Mitsuru Nagata

Mitsuru Nagata

Nagata playing for Albirex Niigata
Personal information
Date of birth	(1983-04-06) 6 April 1983
Place of birth	Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Japan
Height
Position(s)	Center back
Team information
Current team	Urawa Red Diamonds
Number	17
Youth career
1999–2001	Shizuoka Gakuen High School
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2005	Kashiwa Reysol	62	(3)
2006–2010	Albirex Niigata	119	(1)
2011–	Urawa Red Diamonds	85	(2)
International career‡
2002–2003	Japan U20	9	(0)
2010–	Japan	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 January 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 January 2011

Mitsuru Nagata (永田 充, Nagata Mitsuru, born 6 April 1983) is a Japanese football player currently playing for Japanese club Urawa Red Diamonds.

International career

He was a participant at 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship in United Arab Emirates. He was called up to senior national team in 2004. He made his full international debut on 2 September 2010 in a friendly match against Guatemala football national team. He was also selected in the national squad for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup finals as a late replacement for injured Tomoaki Makino.

Career statistics

Club

Statistics accurate as of match played 1 January 2015

Club	Season	League		Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		Other1		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Kashiwa Reysol	2002	6	0	0	0	0	0	-		6	0
	2003	23	0	1	0	4	0	-		28	0
	2004	28	2	1	0	4	0	2	0	35	2
	2005	5	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	8	1
	Total	62	3	2	0	9	0	4	0	77	3
Albirex Niigata	2006	0	0	0	0	0	0	-		0	0
	2007	22	0	0	0	3	0	-		25	0
	2008	30	1	2	0	5	0	-		37	1
	2009	33	0	4	0	6	0	-		43	0
	2010	34	0	2	0	6	0	-		42	0
	Total	119	1	8	0	20	0	-		147	1
Urawa Red Diamonds	2011	34	2	0	0	7	0	-		41	2
	2012	29	0	2	0	4	1	-		35	1
	2013	9	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	14	0
	2014	13	0	2	0	4	0	-		19	0
	Total	85	2	6	0	16	1	2	0	109	3
Career total		266	6	16	0	45	1	6	0	333	7

¹Includes other competitive competitions, including the J. League Promotion/Relegation Series.

International

As of 21 January 2011

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Japan U20
	2002	6	0
	2003	3	0
	Total	9	0
Japan
	2003	0	0
	2010	1	0
	2011	1	0
	Total	2	0

Appearances in major competitions

Team	Competition	Category	Appearances		Goals	Team Record
			Start	Sub
Japan	2002 AFC Youth Championship	U-19	6	0	0	Runners-up
Japan	2003 FIFA World Youth Championship	U-20	2	1	0	Quarter-finals
Japan	2011 AFC Asian Cup	Senior	0	1	0	Champions

Honours

Japan

• AFC Asian Cup: 1

2011

Individual

• AFC U-19 Championship Best Eleven: 1

2002

External links

• Urawa Red Diamonds Player Squad
• Mitsuru Nagata – FIFA competition record
• Mitsuru Nagata – Yahoo! Japan sports (Japanese)