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{{short description|Japanese footballer and manager}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Motohiro Yamaguchi<br/>山口 素弘
| image = 
| image_size = 
| caption = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|1|29}}
| birth_place = [[Takasaki, Gunma|Takasaki]], [[Gunma Prefecture|Gunma]], Japan
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| height = 1.77 m
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub = 
| youthyears1 = 1984–1986
| youthclubs1 = Maebashi Ikuei High School
| collegeyears1 = 1987–1990
| college1 = [[Tokai University]]
| years1 = 1991–1998
| clubs1 = [[Yokohama Flügels]]
| caps1 = 213
| goals1 = 30
| years2 = 1999–2002
| clubs2 = [[Nagoya Grampus|Nagoya Grampus Eight]]
| caps2 = 110
| goals2 = 6
| years3 = 2003–2005
| clubs3 = [[Albirex Niigata]]
| caps3 = 83
| goals3 = 6
| years4 = 2005–2007
| clubs4 = [[Yokohama FC]]
| caps4 = 84
| goals4 = 0
| totalcaps = 490
| totalgoals = 42
| nationalyears1 = 1995–1998
| nationalteam1 = [[Japan national football team|Japan]]
| nationalcaps1 = 58
| nationalgoals1 = 4
| manageryears1 = 2012–2014
| managerclubs1 = [[Yokohama FC]]
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Team|[[Yokohama Flügels]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[Emperor's Cup]]|[[1993 Emperor's Cup|1993]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[Emperor's Cup]]|[[1998 Emperor's Cup|1998]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[Emperor's Cup]]|[[1997 Emperor's Cup|1997]]}}
{{Medal|Team|[[Nagoya Grampus|Nagoya Grampus Eight]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[Emperor's Cup]]|[[1999 Emperor's Cup|1999]]}}
}}

{{Nihongo|'''Motohiro Yamaguchi'''|山口 素弘|Yamaguchi Motohiro|born January 29, 1969}} is a Japanese [[association football|football]] manager and former player. He played for the [[Japan national football team|Japan national team]].

==Club career==
Yamaguchi was born in [[Takasaki, Gunma|Takasaki]] on January 29, 1969. After graduating from [[Tokai University]], he joined [[Yokohama Flügels|All Nippon Airways]] (later ''Yokohama Flügels'') in 1991. The club won [[1993 Emperor's Cup]] their first time in major title. In Asia, the club also won [[1994–95 Asian Cup Winners' Cup]]. In 1998, the club won [[1998 Emperor's Cup|Emperor's Cup]]. However the club was disbanded end of 1998 season due to financial strain, he moved to [[Nagoya Grampus|Nagoya Grampus Eight]] with [[Seigo Narazaki]] in 1999. The club won [[1999 Emperor's Cup]]. He moved to [[J2 League]] club [[Albirex Niigata]] in 2003. The club won the champions in 2003 and was promoted to [[J1 League]]. In August 2005, he moved to J2 League club [[Yokohama FC]] was founded by Yokohama Flügels supporters. The club won the champions in 2006 and was promoted to [[J1 League]]. He retired end of 2007 season. He also served as captain in all teams.

==International career==
In January 1995, Yamaguchi was selected by the [[Japan national football team|Japan national team]] for the [[1995 King Fahd Cup]]. At this competition, on January 6, he debuted against [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]]. After his debut, he became a regular player and he played most matches for Japan until the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]]. In 1996, he played full time in all matches at [[1996 AFC Asian Cup]]. In the [[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification]] in 1997, he played all matches and Japan won the qualify for 1998 World Cup first time Japan's history. At the 1998 FIFA World Cup, he played full time in all three matches. These were his last appearances for Japan. He played 58 games and scored 4 goals for Japan until 1998.<ref name="JNFTD">[http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/yamaguchi_motohiro.html Japan National Football Team Database]</ref>

==Coaching career==
After retirement, Yamaguchi became a manager for [[Yokohama FC]] as [[Yasuyuki Kishino]] successor in March 2012. He managed the club until 2014

