Playing position Role Football player Date joined 2010 Name Kensuke Nagai | Weight 74 kg Number 18 Height 1.77 m | |
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Date of birth (1989-03-05) 5 March 1989 (age 26) 2004–2006 Kyushu International University Similar People Kengo Kawamata, Hiroki Sakai, Genki Haraguchi, Yoshito Okubo, Hideki Nagai Profiles | ||
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Kensuke Nagai (永井 謙佑, Nagai Kensuke, born 5 March 1989) is a Japanese football player who currently plays for J1 League club FC Tokyo.
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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. 3 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.
Club
As of 24 December 20161Includes Emperor's Cup and Belgian Cup.
2Includes J. League Cup.
3Includes AFC Champions League.
4Includes Belgian Pro League Play-offs.