Yukinari Sugawara

Yukinari Sugawara (菅原由勢; born 28 June 2000) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays for AZ Alkmaar in the Eredivisie.

Yukinari Sugawara
菅原由勢
Personal information
Full name Yukinari Sugawara
Date of birth (2000-06-28) 28 June 2000
Place of birth Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right back
Club information
Current team
 AZ
Number 26
Youth career
AS.Laranja Kyoto
Nagoya Grampus
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Nagoya Grampus 13 (0)
2019–2020 → Jong AZ (loan) 7 (0)
2019–2020 → AZ (loan) 16 (2)
2020– Jong AZ 2 (0)
2020– AZ 10 (1)
National team‡
2017–2018 Japan U-17 12 (1)
2019 Japan U-20 7 (0)
2019– Japan U-23 1 (0)
2020– Japan 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 November 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 October 2020

Club career

Nagoya Grampus

Sugawara made his debut for Nagoya Grampus on 24 February 2018, the opening day of the 2018 season in a match against Gamba Osaka.[1] In doing so, he became the second youngest player to appear in J1 League match ever at 17 years, 7 months and 27 days, only passed by former Gamba Osaka player Junichi Inamoto in 1997.[2] On 6 April 2018, Sugawara signed his first professional contract with Nagoya Grampus, the youngest in the club's history to sign a professional deal, at 17 years and 10 months.

Loan to AZ

Sugawara joined Dutch Eredivisie club AZ on 21 June 2019 on a season-long loan.[3] He made his first-team debut on 25 July, as a 59th-minute substitute during AZ's 0–0 home draw against BK Häcken in the second qualifying round of the Europa League.[4][5] At AZ he was mainly utilised as a right back, where he competed with the older Jonas Svensson, and was set to become his future successor.[3] On 4 August 2019, Sugawara started in the home match against Fortuna Sittard and scored the final goal in the 84th minute, to make it 4–0 after preliminary work by Calvin Stengs.[6] Both in the league and group stage of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League, Sugawara was a regular rotational player during the season, while also making some appearances for the reserve team of Jong AZ in the second-tier Eerste Divisie. During this season he played 16 league games in which he scored two goals. [8]

AZ

On 23 February 2020, it was announced that Sugawara would sign a five-year contract to join AZ permanently from 1 June 2020.[7]

International career

Sugawara represented Japan at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[8] Sugawara made his debut with the senior Japan national team in a friendly 0-0 tie with Cameroon on 9 October 2020.[9]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 8 November 2020.[10][4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nagoya Grampus[4] 2018 J1 League 1302040——190
2019 J1 League 000060——60
Total 13020100——250
Jong AZ[4] 2019–20 Eerste Divisie 7000———70
2020–21 Eerste Divisie 2000———20
Total 9000———|90
AZ[4] 2019–20 Eredivisie 16210—11[lower-alpha 1]1—70
2020–21 Eredivisie 3000—3[lower-alpha 2]0—20
Total 19210—141—343
Career total 41230100141—683
  1. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League and UEFA Champions League

References
  1. "Meiji Yasuda Life J1 League Section 1: Gamba Osaka vs Nagoya Grampus". nagoya-grampus.jp (in Japanese). Nagoya Grampus. 24 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  2. "風間監督「年齢は関係ない」…名古屋17歳DF菅原由勢が堂々開幕戦フル出場". gekisaka.jp (in Japanese). Gekisaka. 24 February 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  3. "Huurdeal Sugawara afgerond". az.nl (in Dutch). AZ. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  4. "Y. Sugawara: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  5. "AZ vs. Häcken 0–0". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  6. "AZ dankzij 4-0 zege en letter 'A' koploper, traditionele topdrie speelt gelijk". NOS (in Dutch). 4 August 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  7. "AZ legt Sugawara definitief vast". AZ Alkmaar (in Dutch). 23 February 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  8. "U-17日本代表 メンバー・スケジュール FIFA U-17ワールドカップ インド2017（10/6～28）" (in Japanese). 24 September 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  9. "Japan vs. Cameroon - 9 October 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
  10. 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. 149 out of 289)
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