Tsukasa Umesaki

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Tsukasa Umesaki
梅崎司
Personal information
Full name	Tsukasa Umesaki
Date of birth	(1987-02-23) 23 February 1987
Place of birth	Isahaya, Nagasaki, Japan
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club	Urawa Red Diamonds
Number	7
Youth career
2002–2004	Oita Trinita
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2005ー2007	Oita Trinita	47	(5)
2007	→ Grenoble Foot 38 (loan)	5	(0)
2008ー	Urawa Red Diamonds	79	(10)
National team^‡
2005–2007	Japan U20	11	(3)
2008	Japan U23	3	(1)
2006^[1]	Japan	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 December 2012. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 February 2010

Tsukasa Umesaki (梅崎司, Umesaki Tsukasa, born 23 February 1987) is a Japanese football player, who as of 26 December 2007 joined Urawa Red Diamonds from Oita Trinita. He is a right-footed attacking midfielder.

Playing career

Club career

Umesaki is a product of Oita's youth system and was promoted to the top team in 2005. Umesaki made his J-League debut on 10 July 2005 in a match against Sanfrecce Hiroshima at Oita "Big Eye" Stadium.^[2] He became a regular in the 2006 season.

In January 2007, he was loaned out to French Ligue 2 side Grenoble Foot 38, but returned to Oita prior to the completion of his six-month loan.^[3]

On 26 December 2007, Urawa Red Diamonds announced his signing from Oita on a full transfer.^[4]

International career

Umesaki made his international debut for Japan on 6 September 2006 in an Asian Cup qualifier against Yemen when he was sent on to the pitch by national coach Ivica Osim to replace Seiichiro Maki in the injury time of the second half.^[1] He became the first Trinita player who represented Japan.

He was a member of the Japan team for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup finals. He scored Japan's second goal against Scotland at the group stage, was adjudged the man of the match, and went on to be one of Japan's most influential players during the tournament, being included in the starting lineup in all of Japan's games during its course.

Career statistics

As of 6 July 2011

Club

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Champions League		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Oita Trinita U-18	2002	-		2	0	-		-		2	0
	2004	-		3	2	-		-		3	2
	Total	-		5	2	-		-		5	2
Oita Trinita	2005	3	0	1	0	1	0	-		5	0
	2006	25	3	1	0	5	1	-		31	4
	Total	28	3	2	0	6	1	-		36	4
Grenoble Foot 38	2006–07	5	0	-		-		-		5	0
Grenoble Foot 38	Total	5	0	-		-		-		5	0
Oita Trinita	2007	19	2	2	1	0	0	-		21	3
Oita Trinita	Total	19	2	2	1	0	0	-		21	3
Urawa Red Diamonds	2008	22	1	1	0	4	2	1	0	28	3
	2009	9	0	1	0	0	0	-		10	0
	2010	2	0	0	0	0	0	-		2	0
	2011	4	1			0	0	-		4	1
	Total	37	2	2	0	4	2	1	0	44	4
Career total		89	7	11	3	10	3	1	0	111	13

International

^[5]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Japan U-20
	2005	2	1
	2006	5	1
	2007	4	1
	Total	11	3
Japan U-23
	2008	3	1
	Total	3	1
Japan
	2006	1	0
	Total	1	0

International goals

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first.

Under-20

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	23 November 2005	KKWing Stadium, Kumamoto	Chinese Taipei	1–0	5–0	2006 AFC Youth Championship qualification
2.	2 November 2006	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore	Iran	1–0	1–2	2006 AFC Youth Championship
3.	1 July 2007	Royal Athletic Park, Victoria	Scotland	2–0	3–1	2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Under-23

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	22 May 2008	Stade Perruc, Hyères	France	1–0	2–1	2008 Toulon Tournament

Appearances in major competitions

Team	Competition	Category	Appearances		Goals	Team Record
Team	Competition	Category	Start	Sub	Goals	Team Record
Japan	AFC Youth Championship 2006 Qualification	U-18	2	0	1	Qualified
Japan	AFC Youth Championship 2006	U-19	5	0	1	2nd place
Japan	2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Senior	0	1	0	Qualified
Japan	2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup	U-20	4	0	1	Round of 16

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "UMESAKI Tsukasa". Japan National Football Team Database.
↑ Tsukasa Umesaki stats at footballdatabase.com
↑ "Umesaki joins Grenoble on loan". FIFA. 26 January 2007. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
↑ (Japanese) 梅崎司選手、加入のお知らせ
↑ Tsukasa Umesaki at National-Football-Teams.com

External links

v t e Urawa Red Diamonds – current squad

1 Yamagishi 2 Tsuboi 3 Ugajin 4 Nasu 5 Makino 6 Nobuhisa Yamada 7 Umesaki 8 Kashiwagi 10 Marcio Richardes 11 Sekiguchi 12 Noda 13 Suzuki 14 Hirakawa 17 M.Nagata 18 Kato 19 Sakano 21 Despotović 22 Abe 23 Nozaki 24 Haraguchi 26 T.Nagata 27 Kojima 28 Okamoto 29 Yajima 30 Koroki 34 Naoki Yamada 46 Moriwaki TBD Nishikawa Manager: Petrović

Persondata
Name	Umesaki, Tsukasa
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	1987-02-23
Place of birth	Isahaya, Nagasaki, Japan
Date of death
Place of death

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