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Japanese footballer

Yuichiro Nagai
永井 雄一郎
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-02-14) 14 February 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1994–1996 Mitsubishi Yowa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2008 Urawa Reds 278 (63)
1998–1999 → Karlsruher SC II (loan) 21 (4)
2009–2011 Shimizu S-Pulse 39 (1)
2012–2013 Yokohama FC 21 (3)
2014 Arterivo Wakayama 11 (3)
2015–2017 Thespakusatsu Gunma 43 (0)
Total 413 (74)
International career
1997–1999 Japan U-23 12 (2)
2003 Japan 4 (1)
Medal record
Urawa Reds
Winner AFC Champions League 2007
Winner J1 League 2006
Runner-up J1 League 2004
Runner-up J1 League 2005
Runner-up J1 League 2007
Winner J.League Cup 2003
Runner-up J.League Cup 2002
Runner-up J.League Cup 2004
Winner Emperor's Cup 2005
Winner Emperor's Cup 2006
Shimizu S-Pulse
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2010
Representing  Japan
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Silver medal – second place 1999 Nigeria
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yuichiro Nagai (永井 雄一郎, Nagai Yūichirō, born 14 February 1979) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a forward. He made four appearances for the Japan national team scoring once.

Club career

Nagai played his youth football at Mitsubishi Yowa Club. After graduating from high school in 1997, he joined Urawa Reds. He made his professional debut on 12 April of that year in the opening league match against Yokohama Marinos at Urawa Komaba Stadium.

Nagai was loaned out to German 2. Bundesliga side Karlsruher SC from 1998 to 1999. He played 21 league games and scored 4 goals for reserve team.

In 2003, Nagai took over the number "9" jersey from iconic Masahiro Fukuda after the latter retired from the game. He scored a hat trick against Tokyo Verdy on 21 August 2004. In the same match, his teammate Koji Yamase also scored three goals. On 1 January 2007, he was instrumental in Urawa defending the Emperor's Cup by scoring a late winner assisted by Masayuki Okano. The club won the champions 2006 J1 League, 2003 J.League Cup, 2005 and 2006 Emperor's Cup until 2006.

In 2007, AFC Champions League, Nagai helped Urawa win the tournament scoring 3 goals. He was named the player of the tournament. Urawa also won the 3rd place at 2007 FIFA Club World Cup.

On 7 January 2009, Nagai transferred to Shimizu S-Pulse. He played until 2011. After that, he played for Yokohama FC (2012–13), Arterivo Wakayama (2014) and Thespakusatsu Gunma (2015–17).

International career

Nagai was a member of the Japan team for the 1997 World Youth Championship hosted by Malaysia. He played all 5 matches and scored a goal against Costa Rica at the group stage. The team was eliminated at the quarterfinal. He also represented Japan at the 1999 World Youth Championship hosted by Nigeria. He played all 7 matches and scored a goal in the semi-final against Uruguay and contributed to the team finishing runners-up in the competition.

He made his full international debut for Japan on 21 April 2003 in a friendly against South Korea at Seoul World Cup Stadium. His first international goal was the winner in the same match. He also played at 2003 Confederations Cup. He is so far capped 4 times and scored 1 goal.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Urawa Reds 1997 J1 League 30 3 2 0 6 0 – – 38 3
1998 3 0 0 0 0 0 – – 3 0
1999 12 3 2 0 2 1 – – 16 4
2000 J2 League 29 12 1 0 2 1 – – 32 13
2001 J1 League 25 6 4 1 6 1 – – 35 8
2002 19 4 1 1 4 0 – – 24 5
2003 23 8 1 0 8 1 – – 32 9
2004 27 6 4 2 8 1 – – 39 9
2005 30 6 2 0 7 0 – – 39 6
2006 23 4 4 3 6 2 – – 33 9
2007 31 6 1 0 2 1 11 3 3 1 48 11
2008 26 5 1 0 4 0 3 0 – 34 5
Total 278 63 23 7 55 8 14 3 3 1 373 82
Karlsruher SC II 1998–99 Regionalliga 21 4 – – – – 21 4
Shimizu S-Pulse 2009 J1 League 8 0 3 2 3 0 – – 14 2
2010 14 1 4 0 8 2 – – 26 3
2011 17 0 1 1 2 0 – – 20 1
Total 39 1 8 3 13 2 0 0 0 0 60 6
Yokohama FC 2012 J2 League 7 2 0 0 – – – 7 2
2013 14 1 0 0 – – – 14 1
Total 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 3
Arterivo Wakayama 2014 Regional Leagues 11 3 1 1 – – – 14 4
Thespakusatsu Gunma 2015 J2 League 31 0 1 0 – – – 32 0
2016 10 0 1 0 – – – 11 0
2017 2 0 0 0 – – – 2 0
Total 43 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 0
Career total 413 74 34 11 68 10 14 3 3 1 534 99
  1. Includes Emperor's Cup, DFB-Pokal.
  2. Includes J.League Cup
  3. Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup

International

Source:
Japan national team
Year Apps Goals
2003 4 1
Total 4 1
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 16 April 2003 Seoul, South Korea  South Korea 1–0 Won Friendly

Honors

Individual

References

  1. (in English) Urawa Reds In Raptures Over Asian Crown
  2. (in English) Reds rule Asia / Sink Sepahan to become 1st J.League club to win ACL, earn Club World Cup berth
  3. "Yuichiro Nagai Moves to Shimizu S-Pulse". Urawa Reds. 7 January 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  4. ^ Japan National Football Team Database
  5. Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑", 10 February 2016, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411338 (p. 227 out of 289)
  6. Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2選手名鑑 2013 (NSK MOOK)", 14 February 2013, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411161 (p. 185 out of 266)

External links

Japan squad – 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup
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