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9 Takuro Yajima
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| Position: FW
| | Born: 28-Mar-1984
| | Height/Weight: 182/78
| | Birthplace: Shiga |
| Previous Teams: Shiga Jr.HS, Zeze HS, Waseda U., Shimizu S-Pulse |
| Matches (J1/J2):45/1 | Goals: 10/0 |
| First Appearance: 27-Nov-2004 Kawasaki Frontale -vs- Sagan Tosu (at Tosu Stadium) |
| First Appearance: 1-Apr-2006 Shimizu S-Pulse -vs- Gamba Osaka (at Nihondaira Stadium) |
| Year | Team | Appearances | Goals |
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| 2004 | Kawasaki Frontale | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 1 | 0 |
| 2006 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 18 | 3 |
| 2007 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 26 | 7 |
| TOTAL | 46 | 10 |
A graduate of Waseda University, Takuro Yajima possesses lightening pace and a great deal of promise. Unfortunately, he injured himself while scoring his first career goal, in a match against Gamba Osaka in 2006, and had to come off even before he could join his teammates in celebrating the strike. He spent the next six months trying to get back into the team, and though he finished the year with a flourish, the unfortunate timing of his injury prevented him from making a real breakthrough into the squad.
. With the departure of Marquinhos, Yajima is expected to form a strike partnership with the tall South Korean Cho Jae-Jin in 2007. Yajima uses his pace to get behind defences, but his lack of match experience, an unproven scoring record, and a tendency to misplace passes, means that he will face considerable scrutiny in his quest to become a first-team regular.
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