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Kensuke Nagai
永井 謙佑
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Personal information
Full name Kensuke Nagai
Date of birth (1989-03-05) 5 March 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Nagoya Grampus
Number 18
Youth career
1994–1997 Cariru Tênis Clube
1998–2000 Iseigaoka SSS
2001–2003 Asakawa Junior High School
2004–2006 Kyushu IU High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2009 Avispa Fukuoka 5 (0)
2010 Vissel Kobe 3 (0)
2011–2012 Nagoya Grampus 57 (13)
2013–2014 Standard Liège 3 (0)
2013–2014 → Nagoya Grampus (loan) 42 (12)
2015–2016 Nagoya Grampus 62 (17)
2017–2022 FC Tokyo 179 (21)
2022– Nagoya Grampus 80 (14)
National team‡
2007–2008 Japan U-18 3 (1)
2008 Japan U-19 3 (4)
2009–2011 Japan U-20 5 (1)
2009–2012 Japan U-23 31 (13)
2010–2019 Japan 12 (3)
Honours
Nagoya Grampus
Runner-up J1 League 2011
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
Gold 2010 Guangzhou Team
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 December 2024.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2019

Kensuke Nagai (永井 謙佑, Nagai Kensuke, born 5 March 1989) is a Japanese football player who plays as a striker for J1 League club Nagoya Grampus.

Career

From the age of 3, Nagai spent five years in Ipatinga, Brazil, where he started playing street football with his childhood friends.

After moving back from Brazil to Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, he played soccer at local elementary and junior high school clubs, before joining the Kyushu International University High School club, where he played two matches in the 85th All Japan High School Soccer Tournament.

He joined the Fukuoka University club in April 2007 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 J. League Division 2 in 2009 and Vissel Kobe in 2010 as a J.League designated special player.

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 the 2012 Olympics.

He was transferred from Nagoya to Standard Liège of Belgian Pro League in January 2013, but was loaned back to Nagoya from August 2013 to June 2014, due to limited playing opportunities at Standard Liège. In January 2015, the loan deal was terminated, and Nagai returned to Nagoya on a permanent basis.

Career statistics

Club

As of 8 December  2024 (2024 -12-08).
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other4 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Fukuoka University 2009 - 1 0 - - - 1 0
Avispa Fukuoka 2009 5 0 - - - - 5 0
Vissel Kobe 2010 3 0 - - - - 3 0
Nagoya Grampus 2011 27 3 4 2 2 2 7 2 - 40 9
2012 30 10 3 2 0 0 7 1 - 40 13
Standard Liège 2012–13 11 0 - - - - 11 0
2013–14 0 0 - - 1 0 - 1 0
Nagoya Grampus 2013 14 0 1 0 - - - 15 0
2014 28 12 4 6 6 1 - - 38 19
2015 31 10 - 4 1 - - 35 11
2016 31 7 3 0 - - - 34 7
FC Tokyo 2017 30 1 1 0 8 1 - - 39 2
2018 32 5 2 0 2 0 - - 36 5
2019 33 9 2 0 4 1 - - 39 10
2020 26 4 - 3 0 4 1 - 33 5
2021 38 2 1 1 10 2 - - 49 5
2022 20 0 2 0 1 0 - - 23 0
Nagoya Grampus 2022 13 4 - 2 0 - - 15 4
2023 33 4 3 0 7 2 - - 43 6
2024 34 6 - 8 3 - - 42 9
Career total 439 77 24 12 60 13 19 4 0 0 542 106

International

International goals

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first.
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 9 June 2019 Hitomebore Stadium Miyagi, Rifu, Japan  El Salvador 1–0 2–0 2019 Kirin Challenge Cup
2. 2–0
3. 10 October 2019 Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan  Mongolia 4–0 6–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Japan

Club

Nagoya Grampus

FC Tokyo

Individual

See also

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