#18 Kensuke Nagai

Nagoya Grampus

J1 League League level: Japan

First Tier Joined: Jul 11, 2022 Contract expires: Jan 31, 2025

Date of birth/Age: Mar 5, 1989 (35)
Place of birth: Fukuyama, Hiroshima
Citizenship: Japan

Height: 1,77 m
Position: Centre-Forward

Former International: Japan
Caps/Goals: 12 / 3

€250k

Last update: Feb 22, 2024

National team career

#	National team		Debut			Coach at debut	Age at debut
	Japan
11		Japan	Jan 6, 2010	12	3	Takeshi Okada	20 years 10 months 01 day
	Japan U23
-		Japan U23	-	31	13
	Japan U20
-		Japan U20	-	14	7
	Japan U19
-		Japan U19	-	6	5
	Japan Olympic
-		Japan Olympic Team	Jul 26, 2012	6	2	Takashi Sekizuka	23 years 04 months 21 days

Stats of Kensuke Nagai

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Competition		wettbewerb
Total :			12	3	1	-	5	7	-	-	-	-	200'	601'
	International Friendlies	5	2	1	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	96'	191'
	World Cup qualification	3	1	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	167'	167'
	East Asian Football Championship	3	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	238'
	Asian Cup qualification	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	5'

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	Matchday	Venue	Date			Result	Pos.
	Asian Cup qualification
	Group A	Sanaa	Jan 6, 2010	Yemen	Japan	2:3				85'		5'
	International Friendlies
		Oita, Oita	Feb 2, 2010	Japan	Venezuela	0:0	Not in squad
	East Asian Football Championship
	group A1	Chofu City, Tokyo	Feb 6, 2010	Japan	China	0:0	Not in squad
	group A1	Tokyo	Feb 11, 2010	Japan	Hong Kong	3:0	Not in squad
	group A1	Tokyo	Feb 14, 2010	Japan	South Korea	1:3	Not in squad
	Asian Cup qualification
	Group A	Toyota	Mar 3, 2010	Japan	Bahrain	2:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Osaka, Osaka	Apr 7, 2010	Japan	Serbia	0:3	on the bench
		Saitama, Saitama	May 24, 2010	Japan	South Korea	0:2	on the bench
		Graz	May 30, 2010	England	Japan	2:1	on the bench
		Sion	Jun 4, 2010	Ivory Coast	Japan	2:0	on the bench
	World Cup 2010
	Group E	Westdene, Bloemfontein	Jun 14, 2010	Japan	Cameroon	1:0	Not in squad
	Group E	Durban	Jun 19, 2010	Netherlands	Japan	1:0	Not in squad
	Group E		Jun 24, 2010	Denmark	Japan	1:3	Not in squad
	Round of 16	Pretoria	Jun 29, 2010	Paraguay	Japan	5:3 on pens	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Kohoku-ku,Yokohama City	Sep 4, 2010	Japan	Paraguay	1:0	Not in squad
		Osaka, Osaka	Sep 7, 2010	Japan	Guatemala	2:1	Not in squad
		Saitama, Saitama	Oct 8, 2010	Japan	Argentina	1:0	Not in squad
		Seoul	Oct 12, 2010	South Korea	Japan	0:0	Not in squad
	2011 AFC Asian Cup
	Group B	Doha	Jan 9, 2011	Japan	Jordan	1:1	Not in squad
	Group B	Doha	Jan 13, 2011	Syria	Japan	1:2	Not in squad
	Group B	Al Rayyan	Jan 17, 2011	Saudi Arabia	Japan	0:5	Not in squad
	Quarter-Finals	Doha	Jan 21, 2011	Japan	Qatar	3:2	Not in squad
	Semi-Finals	Doha	Jan 25, 2011	Japan	South Korea	5:3 on pens	Not in squad
	Final	Doha	Jan 29, 2011	Australia	Japan	0:1 AET	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
			Jun 1, 2011	Japan	Peru	0:0	With U23 national team
		Kohoku-ku,Yokohama City	Jun 7, 2011	Japan	Czechia	0:0	Not in squad