==Career statistics==

===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|[[Emperor's Cup]]
!colspan="2"|[[J.League Cup]]
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="9"|[[Yokohama Flügels]]{{efn|"All Nippon Airways" until 1992}}
|[[1990–91 Japan Soccer League|1990–91]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Japan Soccer League|JSL Division 1]]
|0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|[[1990–91 Japan Soccer League|1991–92]]
|22||1||||||1||1||23||2
|-
|[[1992 Yokohama Flügels season|1992]]
|rowspan="7"|[[J1 League]]
|colspan="2"|–||||||6||0||6||0
|-
|[[1993 Yokohama Flügels season|1993]]
|35||3||4||0||6||1||45||4
|-
|[[1994 Yokohama Flügels season|1994]]
|34||2||2||0||1||0||37||2
|-
|[[1995 Yokohama Flügels season|1995]]
|41||3||1||0||colspan="2"|–||42||3
|-
|[[1996 Yokohama Flügels season|1996]]
|28||8||1||0||14||5||43||13
|-
|[[1997 Yokohama Flügels season|1997]]
|19||6||5||1||1||0||25||7
|-
|[[1998 Yokohama Flügels season|1998]]
|34||7||5||0||0||0||39||7
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Nagoya Grampus|Nagoya Grampus Eight]]
|[[1999 Nagoya Grampus Eight season|1999]]
|rowspan="4"|J1 League
|29||2||5||0||6||0||40||2
|-
|[[2000 Nagoya Grampus Eight season|2000]]
|28||1||2||0||6||1||36||2
|-
|[[2001 Nagoya Grampus Eight season|2001]]
|28||1||0||0||6||0||34||1
|-
|[[2002 Nagoya Grampus Eight season|2002]]
|25||2||0||0||6||0||31||2
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Albirex Niigata]]
|[[2003 Albirex Niigata season|2003]]
|[[J2 League]]
|42||4||3||0||colspan="2"|–||45||4
|-
|[[2004 Albirex Niigata season|2004]]
|rowspan="2"|J1 League
|29||2||0||0||5||0||34||2
|-
|[[2005 Albirex Niigata season|2005]]
|12||0||0||0||3||0||15||0
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Yokohama FC]]
|2005
|rowspan="2"|J2 League
|18||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||20||0
|-
|[[2006 Yokohama FC season|2006]]
|46||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||46||0
|-
|[[2007 Yokohama FC season|2007]]
|J1 League
|20||0||2||0||3||0||25||0
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!490!!42!!32!!1!!64!!8!!586!!51
|}

{{notelist}}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="JNFTD"/>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Japan national football team|Japan]]
|[[1995 Japan national football team|1995]]||14||1
|-
|[[1996 Japan national football team|1996]]||13||2
|-
|[[1997 Japan national football team|1997]]||22||1
|-
|[[1998 Japan national football team|1998]]||9||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!58!!4
|}

:''Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Yamaguchi goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Motohiro Yamaguchi
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| align="center"|1 || 26 February 1995 || [[Hong Kong]], United Kingdom || {{fb|KOR}} || align="center"|2–1 || align="center"|2–2 || [[1995 Dynasty Cup]]
|-
| align="center"|2 || 10 February 1996 || [[Wollongong]], Australia || {{fb|AUS}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|4–1 || [[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|-
| align="center"|3 || 19 February 1996 || Hong Kong, UK || {{fb|POL}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|5–0||[[1996 Lunar New Year Cup]]
|-
| align="center"|4 || 28 September 1997 || [[Tokyo]], Japan || {{fb|KOR}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–2 || [[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|}

==Managerial statistics==
<ref>[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFIX07/?staff_id=4234 J.League Data Site]{{in lang|ja}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="5"|Record
|-
!G!!W!!D!!L!!Win %
|-
|align="left"|[[Yokohama FC]]
|align="left"|2012
|align="left"|2014
{{WDL|122|51|31|40}}
|-
!colspan="3"|Total
{{WDLtot|122|51|31|40}}
|}

==Honors==
'''Yokohama Flügels'''
* [[Emperor's Cup]]: [[1993 Emperor's Cup|1993]], [[1998 Emperor's Cup|1998]]
* [[Asian Cup Winers Cup]]: [[1995]]
* [[Asian Super Cup]]: [[1995 Asian Super Cup|1995]]
'''Nagoya Grampus Eight	'''
*Emperor's Cup: [[1999 Emperor's Cup|1999]]
'''Albirex Niigata'''
*[[J2 League]]: [[2003 J.League Division 2|2003]]

'''Individual'''
* [[J1 League]] Best Eleven: [[1996 J.League|1996]], [[1997 J.League|1997]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{FIFA player|156065}}
* {{NFT player|10750}}
* [http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/yamaguchi_motohiro.html Japan National Football Team Database]
* {{J.League player|name=Player statistics}}
* {{J.League manager|name=Manager statistics}}

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|title= Awards for Motohiro Yamaguchi
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{{1996 J.League Team of the Year}}
{{1997 J.League Team of the Year}}
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|title= Japan squads
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{{Japan squad 1995 King Fahd Cup}}
{{Japan squad 1996 AFC Asian Cup}}
{{Japan squad 1998 FIFA World Cup}}
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{{Yokohama FC managers}}

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