External links
- Shin Yamada at Soccerbase
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 30 May 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Oud-Heverlee Leuven (on loan from Celtic) | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Kamoe FC | |||
| Suisho SC | |||
| –2018 | Kawasaki Frontale | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2022 | Toin University of Yokohama | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2025 | Kawasaki Frontale | 86 | (25) |
| 2025– | Celtic | 8 | (0) |
| 2026 | → Preußen Münster (loan) | 10 | (3) |
| 2026– | → Oud-Heverlee Leuven (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022 | Japan U23 | 1 | (0) |
| 2025– | Japan | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 September 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 July 2025 | |||
Shin Yamada (山田 新, Yamada Shin; born 30 May 2000) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Belgian Pro League club Oud-Heverlee Leuven, on loan from Scottish Premiership club Celtic, and the Japan national team.
Named as a designated special player ahead of the 2022 season, Yamada made his debut for Kawasaki Frontale in the J.League Cup against Cerezo Osaka.
On 19 July 2025, Yamada signed for Scottish Premiership club Celtic on a four year contract. He made his debut for the Bhoys in a 2–0 victory over Aberdeen on 10 August.
On 27 January 2026, having made only one start and ten substitute appearances for the first-team, Yamada joined 2. Bundesliga side Preußen Münster on loan until the end of the season.
On 14 July 2026, after being on loan with Preußen Münster he signed on loan with Belgian Pro League side OH Leuven until the end of the season.
Yamada made his international debut for Japan on 12 July 2025 when he came on as a substitute against Hong Kong in the 2025 EAFF E-1 Football Championship, a match that Japan won 6–1.
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Toin University of Yokohama | 2019 | – | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | |||||
| 2020 | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 2022 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Kawasaki Frontale | 2022 | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | 40 | 6 | |||
| 2024 | 38 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 21 | ||
| 2025 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | – | 27 | 5 | |||
| Total | 85 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 119 | 32 | ||
| Celtic | 2025–26 | Scottish Premiership | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Preußen Münster | 2025–26 | 2. Bundesliga | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Career total | 100 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 142 | 38 | ||
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