ōkubo 17 Hasebe 18 Honda 19 Morimoto 20 Inamoto 21 Kawashima 22 Nakazawa 23 Kawaguchi (c) Coach: Okada

Persondata
Name	Abe, Yuki
Alternative names
Short description	Professional footballer
Date of birth	6 September 1981
Place of birth	Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan
Date of death
Place of death

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