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Kensuke Nagai
永井 謙佑
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Personal information
Full name Kensuke Nagai
Date of birth (1989-03-05) 5 March 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club 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)
National team
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)
Honours
Nagoya Grampus
Runner-up J1 League 2011
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
Gold 2010 Guangzhou Team
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 November 2022.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ 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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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 (2022 -02-14).
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental 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

International

International goals

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first.
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

  • Japanese Super Cup : 2011

FC Tokyo

Individual

See also

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