		Toyohira-ku, Sapporo	Aug 10, 2011	Japan	South Korea	3:0	With U23 national team
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group C	Saitama, Saitama	Sep 2, 2011	Japan	North Korea	1:0	Not in squad
	Group C	Tashkent	Sep 6, 2011	Uzbekistan	Japan	1:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Tokyo	Oct 7, 2011	Japan	Vietnam	1:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group C	Osaka, Osaka	Oct 11, 2011	Japan	Tajikistan	8:0	Not in squad
	Group C	Dushanbe	Nov 11, 2011	Tajikistan	Japan	0:4	Not in squad
	Group C		Nov 15, 2011	North Korea	Japan	1:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Osaka, Osaka	Feb 24, 2012	Japan	Iceland	3:1	With U23 national team
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group C	Toyota	Feb 29, 2012	Japan	Uzbekistan	0:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Fukuroi, Shizuoka	May 23, 2012	Japan	Azerbaijan	2:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group 2	Saitama, Saitama	Jun 3, 2012	Japan	Oman	3:0	Not in squad
	Group 2	Saitama, Saitama	Jun 8, 2012	Japan	Jordan	6:0	Not in squad
	Group 2	Brisbane	Jun 12, 2012	Australia	Japan	1:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Toyohira-ku, Sapporo	Aug 15, 2012	Japan	Venezuela	1:1	With other national team
			Sep 6, 2012	Japan	U. A. E.	1:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group 2	Saitama, Saitama	Sep 11, 2012	Japan	Iraq	1:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Saint Denis	Oct 12, 2012	France	Japan	0:1	Not in squad
		Wroclaw	Oct 16, 2012	Japan	Brazil	0:4	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group 2	Muscat	Nov 14, 2012	Oman	Japan	1:2	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
			Feb 6, 2013	Japan	Latvia	3:0	Not in squad
		Doha	Mar 22, 2013	Canada	Japan	1:2	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group 2	Amman	Mar 26, 2013	Jordan	Japan	2:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Toyota	May 30, 2013	Japan	Bulgaria	0:2	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group 2	Saitama, Saitama	Jun 4, 2013	Japan	Australia	1:1	Not in squad
	Group 2	Doha	Jun 11, 2013	Iraq	Japan	0:1	Not in squad
	Confederations Cup 2013
	Group A	Brasília	Jun 15, 2013	Brazil	Japan	3:0	Not in squad
	Group A	Recife	Jun 20, 2013	Italy	Japan	4:3	Not in squad
	Group A	Belo Horizonte	Jun 22, 2013	Japan	Mexico	1:2	Not in squad
	East Asian Football Championship
	group A1	Seoul	Jul 21, 2013	Japan	China	3:3	Not in squad
	group A1	Hwaseong, Gyeonggi	Jul 25, 2013	Japan	Australia	3:2	Not in squad
	group A1	Seoul	Jul 28, 2013	South Korea	Japan	1:2	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture	Aug 14, 2013	Japan	Uruguay	2:4	Not in squad
		Osaka, Osaka	Sep 6, 2013	Japan	Guatemala	3:0	Not in squad
		Kohoku-ku,Yokohama City	Sep 10, 2013	Japan	Ghana	3:1	Not in squad
		Novi Sad	Oct 11, 2013	Serbia	Japan	2:0	Not in squad
		Zhodino	Oct 15, 2013	Belarus	Japan	1:0	Not in squad
		Genk	Nov 16, 2013	Japan	Netherlands	2:2	Not in squad
		Brüssel	Nov 19, 2013	Belgium	Japan	2:3	Not in squad
		Tokyo	Mar 5, 2014	Japan	New Zealand	4:2	Not in squad
