Yūhei Tokunaga

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Yuhei Tokunaga
徳永 悠平
Personal information
Full name Yuhei Tokunaga
Date of birth (1983-09-25) 25 September 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Unzen, Nagasaki, Japan
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 V-Varen Nagasaki
Number 22
Youth career
1999–2001 Kunimi High School
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2005 Waseda University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 FC Tokyo 14 (0)
2006–2017 FC Tokyo 382 (7)
2018– V-Varen Nagasaki 27 (0)
International career
2003 Japan U-20 5 (0)
2004 Japan U-23 2 (0)
2012 Japan Olympic (O.P.) 5 (0)
2009–2013 Japan 9 (0)
Medal record
FC Tokyo
Winner J.League Cup 2004
Winner J.League Cup 2009
Winner Emperor's Cup 2011
Representing  Japan
AFC U-19 Championship
Silver medal – second place 2002 Qatar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of end of 2018 season

Yuhei Tokunaga (徳永 悠平, Tokunaga Yūhei, born 25 September 1983) is a Japanese football player who plays for V-Varen Nagasaki.[1]

Playing career

Tokunaga was born in Unzen on 25 September 1983. When he was a Waseda University student, he played for J1 League club FC Tokyo in 2003 and 2004. FC Tokyo won the champions in 2004 J.League Cup first major title in the club history. After graduating from Waseda University, he joined FC Tokyo in 2006. He became a regular player as right side back as Akira Kaji successor soon and played many matches every season for a long time. Although his original position is right side back, he also played as many defensive position. FC Tokyo won the champions in 2009 J.League Cup. In 2010, he played many matches as defensive midfielder instead Takuji Yonemoto, who was injured. However FC Tokyo finished at the 16th place of 18 clubs in 2010 season and was relegated to J2 League. In 2011, he returned to right side back and FC Tokyo won the champions and was returned to J1 in a year. FC Tokyo also won the champions in 2011 Emperor's Cup. He played as regular right side back until 2017. In 2018, he moved to his local club V-Varen Nagasaki which newly was promoted to J1 from 2018.[2] He played many matches as right back of three backs defense. However V-Varen finished at the bottom place in 2018 season and was relegated to J2 in a year.

National team career

In November 2003, Tokunaga was selected Japan U-20 national team for 2003 World Youth Championship. At this tournament, he played full-time in all 5 matches as right side midfielder.[3]

Tokunaga was part of the Japan U-23 national team for 2004 Summer Olympics, who exited in the first round, having finished fourth in group B, below group winners Paraguay, Italy and Ghana.[4] He played 2 matches as right side midfielder and right side back.

On October 8, 2009, Tokunaga debuted for Japan national team against Hong Kong at 2011 Asian Cup qualification under manager Takeshi Okada.[5] He played many matches as right side back while battling with Atsuto Uchida for the position until early 2010. However he was not select for 2010 World Cup.

In July 2012, Tokunaga was selected Japan U-23 national team as over aged for 2012 Summer Olympics. He played 5 matches as left side back and Japan reached the semi-finals where they lost to eventual gold medalists, Mexico, and then lost the bronze medal play-off match to South Korea.[6]

In July 2013, Tokunaga was selected Japan under manager Alberto Zaccheroni for 2013 East Asian Cup for the first time in 3 years. At the tournament, he played 2 matches as left side back and Japan won the champions. This tournament is his last game for Japan. He played 9 games for Japan until 2013.[5]

Club statistics

As of end of 2018 season[1][7]
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Other1 Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup League Cup Asia Total
2003 FC Tokyo J1 League 8 0 0 0 2 0 – – 10 0
2004 6 0 0 0 4 0 – – 10 0
2006 32 1 2 0 5 0 – – 39 1
2007 33 0 3 0 7 0 – – 43 0
2008 30 1 4 0 8 0 – – 42 1
2009 34 0 0 0 10 0 – – 44 0
2010 30 0 5 0 7 0 – – 42 0
2011 J2 League 37 3 6 0 – – – 43 3
2012 J1 League 31 1 0 0 2 0 7 1 1 0 41 2
2013 34 1 5 0 5 0 - - 44 1
2014 34 0 3 0 3 1 - - 40 1
2015 33 0 2 0 7 0 - - 42 0
2016 30 0 1 0 2 0 7 0 - 40 0
2017 24 0 1 0 7 0 - - 32 0
Total 396 7 32 0 69 1 14 1 1 0 512 9
2018 V-Varen Nagasaki J1 League 27 0 2 0 0 0 - - 29 0
2019 J2 League
Total 27 0 2 0 0 0 - - 29 0
Career total 423 7 34 0 69 1 14 1 1 0 540 9

1Includes Japanese Super Cup.

National team statistics

Japan national team
Year Apps Goals
2009 5 0
2010 2 0
2011 0 0
2012 0 0
2013 2 0
Total 9 0

Honours

Japan

Club

FC Tokyo

References

  1. ^ a b Yūhei Tokunaga at J.League (archive) (in Japanese) Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ V-Varen Nagasaki(in Japanese)
  3. ^ Yūhei Tokunaga – FIFA competition record (archived) Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ "Yuhei Tokunaga Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
  5. ^ a b Japan National Football Team Database
  6. ^ "Yuhei Tokunaga Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  7. ^ until 23 November 2017 V-Varen Nagasaki (in Japanese)
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