Norihiro Yamagishi

is a Japanese football player.

Playing career Yamagishi was born in Kumagaya on 17 May 1978. After graduating from Chukyo University, he joined J1 League club Urawa Reds based in his local Saitama Prefecture in 2001. He debuted in 2002 and became a regular goalkeeper. However, he lost his position to the new player, Ryota Tsuzuki, in 2003. From 2003, Yamagishi battled with Tsuzuki for the position until 2010. Reds won the champions in 2003 J.League Cup. Although in 2005, he could hardly play in the match; when the Reds won the Emperor's Cup. In 2006, he became a regular goalkeeper from May, when the Reds won J1 League championship. Although he could hardly play in the match from 2007, he became a regular goalkeeper again from September 2009. In 2010, he played full-time in all 34 matches. However, he could not play many matches behind Nobuhiro Kato from 2011. In 2014, he could not play at all in the game behind new player Shusaku Nishikawa.

In June 2014, Yamagishi moved to J2 League club Montedio Yamagata. He became a regular goalkeeper soon. He entered the history of Japanese football by scoring in the 2014 J2 League playoffs match against Júbilo Iwata. In the 91st minute of the game, he headed the 1-1 from a corner kick: a result which let Montedio go through to the final. In the final, Montedio won the match and was promoted to J1. Montedio also won 2nd place in the 2014 Emperor's Cup. In 2015, although he played full-time in all 34 matches, Montedio finished at the bottom place and was relegated to J2 end of the 2015 season. He played for the club until the end of the 2016 season.

After three seasons with Montedio, Yamagishi decided to move to Giravanz Kitakyushu, which had just got relegated to J3 League. He retired end of 2018 season.

Club statistics Updated to 1 January 2019. 1Includes other competitive competitions, including the J.League Championship, Japanese Super Cup, A3 Champions Cup and J2 League Playoffs.

Honours

Club Urawa Reds AFC Champions League: 1 2007 J1 League: 1 2006 Emperor's Cup: 2 2005, 2006 J.League Cup: 1 2003 Japanese Super Cup: 1 2006

Montedio Yamagata J2 League Playoffs: 1 2014