List of Albirex Niigata players facts for kids

Albirex Niigata is a Japanese football club based in Niigata. This page lists some of the most important football players who have played for the club. These are players who have played in more than 100 league games for Albirex Niigata. Some other players who were very important to the club are also included.

Meet the Players of Albirex Niigata

This section introduces you to the players who have made a big impact at Albirex Niigata.

• Players whose names are in bold are still playing for the club right now.
• (n/a) means the information is not available.

The numbers you see here are correct up to the end of the 2016 football season.

A football team has different types of players:

• A Goalkeeper tries to stop the other team from scoring goals.
• A Defender helps protect the goal and stop the other team's attackers.
• A Midfielder plays in the middle of the field, helping both with defense and attacking.
• A Forward is usually the main goal scorer for the team.

Name	Nationality	Position	Club career	Appearances	Goals
Yōsuke Nozawa	Japan	Goalkeeper	2000–2008	187	0
Takashi Kitano	Japan	Goalkeeper	2003–2009	124	0
Sérgio Ricardo de Jesus Vertello	Brazil	Defender	1999–2002	127	12
Naoki Takahashi	Japan	Defender	1999–2005	141	4
Katsuo Kanda	Japan	Defender	2000–2003	114	5
Yoshiaki Maruyama	Japan	Defender	2002–2005	114	1
Hikaru Mita	Japan	Defender	2002–2007	103	1
Kazuhiko Chiba	Japan	Defender	2005–2011	147	1
Mitsuru Nagata	Japan	Defender	2006–2010	119	1
Jun Uchida	Japan	Defender	2006–2013	143	5
Gotoku Sakai	Japan	Defender	2008–2011	74	1
Kim Jin-su	South Korea	Defender	2012–2014	64	1
Kentaro Ohi	Japan	Defender	2012–2015	107	5
Kenji Komata	Japan	Midfielder	1996–1998	n/a	n/a
Tadahiro Akiba	Japan	Midfielder	1999–2004	204	2
Shingo Suzuki	Japan	Midfielder	1999–2007	252	53
Isao Homma	Japan	Midfielder	2000–2014, 2017–	312	13
Yoshito Terakawa	Japan	Midfielder	2000–2002, 2004–2008	256	24
An Yong-hak	North Korea	Midfielder	2002–2004	94	7
Motohiro Yamaguchi	Japan	Midfielder	2003–2005	83	6
Fábio José dos Santos	Brazil	Midfielder	2003–2006	104	30
Atomu Tanaka	Japan	Midfielder	2005–2014	200	17
Toshihiro Matsushita	Japan	Midfielder	2006–2009	106	9
Marcio Richardes	Brazil	Midfielder	2007–2010	107	38
Yuta Mikado	Japan	Midfielder	2009–2013	138	7
Cho Young-cheol	South Korea	Midfielder	2009–2011	77	18
Sho Naruoka	Japan	Midfielder	2013–	101	10
Léo Silva	Brazil	Midfielder	2013–2016	122	16
Masahiro Fukasawa	Japan	Forward	2000–2004	157	8
Marcus Vinicius de Morais	Brazil	Forward	2002–2003	77	51
Yusaku Ueno	Japan	Forward	2003–2005	105	20
Edmilson dos Santos Silva	Brazil	Forward	2004–2007	116	62
Kisho Yano	Japan	Forward	2005–2010, 2012, 2017–	182	32
Kengo Kawamata	Japan	Forward	2008–2014	75	26