Yuichiro Nagai

Yuichiro Nagai (Japanese永 井 雄 一郎Yuichiro Nagai, born 14 February 1979 in Tokyo) is a Japanese football player.

Career

Nagai played since elementary school years for Mitsubishi Yowakai, a support of Mitsubishi Sport Club in Tokyo. After graduating from high school he went to the Urawa Reds, where he made ​​his professional debut on April 12, 1997. In his first season he came on 30 missions and scored three goals. In the summer of 1998, he was loaned for one season to Germany for Karlsruher SC. In 1999 he returned to Urawa. In 2003 he took over the number 9 by Masahiro Fukuda, the Mister Reds. Even if he does not always belonged to the starting eleven since that time, he comes regularly to over 20 bets per season.

Since his youth Nagai also played in various youth national teams. He played twice at the Junior World Cup, namely Malaysia 1997 and 1999 in Nigeria. In Nigeria, the Japanese team reached the finals, but it lost to Spain. In the national team, he was appointed first time in 2003 and participated in the Confederations Cup 2003.

Game style

Nagai is a very big player in the Japanese comparison. However headed goals from him rather rare. His specialty is primarily the dribbling. Thus, with his hat-trick against Tokyo Verdy he scored in the season 2004 1969, among others, a gateway to a dribble by about 70 meters.

• National football team (Japan)
• Born in 1979
• Man
• Japanese