Place of birth Kumamoto, Japan 2013– Kashima Antlers Weight 77 kg Playing position Name Naomichi Ueda Current team Kashima Antlers | Number 23 Role Footballer Position Defender Years Team Height 1.86 m | |
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Date of birth (1994-10-24) 24 October 1994 (age 21) | ||
Naomichi Ueda (植田 直通, Ueda Naomichi, born 24 October 1994 in Uto, Kumamoto) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a defender for Kashima Antlers in the J1 League.
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Club career
Ueda made his first-team debut for Kashima Antlers in the J. League Cup on 23 March 2013 against F.C. Tokyo in which he started and played the whole 90 minutes as Kashima lost the match 4–2.
International career
Ueda was a part of the Japan U17 side that participated in the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup in which he started in all of Japan's five fixtures during the tournament as the team made it all the way to the quarter-finals. He also scored one goal during the tournament against the Argentina U17s in which he found the net in the 20th minute as Japan went on to win the match 3–1.
After being part of 2015 AFC Asian Cup squad with Javier Aguirre in place of Atsuto Uchida (injured), on 7 May 2015 Japan's coach Vahid Halilhodžić called him for a two-days training camp.
Club
Updated to 23 February 2016.