japanese affiliation football player

Yuto Nagatomo ( 長友 佑都, Nagatomo Yūto, behave 12 September 1986 ) is a japanese professional football player who plays as a full-back for japanese club FC Tokyo and the Japan home team. [ 3 ]

Club career [edit ]

FC Tokyo [edit ]

Nagatomo formally signed with FC Tokyo in 2008, [ 4 ] while at Meiji. But he made an appearance at J.League Cup as Special Designated Youth Player in 2007. Nagatomo made 84 appearances in his four years at FC Tokyo.

Cesena [edit ]

In July 2010, Nagatomo was signed on loan by the newly promoted Serie A side A.C. Cesena, where he played the first gear half of the season as Cesena ‘s start left back. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Before moving to Italy, Nagatomo gave a lecture to 25,000 supporters fair after the catch involving F.C. Tokyo and Vissel Kobe on 17 July 2010. After being signed on a permanent distribute, Nagatomo was then sold to Internazionale .

Internazionale [edit ]

Nagatomo with Inter in 2011 due to his impressive performances for both Cesena and Japan in the 2011 asian Cup, he was amply signed by Cesena in January 2011. [ 7 ] But before making any league appearances he was sent straight out on lend to Internazionale in exchange for Davide Santon besides on loan, becoming the beginning East Asian actor to sign with Internazionale. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Nagatomo, wearing number 55, made his debut for Nerazzurri on 6 February 2011, replacing Wesley Sneijder in the Serie A match against Roma, won by Inter 5–3. [ 10 ] In the follow game, Nagatomo came on as a late substitute against Juventus, before starting in both of the take after games against Fiorentina and Cagliari. Nagatomo showed his versatility by playing right back against Sampdoria on 27 February, and finishing the whole 90 minutes. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] On 6 March 2011, Nagatomo scored his first finish for Inter in the 5–2 pan of Genoa on a Kharja assist with a pivot and a finish into the roof of the net. [ 13 ] On 15 March, to show solidarity with his home area in light of the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami which took invest the former workweek he paraded the japanese flag ( with the writing “ You ‘ll Never Walk Alone “, a tone of his early team in Tokyo ) around the pitch during a Champions League match against Bayern Munich. [ 14 ] Inter had drawn german club side Schalke 04 in the quarter-finals of Champions League. Nagatomo, along with external teammate Atsuto Uchida, who played for Schalke, became the moment and third japanese football player to play in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions league. ( Keisuke Honda was the beginning, playing for CSKA Moscow during 2009–10 season ). After the Serie A season was over, Internazionale made an agreement with Cesena of making Yuto ‘s move permanent in a cash plus player exchange deal. Nagatomo was valued at €10.95 million, [ 15 ] however region of the fee was paid via half of the adjustment rights of Luca Garritano ( €700,000 ) [ 15 ] and Luca Caldirola ( €2.5 million ). Nagatomo started his second Inter Milan season by playing 62 minutes in the open Serie A catch against Palermo, ended in a 4–3 away frustration. [ 16 ] On 27 September 2011, Nagatomo provided an assist for Giampaolo Pazzini by nutmegging Aleksei Berezutski before driving the musket ball across finish during the 3–2 away win against CSKA Moscow in the second gear group phase catch of Champions League. [ 17 ] He scored his first base finish of the season on 10 December 2011 during the 2–0 base succeed against Fiorentina in the matchday 15 of Serie A. [ 18 ] He was again in the scoresheet three days late as he headed home a Ricky Álvarez cross in the 1–0 gain against Genoa. [ 19 ] In the last equal of 2011 against Lecce at home, Nagatomo produced a “ man of the match ” operation by providing two assists in an eventual 4–1 gain. [ 20 ] Nagatomo enjoyed his most productive temper under Walter Mazzarri, scoring five goals, along with six assists during the 2013–14 season. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] Nagatomo lost his place in the starting lineup in the 2014–15 season, making only 14 league appearances. He captained Inter for the first time on 28 September 2014 in the 2014–15 Serie A matchday 5 versus Cagliari, leaving the field in the 27th minutes after receiving two yellow cards in 120 seconds as Inter was defeated 1–4 at San Siro. [ 23 ] Nagatomo said that he had turned down a January 2016 offer from Premier League outfit Manchester United, stating that his intentions were to renew with Inter. [ 24 ] On 8 April 2016, Nagatomo agreed a contract extension with the club, signing until June 2019. [ 25 ] During the 2016–17 season, he played 20 matches in all competitions, including 16 in league, 11 of them as starter, as Inter finished 7th in championship, was eliminated in the quarter-final of Coppa Italia by Lazio, and finished bottom in Europa League Group K. [ 26 ] Nagatomo improved his game at the begin of 2017–18 season under modern coach Luciano Spalletti, winning his place once again. [ 27 ] His 200th official appearance for Inter occurred on 16 September 2017 in the matchday 3 match at Crotone, winning a free kick that lead to the first goal in an eventual 0–2 win. [ 28 ] Later on 12 December, Nagatomo played 120 minutes in the 2017–18 Coppa Italia orotund of 16 fixture against underdogs of Pordenone. [ 29 ] The meet went to punishment shootouts where he netted the winning punishment in the 5–4 penalty gunfight that led Internazionale to the victory and progression to quarter-finals. [ 30 ]