		Saitama, Saitama	May 27, 2014	Japan	Cyprus	1:0	Not in squad
			Jun 3, 2014	Costa Rica	Japan	1:3	Not in squad
			Jun 7, 2014	Japan	Zambia	4:3	Not in squad
	World Cup 2014
	Group C	Recife	Jun 15, 2014	Ivory Coast	Japan	2:1	Not in squad
	Group C		Jun 20, 2014	Japan	Greece	0:0	Not in squad
	Group C		Jun 24, 2014	Japan	Colombia	1:4	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Toyohira-ku, Sapporo	Sep 5, 2014	Japan	Uruguay	0:2	Not in squad
		Kohoku-ku,Yokohama City	Sep 9, 2014	Japan	Venezuela	2:2	Not in squad
			Oct 10, 2014	Japan	Jamaica	1:0	Not in squad
		Singapur	Oct 14, 2014	Brazil	Japan	4:0	Not in squad
		Toyota	Nov 14, 2014	Japan	Honduras	6:0	Not in squad
		Osaka, Osaka	Nov 18, 2014	Japan	Australia	2:1	Not in squad
	2015 AFC Asian Cup
	Group D	Newcastle	Jan 12, 2015	Japan	Palestine	4:0	Not in squad
	Group D	Brisbane	Jan 16, 2015	Iraq	Japan	0:1	Not in squad
	Group D	Melbourne	Jan 20, 2015	Japan	Jordan	2:0	Not in squad
	Quarter-Finals	Sydney	Jan 23, 2015	Japan	U. A. E.	5:6 on pens	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Oita, Oita	Mar 27, 2015	Japan	Tunisia	2:0	RW				60'	60'
		Chofu City, Tokyo	Mar 31, 2015	Japan	Uzbekistan	5:1	on the bench
		Kohoku-ku,Yokohama City	Jun 11, 2015	Japan	Iraq	4:0	RW			66'		24'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group E	Saitama, Saitama	Jun 16, 2015	Japan	Singapore	0:0	on the bench
	East Asian Football Championship
	group A1	Wuhan	Aug 2, 2015	North Korea	Japan	2:1	RW				84'	84'
	group A1	Wuhan	Aug 5, 2015	Japan	South Korea	1:1	RW				70'	70'
	group A1	Wuhan	Aug 9, 2015	China	Japan	1:1	RW				84'	84'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group E	Tokyo	Sep 3, 2015	Japan	Cambodia	3:0	on the bench
	Group E	Teheran	Sep 8, 2015	Afghanistan	Japan	0:6	on the bench
	Group E	Muscat	Oct 8, 2015	Syria	Japan	0:3	Shoulder injury
	International Friendlies
		Teheran	Oct 13, 2015	Iran	Japan	1:1	Shoulder injury
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group E	Singapur	Nov 12, 2015	Singapore	Japan	0:3	Not in squad
	Group E	Phnom Penh	Nov 17, 2015	Cambodia	Japan	0:2	Not in squad
	Group E	Saitama, Saitama	Mar 24, 2016	Japan	Afghanistan	5:0	Not in squad
	Group E	Saitama, Saitama	Mar 29, 2016	Japan	Syria	5:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Toyota	Jun 3, 2016	Japan	Bulgaria	7:2	Not in squad
			Jun 7, 2016	Japan	Bosnia	1:2	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group B	Saitama, Saitama	Sep 1, 2016	Japan	U. A. E.	1:2	Not in squad
	Group B	Bangkok	Sep 6, 2016	Thailand	Japan	0:2	Not in squad
	Group B	Saitama, Saitama	Oct 6, 2016	Japan	Iraq	2:1	Not in squad
	Group B	Melbourne	Oct 11, 2016	Australia	Japan	1:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Kashima	Nov 11, 2016	Japan	Oman	4:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group B	Saitama, Saitama	Nov 15, 2016	Japan	Saudi Arabia	2:1	Not in squad
	Group B	Abu Dhabi	Mar 23, 2017	U. A. E.	Japan	0:2	Not in squad
	Group B	Saitama, Saitama	Mar 28, 2017	Japan	Thailand	4:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Chofu City, Tokyo	Jun 7, 2017	Japan	Syria	1:1	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group B		Jun 13, 2017	Iraq	Japan	1:1	Not in squad
