Mitsuru Nagata

Mitsuru Nagata
永田充
	Nagata playing for Albirex Niigata
Personal information
Full name	Mitsuru Nagata
Date of birth	6 April 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
1999–2001	Shizuoka Gakuen High School
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2005	Kashiwa Reysol
2006–2010	Albirex Niigata
2011–2016	Urawa Reds
2017–2018	Tokyo Verdy
2019	Tokyo United FC
Total
International career
2002–2003	Japan U-20
2010–2011	Japan
Medal record
Urawa Reds
Representing Japan
AFC Asian Cup
AFC U-19 Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mitsuru Nagata (永田充, Nagata Mitsuru, born 6 April 1983) is a Japanese retired football player.^[1] He played for Japan national team.

Club career

Nagata was born in

Urawa Reds with teammate Márcio Richardes. He became a regular center back from first season. However he could not play many matches for repeated injuries from 2013. In 2017, he moved to J2 club Tokyo Verdy.^[2] Although he played for the club in 2 seasons, he could hardly play in the match and resigned end of 2018 season. Nagata joined Tokyo United FC on 15 May 2019.^[3]

National team career

Nagata was a participant at 2003 World Youth Championship in United Arab Emirates. He was called up to senior national team in 2004. He made his full international debut on 2 September 2010 in a friendly match against Guatemala.^[4] He was also selected in the national squad for the 2011 Asian Cup finals as a late replacement for injured Tomoaki Makino.^[5] He played 2 games for Japan until 2011.^[4]

Club statistics

As of end of 2018 season^[1]^[6]

Club	Season	League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Other¹		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Kashiwa Reysol	2002	6	0	0	0	0	0	-		6	0
	2003	23	0	1	0	4	0	-		28	0
	2004	28	2	1	0	4	0	2	0	35	2
	2005	5	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	8	1
Albirex Niigata	2006	0	0	0	0	0	0	-		0	0
	2007	22	0	0	0	3	0	-		25	0
	2008	30	1	2	0	5	0	-		37	1
	2009	33	0	4	0	6	0	-		43	0
	2010	34	0	2	0	6	0	-		42	0
Urawa Reds	2011	34	2	0	0	7	0	-		41	2
	2012	29	0	2	0	5	1	-		36	1
	2013	9	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	14	0
	2014	13	0	2	0	5	0	-		20	0
	2015	5	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	10	0
	2016	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	0
Tokyo Verdy	2017	10	0	1	0	-		-		11	0
Tokyo Verdy	2018	0	0	3	0	-		-		3	0
Career total		282	6	21	0	48	1	12	0	363	7

¹Includes other competitive competitions, including the J. League promotion/relegation series.

National team statistics

^[4]

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2010	1	0
2011	1	0
Total	2	0

Appearances in major competitions

Team	Competition	Category	Appearances		Goals	Team Record
Team	Competition	Category	Start	Sub	Goals	Team Record
Japan	2002 AFC Youth Championship	U-19	6	0	0	Runners-up
Japan	2003 FIFA World Youth Championship	U-20	2	1	0	Quarter-finals
Japan	2011 AFC Asian Cup	Senior	0	1	0	Champions