Galatasaray [edit ]

On 31 January 2018, Nagatomo joined turkish clubhouse Galatasaray on lend for the remainder of the 2017–18 season. [ 31 ] On 30 June 2018 the manage was made permanent. [ 32 ]

Marseille [edit ]

On 31 August 2020, Nagatomo signed with Ligue 1 club Marseille on a free transfer. [ 33 ] He made his first appearance for the baseball club in a 1–1 league draw against Lille on 20 September 2020. [ 34 ]

International career [edit ]

Nagatomo earned his first external cap for Japan on 24 May 2008 in a friendly against Ivory Coast. His beginning international goal was scored in a friendly against Syria held on 13 November 2008. Nagatomo was besides a member of the Japan U-21 team for the 2008 Summer Olympics .
Nagatomo playing for Japan in 2009

2010 FIFA World Cup [edit ]

He was called up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup for Japan .

2011 AFC asian Cup [edit ]

Nagatomo was selected as partially of the Japan team for the 2011 AFC asian Cup by coach Alberto Zaccheroni. He featured in every game Japan played in the competition and helped them defeat Australia in the final, therefore earning his first base external honor .

2013 FIFA Confederations Cup [edit ]

He was included in Alberto Zaccheroni ‘s 23-man Japan team for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup where he featured in the three games before they were eliminated in the group stage. [ 35 ]

2014 FIFA World Cup and late [edit ]

Nagatomo was contribution of Japan ‘s national police squad to play in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. He started in all three group matches but Japan was eliminated in the group degree. Nagatomo earned his hundredth external cap on 10 November 2017 by captaining his side in the 1–3 friendly loss to Brazil at Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille. [ 36 ] This made his only the 7th Japan player to achieve the feat. [ 37 ] [ 38 ] late he was selected for 2018 World Cup and 2019 asian Cup. presently with 124 caps he is second most cap nation ‘s musician .

personal life [edit ]

Nagatomo is married to japanese actress Airi Taira. The couple had maintained a long-distance relationship for several years as Taira was based in Japan. [ 39 ] Nagatomo proposed to her on the San Siro slope in February 2016 [ 40 ] and they registered their marriage in January 2017. [ 41 ] Both of them appeared in the Captain Tsubasa Olympics special which, aired as part of the annual Jikan Terebi Nihon no Sport wa Tsuyo in November 2019. [ 42 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of match played 22 September 2021[43][3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League League Cup[a] League Cup[b] Continental[c] Other[d] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC Tokyo 2007 J.League Division 1 0 0 — 1 0 — — 1 0
2008 J.League Division 1 29 3 3 0 3 0 — — 35 3
2009 J.League Division 1 31 1 1 0 4 1 — — 36 2
2010 J.League Division 1 12 1 — 1 0 — — 13 1
Total 72 5 4 0 9 1 0 0 0 0 85 6
Cesena (loan) 2010–11 Serie A 16 0 0 0 — — — 16 0
Internazionale 2010–11 Serie A 13 2 3 0 — 3 0 — 19 2
2011–12 Serie A 35 2 1 0 — 7 0 — 43 2
2012–13 Serie A 25 0 2 0 — 8 2 — 35 2
2013–14 Serie A 34 5 2 0 — — — 36 5
2014–15 Serie A 14 0 1 0 — 3 0 — 18 0
2015–16 Serie A 22 0 4 0 — — — 26 0
2016–17 Serie A 16 0 0 0 — 4 0 — 20 0
2017–18 Serie A 11 0 2 0 — — — 13 0
Total 170 9 15 0 0 0 25 2 0 0 210 11
Galatasaray (loan) 2017–18 Süper Lig 15 0 1 0 — — — 16 0
Galatasaray 2018–19 Süper Lig 17 1 0 0 — 7 0 1 0 25 1
2019–20 Süper Lig 15 1 2 1 — 6 0 1 0 24 2
Total 47 2 3 1 0 0 13 0 2 0 65 3
Marseille 2020–21 Ligue 1 25 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 25 0
FC Tokyo 2021 J1 League 2 0 0 0 0 0 — — 2 0
Career total 332 16 22 1 9 1 38 2 2 0 403 20

International [edit ]

As of 7 October 2021[44]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Japan 2008 7 1
2009 11 2
2010 16 0
2011 10 0
2012 10 0
2013 12 0
2014 10 0
2015 10 0
2016 5 0
2017 10 0
2018 8 0
2019 12 1
2020 1 0
2021 5 0
Total 128 4
Scores and results list Japan’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nagatomo goal.

Honours [edit ]

baseball club [edit ]

Internazionale
Galatasaray

International [edit ]

Japan

individual [edit ]

See besides [edit ]

References [edit ]