Yūhei Tokunaga

Yuhei Tokunaga
徳永悠平
Personal information
Full name	Yuhei Tokunaga
Date of birth	25 September 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Unzen, Nagasaki, Japan
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1999–2001	Kunimi High School
College career
Years	Team
2002–2005	Waseda University
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2004	FC Tokyo
2006–2017	FC Tokyo
2018–2020	V-Varen Nagasaki
International career
2003	Japan U-20
2004	Japan U-23
2012	Japan Olympic (O.P.)
2009–2013	Japan
Medal record
FC Tokyo
Representing Japan
AFC U-19 Championship
	*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 former footballer.^[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	V-Varen Nagasaki	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

EAFF East Asian Cup (1) : 2013

Club

FC Tokyo

References

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

External links

Yūhei Tokunaga – FIFA competition record (archived)
Yūhei Tokunaga at National-Football-Teams.com
Japan National Football Team Database
Yūhei Tokunaga at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
Profile at V-Varen Nagasaki

[J.League_player-1] Yūhei Tokunaga at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)

[2] V-Varen Nagasaki(in Japanese)

[3] Yūhei Tokunaga – FIFA competition record (archived)

[4] "Yuhei Tokunaga Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2009.

[JNFTD-5] 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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