Tsukasa Umesaki
Tsukasa Umesaki (梅崎 司, Umesaki Tsukasa, born 23 February 1987) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Shonan Bellmare as an attacking midfielder.
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| Full name | Tsukasa Umesaki | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 23 February 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Isahaya, Nagasaki, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Shonan Bellmare | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Oita Trinita Youth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Oita Trinita | 47 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | → Grenoble Foot 38 (loan) | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2017 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 200 | (25) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018– | Shonan Bellmare | 51 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Japan U20 | 11 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Japan U23 | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Japan[1] | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 November 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 February 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[2] 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.[3]
On 26 December 2007, Urawa Red Diamonds announced his signing from Oita on a full transfer.[4]
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.[1]
Career statistics
Club
Updated to 17 February 2020.[5][6]
| Club | Season | League | Emperor's Cup | J. League Cup | AFC | Other1 | Total | ||||||
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| 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 | |||
| Grenoble Foot 38 | 2006-07 | 5 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Oita Trinita | 2007 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 21 | 3 | |||
| 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 | |
1Includes Japanese Super Cup, J. League Championship, J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship and FIFA Club World Cup.
International
- Source:[7]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| rowspan="5"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
References
- "UMESAKI Tsukasa". Japan National Football Team Database.
- Tsukasa Umesaki stats at footballdatabase.com
- "Umesaki joins Grenoble on loan". FIFA. 26 January 2007. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- (in Japanese) 梅崎司選手、加入のお知らせ Archived 29 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- 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)
- 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)
- "Tsukasa Umesaki". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
External links
- Profile at Urawa Red Diamonds
- Tsukasa Umesaki – FIFA competition record
- Tsukasa Umesaki at National-Football-Teams.com
- Tsukasa Umesaki at J.League (in Japanese)
- Japan National Football Team Database
- Official blog (in Japanese)