Tsukasa Umesaki (梅崎 司, Umesaki Tsukasa, born 23 February 1987) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays for Oita Trinita as an attacking midfielder.

Tsukasa Umesaki
Personal information
Full name Tsukasa Umesaki[1]
Date of birth (1987-02-23) 23 February 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Isahaya, Nagasaki, Japan
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Oita Trinita
Number 7
Youth career
2002–2004 Oita Trinita
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Oita Trinita 47 (5)
2007Grenoble (loan) 5 (0)
2008–2017 Urawa Red Diamonds 200 (25)
2018–2021 Shonan Bellmare 56 (6)
2021– Oita Trinita 50 (4)
International career
2005–2007 Japan U20 11 (3)
2008 Japan U23 3 (1)
2006 Japan[3] 1 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Japan
AFC U-19 Championship
Silver medal – second place 2006 India
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 October 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 February 2010

Club career

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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.[4] He became a regular in the 2006 season.[citation needed]

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.[5]

On 26 December 2007, Urawa Red Diamonds announced his signing from Oita on a full transfer.[6]

International career

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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 a 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.[3]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 17 February 2020[7][8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] AFC Other[c] Total
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
2007 19 2 2 1 21 3
Grenoble (loan) 2006–07 5 0 5 0
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

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[9]
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

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Club

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Urawa Red Diamonds

References

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  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. ^ a b "UMESAKI Tsukasa". Japan National Football Team Database.
  4. ^ Tsukasa Umesaki stats at footballdatabase.com
  5. ^ "Umesaki joins Grenoble on loan". FIFA. 26 January 2007. Retrieved 26 December 2012.[dead link]
  6. ^ (in Japanese) 梅崎司選手、加入のお知らせ Archived 29 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ 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)
  8. ^ 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)
  9. ^ Tsukasa Umesaki at National-Football-Teams.com
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