Sho Yamamoto

is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Indonesian club Persebaya Surabaya.

Career

Born in Kasukabe, Yamamoto debuted professionally already abroad in Europe with Rudar Pljevlja in the 2016–17 Montenegrin First League. He will play the following two seasons with another Montenegrin top-flight side, Petrovac. His successful adaptation to football in former-Yugoslavia made him come up on the radars of other teams from the region, which resulted in his move in summer 2019 to Serbian side Spartak Subotica.

He scored the winning goal against Arema in Liga 1 match, which saw the Persebaya Surabaya defeats Arema in 2-3 in away game, ending the 23 years of winless streak against the Malang-based team. The post-match however were overshadowed by a riot and stampede.

Career statistics

Club

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Honours

Individual

Liga 1 Team of the Season: 2022–23

References

Living people

1996 births

Sportspeople from Tokyo Metropolis

Association football people from Tokyo Metropolis

Japanese men's footballers

Japanese expatriate men's footballers

Men's association football forwards

Montenegrin First League players

Serbian SuperLiga players

Liga 1 (Indonesia) players

FK Rudar Pljevlja players

OFK Petrovac players

FK Spartak Subotica players

FK Iskra Danilovgrad players

Persebaya Surabaya players

Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Montenegro

Expatriate men's footballers in Montenegro

Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Serbia

Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia

Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia

Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia