Yuichiro Nagai

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Yuichiro Nagai
Personal information
Full name Yuichiro Nagai
Date of birth February 14, 1979 (1979-02-14) (age 29)
Place of birth    Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Height 1.84 m (6 ft +1⁄2 in)
Playing position Forward/Midfielder
Club information
Current club Flag of Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
Number 9
Youth clubs
Mitsubishi Yowa Junior
Mitsubishi Yowa Junior Youth
Mitsubishi Yowa Youth
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1997-1998
1998-1999
1999-present		 Urawa Red Diamonds
Karlsruher SC
Urawa Red Diamonds		 033 00(3)
022 00(4)
230 0(58)   
National team2
2003 Japan 004 00(1)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 20 May 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 20 May 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Yuichiro Nagai (永井 雄一郎 Nagai Yūichiro?, born 14 February 1979 in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese football (soccer) player. He is a forward and currently plays for J. League side Urawa Red Diamonds.

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[edit] Playing career

[edit] Club

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

Nagai was loaned out to German second division Bundesliga side Karlsruher from 1998 to 1999. He played 22 league games and scored four goals.

In 2003, he took over the number nine jersey from iconic Masahiro Fukuda after the latter retired from the game. He scored a hat trick against Tokyo Verdy 1969 on August 21, 2004. In the same match, his teammate Koji Yamase also scored three goals. On January 1, 2007, he was instrumental in Urawa defending the Emperor's Cup by scoring a late winner assisted by Masayuki Okano.

In AFC Champions League 2007, he helped Urawa win the tournament scoring 3 goals. He was named the player of the tournament. [1] [2]

[edit] International

He was a member of the Japan team for the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship hosted by Malaysia. He scored a goal against Costa Rica at the group stage. The team was eliminated at the quarterfinal. He also represented Japan at the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship hosted by Nigeria. He 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 April 21, 2003 in a friendly against South Korea at Seoul World Cup Stadium. His first international goal was the winner in the same match. He is so far capped four times and scored one goal.

[edit] Clubs

[edit] National team

[edit] International Goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. April 16, 2003 Seoul, South Korea Flag of South Korea Korea Republic 1-0 Won Friendly

[edit] Honors and awards

[edit] Individual

[edit] Team

[edit] References

  1. ^ (English) Urawa Reds In Raptures Over Asian Crown
  2. ^ (English) Reds rule Asia / Sink Sepahan to become 1st J.League club to win ACL, earn Club World Cup berth
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Urawa Red Diamonds – current squad

1 Yamagishi • 2 Tsuboi • 3 Hosogai • 4 Tulio • 6 Yamada • 7 Takahara • 8 Alex • 9 Nagai • 10 Ponte • 11 Tanaka • 12 Tsutsumi • 13 Suzuki • 14 Hirakawa • 15 Escudero • 16 Soma • 17 Edmilson • 18 Koike • 19 Uchidate • 20 Horinouchi • 21 Umesaki • 22 Abe • 23 Tsuzuki • 24 Sakamoto • 25 Kondo • 26 Takasaki • 27 Nishizawa • 28 Kato • 29 Otani • 30 Okano • 31 Hashimoto • 32 Hayashi • Manager: Engels
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