Tsukasa Umesaki

Japanese association football player

Tsukasa Umesaki (梅崎 司, Umesaki Tsukasa, born February 23, 1987) is a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Tsukasa Umesaki
Personal information
Full name Tsukasa Umesaki[1]
Date of birth (1987-02-23) 23 February 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Isahaya, Nagasaki, Japan
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club 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 50 (4)
National team
2005–2007 Japan U20 11 (3)
2008 Japan U23 3 (1)
2006 Japan[3] 1 (0)
Honours
Representing  Japan
AFC U-19 Championship
Silver medal – second place 2006 India
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 October 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 February 2010

Biography change

Umesaki was born in Isahaya on February 23, 1987. He joined J1 League club Oita Trinita from their youth team in 2005. He became a regular player in 2006. In January 2007, he moved to French Ligue 2 club Grenoble. In May 2007, he returned to Oita. In 2008, he moved to Urawa Reds. He could not play many matches for injuries until 2011, he became a regular player from 2012. Urawa won the 2nd place in the 2014 and 2016 J1 League. Although his opportunity to play decreased from 2016, Urawa won the champions in 2017 AFC Champions League. In 2018, he moved to Shonan Bellmare. In 2018, Shonan won the champions J.League Cup.

In September 2006, Umesaki was selected the Japan national team for 2007 Asian Cup qualification. At this qualification, he debuted against Yemen on September 6. In July 2007, he was selected the 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 the first match.

Career statistics change

Club change

As of 17 February 2020[4][5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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

International change

Appearances and goals by national team and year[6]
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 change

Club change

Urawa Red Diamonds

References change

  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. 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)
  5. 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)
  6. "Tsukasa Umesaki". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.

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