Yukinari Sugawara

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Yukinari Sugawara
Sugawara playing for Japan at the 2023 AFC Asian Cup
Personal information
Full name Yukinari Sugawara[1]
Date of birth (2000-06-28) 28 June 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Club information
Current team
 AZ
Number 2
Youth career
AS Laranja Toyokawa
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)
2020–2021 Jong AZ 12 (1)
2020– AZ 111 (6)
National team‡
2017–2018 Japan U-17 12 (1)
2019 Japan U-20 7 (0)
2019– Japan U-23 2 (0)
2020– Japan 12 (1)
Honours
Representing  Japan
AFC U-19 Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Indonesia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:21, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:47, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Yukinari Sugawara (菅原 由勢, Sugawara Yukinari, born 28 June 2000) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Eredivisie club AZ Alkmaar and the Japan national team.

Biography[change | change source]

Sugawara was born in Toyokawa on June 28, 2000. He joined J1 League club Nagoya Grampus from their youth team in 2018. He played as right side back from first season. In June 2019, he moved to Dutch Eredivisie club AZ Alkmaar.

In 2017, Sugawara was selected the Japan U-17 national team for 2017 U-17 World Cup. In 2019, he was also selected the Japan U-20 national team for 2019 U-20 World Cup. On October 9, 2020, he debuted for the Japan national team against Cameroon.

Career statistics[change | change source]

Club[change | change source]

As of match played 28 April 2024[2][3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Nagoya Grampus[3] 2018 J1 League 13 0 2 0 4 0 — — 19 0
2019 J1 League 0 0 0 0 6 0 — — 6 0
Total 13 0 2 0 10 0 — — 25 0
Jong AZ[3] 2019–20 Eerste Divisie 7 0 0 0 — — — 7 0
2020–21 Eerste Divisie 5 0 0 0 — — — 5 0
Total 12 0 0 0 — — — 12 0
AZ (loan)[3] 2019–20 Eredivisie 16 2 1 0 — 11[a] 1 — 27 3
AZ 2020–21 Eredivisie 25 2 1 0 — 5[b] 0 — 30 2
2021–22 Eredivisie 33 1 4 0 — 8[c] 0 — 42 1
2022–23 Eredivisie 31 3 2 0 — 14[c] 1 0 0 47 4
2023–24 Eredivisie 27 4 2 0 — 10[c] 0 0 0 39 4
Total 116 10 9 0 — 37 1 0 0 162 11
Career total 157 12 12 0 10 0 48 2 0 0 231 14
  1. ↑ Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Three appearances in the UEFA Europa League, two appearances in the UEFA Champions League
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League

International[change | change source]

As of match played 21 November 2023[4]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Japan 2020 1 0
2023 7 1
Total 8 1
Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sugawara goal.[4]
List of international goals scored by Yukinari Sugawara
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 21 November 2023 Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia  Syria 4–0 5–0 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours[change | change source]

Japan U19

Individual

Records

  • Most appearances for AZ in UEFA club competitions: 49[11]

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Japan" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
  2. ↑ 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)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Y. Sugawara: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Yukinari Sugawara". National Football Teams.
  5. ↑ "AZ breaks through the Ajax stronghold in the Eredivisie team of the month". eredivisie.eu. 28 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "AZ breaks through the Ajax stronghold in the Eredivisie team of the month". eredivisie.eu. 28 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "Sparta and AZ dominate Eredivisie team of the month in march". Eredivisie. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  8. ↑ "Negen clubs leveren spelers voor Eredivisie elftal van de maand". Eredivisie (in Dutch). 3 September 2023.
  9. ↑ "AZ and PSV main suppliers of the Eredivisie Team of the Month". 6 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  10. ↑ "Seven clubs provide players for the Eredivisie Team of the Month". 3 November 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  11. ↑ Kok, Nik (26 October 2023). "Niet Kees Kist of Barry van Galen, maar deze 23-jarige Japanner speelde de meeste Europese duels voor AZ". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 January 2024.

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