	Group B	Saitama, Saitama	Aug 31, 2017	Japan	Australia	2:0	Not in squad
	Group B		Sep 5, 2017	Saudi Arabia	Japan	1:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Toyota	Oct 6, 2017	Japan	New Zealand	2:1	Not in squad
		Kohoku-ku,Yokohama City	Oct 10, 2017	Japan	Haiti	3:3	Not in squad
		Villeneuve-dAscq	Nov 10, 2017	Japan	Brazil	1:3	Not in squad
		Brugge	Nov 14, 2017	Belgium	Japan	1:0	Not in squad
	East Asian Football Championship
	group A1	Chofu City, Tokyo	Dec 9, 2017	Japan	North Korea	1:0	Not in squad
	group A1	Chofu City, Tokyo	Dec 12, 2017	Japan	China	2:1	Not in squad
	group A1	Chofu City, Tokyo	Dec 16, 2017	Japan	South Korea	1:4	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Lüttich	Mar 23, 2018	Japan	Mali	1:1	Not in squad
		Lüttich	Mar 27, 2018	Ukraine	Japan	2:1	Not in squad
		Kohoku-ku,Yokohama City	May 30, 2018	Japan	Ghana	0:2	Not in squad
		Lugano	Jun 8, 2018	Switzerland	Japan	2:0	Not in squad
		Innsbruck	Jun 12, 2018	Japan	Paraguay	4:2	Not in squad
	World Cup 2018
	Group H		Jun 19, 2018	Colombia	Japan	1:2	Not in squad
	Group H	Ekaterinburg	Jun 24, 2018	Japan	Senegal	2:2	Not in squad
	Group H		Jun 28, 2018	Japan	Poland	0:1	Not in squad
	Round of 16		Jul 2, 2018	Belgium	Japan	3:2	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
			Sep 11, 2018	Japan	Costa Rica	3:0	Not in squad
			Oct 12, 2018	Japan	Panama	3:0	Not in squad
		Saitama, Saitama	Oct 16, 2018	Japan	Uruguay	4:3	Not in squad
		Oita, Oita	Nov 16, 2018	Japan	Venezuela	1:1	Not in squad
		Toyota	Nov 20, 2018	Japan	Kyrgyzstan	4:0	Not in squad
	2019 AFC Asian Cup
	Group F	Madinat Zaid	Jan 9, 2019	Japan	Turkmenistan	3:2	Not in squad
	Group F	Abu Dhabi	Jan 13, 2019	Oman	Japan	0:1	Not in squad
	Group F	Al Ain	Jan 17, 2019	Japan	Uzbekistan	2:1	Not in squad
	Round of 16	Sharjah	Jan 21, 2019	Japan	Saudi Arabia	1:0	Not in squad
	Quarter-Finals	Dubai	Jan 24, 2019	Vietnam	Japan	0:1	Not in squad
	Semi-Finals		Jan 28, 2019	Iran	Japan	0:3	Not in squad
	Final	Abu Dhabi	Feb 1, 2019	Japan	Qatar	1:3	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Kohoku-ku,Yokohama City	Mar 22, 2019	Japan	Colombia	0:1	Not in squad
			Mar 26, 2019	Japan	Bolivia	1:0	Not in squad
		Toyota	Jun 5, 2019	Japan	Trinidad	0:0	on the bench
		Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture	Jun 9, 2019	Japan	El Salvador	2:0	CF	2			59'	59'
	Copa América 2019
	Group C	São Paulo	Jun 18, 2019	Japan	Chile	0:4	Not in squad
	Group C	Porto Alegre	Jun 21, 2019	Uruguay	Japan	2:2	Not in squad
	Group C	Belo Horizonte	Jun 25, 2019	Ecuador	Japan	1:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Kashima	Sep 5, 2019	Japan	Paraguay	2:0	CF			67'		23'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group 6	Yangon	Sep 10, 2019	Myanmar	Japan	0:2	on the bench
	Group 6	Saitama, Saitama	Oct 10, 2019	Japan	Mongolia	6:0	CF	1			70'	70'
	Group 6	Dushanbe	Oct 15, 2019	Tajikistan	Japan	0:3	CF			80'		10'
	Group 6		Nov 14, 2019	Kyrgyzstan	Japan	0:2	CF				87'	87'
	International Friendlies
			Nov 19, 2019	Japan	Venezuela	1:4	CF		1	65'		25'
Squad: 22, Starting eleven: 7, Substituted in: 5, On the bench: 10, Suspended: 0, Injured: 2,