Tsukasa Umesaki

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.

Tsukasa Umesaki
Personal information
Full name Tsukasa Umesaki[1]
Date of birth (1987-02-23) 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)
2007Grenoble (loan) 5 (0)
2008–2017 Urawa Red Diamonds 200 (25)
2018–2021 Shonan Bellmare 56 (6)
2021– Oita Trinita 28 (3)
International career
2005–2007 Japan U20 11 (3)
2008 Japan U23 3 (1)
2006 Japan[3] 1 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Japan
AFC U-19 Championship
Silver medal – second place2006 India
*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

Umesaki 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.

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

In 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

Club

As of 17 February 2020[7][8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] AFC Other[lower-alpha 3] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Oita Trinita U-18 2002 2020
2004 3220
Oita Trinita 2005 30101050
2006 2531051314
2007 19221213
Grenoble (loan) 2006–07 5050
Urawa Red Diamonds 2008 221104210303
2009 901000100
2010 20000020
2011 1322051203
2012 3372010367
2013 282204141374
2014 3341151396
2015 31840203020428
2016 191001080281
2017 10020104010281
Shonan Bellmare 2018 29410114418
2019 232103110283
Career total 3043626443112014040753

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[9]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Japan U-20 200521
200651
200741
Total113
Japan U-23 200831
Total31
Japan 200610
Total10

Honours

Club

Urawa Red Diamonds

References

  1. "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.
  2. "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.
  3. "UMESAKI Tsukasa". Japan National Football Team Database.
  4. Tsukasa Umesaki stats at footballdatabase.com
  5. "Umesaki joins Grenoble on loan". FIFA. 26 January 2007. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  6. (in Japanese) 梅崎司選手、加入のお知らせ Archived 29 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  7. 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)
  8. 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)
  9. Tsukasa Umesaki at National-Football-Teams.com
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