Tsukasa Umesaki (梅崎 司, Umesaki Tsukasa, born 23 February 1987) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays for Oita Trinita as an attacking midfielder.
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| Full name | Tsukasa Umesaki[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 23 February 1987 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Isahaya, Nagasaki, Japan | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[2] | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Oita Trinita | |||||||||||||
| Number | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Oita Trinita Youth | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Oita Trinita | 47 | (5) | |||||||||||
| 2007 | → Grenoble (loan) | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2008–2017 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 200 | (25) | |||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | Shonan Bellmare | 56 | (6) | |||||||||||
| 2021– | Oita Trinita | 50 | (4) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Japan U20 | 11 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 2008 | Japan U23 | 3 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2006 | Japan[3] | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 February 2010 | ||||||||||||||
Club career
editUmesaki 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.[4] He became a regular in the 2006 season.[citation needed]
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.[5]
On 26 December 2007, Urawa Red Diamonds announced his signing from Oita on a full transfer.[6]
International career
editIn July 2007, Umsaki was elected Japan U-20 national team for 2007 U-20 World Cup. At this tournament, he played all 4 matches as left midfielder and scored a goal against Scotland in first match.
Umesaki made his international debut for Japan on 6 September 2006 in an 2007 Asian Cup qualification 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.[3]
Career statistics
editClub
edit| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | AFC | Other[c] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Oita Trinita U-18 | 2002 | – | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2004 | – | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Oita Trinita | 2005 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2006 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 31 | 4 | |||
| 2007 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 21 | 3 | ||||
| Grenoble (loan) | 2006–07 | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 2008 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 30 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 0 | |||
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2011 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 20 | 3 | |||
| 2012 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 36 | 7 | |||
| 2013 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | 37 | 4 | ||
| 2014 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 39 | 6 | |||
| 2015 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 8 | |
| 2016 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | – | 28 | 1 | ||
| 2017 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 1 | |
| Shonan Bellmare | 2018 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | – | – | 41 | 8 | ||
| 2019 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | 0 | 28 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 304 | 36 | 26 | 4 | 43 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 407 | 53 | |
- ^ Includes Emperor's Cup.
- ^ Includes J. League Cup.
- ^ Includes Japanese Super Cup, J. League Championship, J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship and FIFA Club World Cup.
International
edit| 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 | |
Honours
editClub
editUrawa Red Diamonds
References
edit- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007 – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 5 July 2007. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2013.
- ^ "FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2017: List of Players: Urawa Reds" (PDF). FIFA. 29 November 2017. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2017.
- ^ a b "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.[dead link]
- ^ (in Japanese) 梅崎司選手、加入のお知らせ Archived 29 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 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. 129 out of 289)
- ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 16 out of 289)
- ^ Tsukasa Umesaki at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
edit- Profile at Urawa Red Diamonds
- Tsukasa Umesaki – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Tsukasa Umesaki at National-Football-Teams.com
- Tsukasa Umesaki at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Japan National Football Team Database
- Official blog (in Japanese)
