Kensuke Nagai
永井 謙佑
Personal information
Full name Kensuke Nagai
Date of birth (1989-03-05) 5 March 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Nagoya Grampus
Number 45
Youth career
2004–2006 Kyushu International
University High School
2006–2009 Fukuoka University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009 Avispa Fukuoka 5 (0)
2010 Vissel Kobe 3 (0)
2011–2012 Nagoya Grampus 57 (13)
2013–2014 Standard Liège 3 (0)
2013–2014 → Nagoya Grampus (loan) 42 (12)
2015–2016 Nagoya Grampus 62 (17)
2017–2022 FC Tokyo 179 (21)
2022– Nagoya Grampus 13 (4)
International career‡
2007–2008 Japan U-18 3 (1)
2008 Japan U-19 3 (4)
2009–2011 Japan U-20 5 (1)
2009–2012 Japan U-23 31 (13)
2010–2019 Japan 12 (3)
Medal record
Nagoya Grampus
Runner-up J1 League 2011
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 November 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2019

Kensuke Nagai (永井 謙佑, Nagai Kensuke, born 5 March 1989) is a Japanese football player who plays as a striker for J1 League club Nagoya Grampus.

Career

From the age of 3, Nagai spent 5 years in Ipatinga, Brazil, where he started playing street football with his childhood friends.[1]

After he moved back from Brazil to Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, he played soccer at local elementary school and junior high school clubs,[1] before he joined the Kyushu International University High School club, and played two matches at the 85th All Japan High School Soccer Tournament.[citation needed]

He joined Fukuoka University club in April 2007. Three months later, he played at the AJHSST, and won the 33rd Prime Minister's Cup All Japan College Soccer Tournament in 2009.[citation needed]

While playing for the Fukuoka University Club, Nagai also played for Avispa Fukuoka in the J. League Division 2 in 2009 and Vissel Kobe in 2010 as a designated player for development by the league and JFA.[citation needed]

On 23 December 2009, he was named in the squad for Japan's 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification against Yemen,[2] and made his full international debut for the team in the fixture on 6 January 2010.[3]

He was selected as a member of Japanese squad for 2012 Olympics.[4]

He was transferred from Nagoya to Standard Liège of Belgian Pro League in January 2013, but transferred back to Nagoya on loan from August 2013 to June 2014, due to less playing opportunities given with Standard Liège. In January 2015, the loan deal was terminated as Nagai moved back to Nagoya on a permanent basis.

Career statistics

Club

As of 14 February 2022.[5][6][7]
Club Season League Cup[a] League Cup[b] Continental[c] Other4 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Fukuoka University 2009 - 3 3 - - - 3 3
Avispa Fukuoka 2009 5 0 - - - - 5 0
Vissel Kobe 2010 3 0 - - - - 3 0
Nagoya Grampus 2011 27 3 4 2 2 2 7 2 - 40 9
2012 30 10 3 2 0 0 7 1 - 40 13
Standard Liège 2012–13 3 0 - - - - 3 0
Nagoya Grampus 2013 14 0 1 0 - - - 15 0
2014 28 12 4 6 6 1 - - 38 19
2015 31 10 - 4 1 - - 35 11
2016 31 7 3 0 - - - 34 7
FC Tokyo 2017 30 1 1 0 8 1 - - 39 2
2018 32 5 2 0 2 0 - - 36 5
2019 33 9 2 0 4 1 - - 39 10
2020 26 4 - 3 0 4 1 - 33 5
2021 38 2 1 1 10 2 - - 49 5
Career total 331 63 24 14 39 8 18 4 0 0 412 89
  1. ^ Emperor's Cup and Belgian Cup
  2. ^ J. League Cup
  3. ^ AFC Champions League

International

As of 19 November 2019

International goals

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first.[17]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 9 June 2019 Hitomebore Stadium Miyagi, Rifu, Japan  El Salvador 1–0 2–0 2019 Kirin Challenge Cup
2. 2–0
3. 10 October 2019 Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan  Mongolia 4–0 6–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Japan

Club

Nagoya Grampus

FC Tokyo

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b 九州国際大付に韋駄天／高校サッカー (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 17 December 2006. Archived from the original on 18 August 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Japan Coach Takeshi Okada Names Young Squad For Yemen Test". Goal. 23 December 2009. Archived from the original on 30 January 2010. Retrieved 11 January 2009.
  3. ^ "Japan rally past Yemen, qualify for 2011 Asian Cup". Japan Football Association. 7 January 2010. Retrieved 11 January 2009.
  4. ^ "Kensuke Nagai Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  5. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2019 (NSK MOOK)", 9 February 2019, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411628 (p. 49 out of 289)
  6. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 105 out of 289)
  7. ^ "Japan - Kensuke Nagai - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway.com.
  8. ^ "Ｕ－22日本代表 中東遠征 国際親善試合（vsクウェート代表）試合結果、監督・選手コメント". Japan Football Association (in Japanese). 10 February 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  9. ^ "Ｕ－22日本代表 中東遠征 国際親善試合（vsU-22バーレーン代表）試合結果、監督・選手コメント". Japan Football Association (in Japanese). 13 February 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  10. ^ "国際親善試合 U-22日本代表 vs. U-22ウズベキスタン代表 第1戦 試合結果". Japan Football Association (in Japanese). 26 March 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  11. ^ "国際親善試合 U-22日本代表 vs. U-22ウズベキスタン代表 第2戦 試合結果". Japan Football Association (in Japanese). 29 March 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  12. ^ "U-22日本代表 国際親善試合 2011_06_01 オーストラリア". Japan Football Association (in Japanese). 1 June 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
  13. ^ "U-22日本代表 国際親善試合 2011_08_10 エジプト". Japan Football Association (in Japanese). 10 August 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  14. ^ "キリンチャレンジカップ2012 対U-23ニュージーランド代表". Japan Football Association (in Japanese). 12 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  15. ^ 杉本選手のゴールでベラルーシを下す. Japan Football Association (in Japanese). 19 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  16. ^ 大津の決勝ゴールでメキシコに競り勝つ. Japan Football Association (in Japanese). 22 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  17. ^ "Kensuke Nagai". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 11 June 2019.

External links

Nagoya Grampus โ€“ current squad
Japan men's football squad โ€“ 2012 Summer Olympics โ€“ fourth place
2019 J.League Team of the Year
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