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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
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