Tsukasa Umesaki

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 nameTsukasa Umesaki[1]
Date of birth23 February 1987 (aged 38)
Place of birthIsahaya, Nagasaki, Japan
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Playing positionAttacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
Oita Trinita
Number7
Youth career
2002–2004Oita Trinita Youth
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2007Oita Trinita47(5)
2007Grenoble (loan)5(0)
2008–2017Urawa Red Diamonds200(25)
2018–2021Shonan Bellmare56(6)
2021–Oita Trinita50(4)
National team
2005–2007Japan U2011(3)
2008Japan U233(1)
2006Japan[3]1(0)
* 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

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

Club

Urawa Red Diamonds

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[4]
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

References

  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. Tsukasa Umesaki at National-Football-Teams.com

Other websites

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