Kensuke Nagai

Kensuke Nagai
永井 謙佑
Personal information
Full name Kensuke Nagai
Date of birth (1989-03-05) 5 March 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Nagoya Grampus
Number 18
Youth career
1994–1997 Cariru Tênis Clube
1998–2000 Iseigaoka SSS
2001–2003 Asakawa Junior High School
2004–2006 Kyushu IU High School
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Fukuoka University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009 Avispa Fukuoka 5 (0)
2010 Vissel Kobe 3 (0)
2011–2012 Nagoya Grampus 57 (13)
2013–2014 Standard Liège 3 (0)
2013–2014Nagoya Grampus (loan) 42 (12)
2015–2016 Nagoya Grampus 62 (17)
2017–2022 FC Tokyo 179 (21)
2022– Nagoya Grampus 54 (10)
International career
2007–2008 Japan U-18 3 (1)
2008 Japan U-19 3 (4)
2009–2011 Japan U-20 5 (1)
2009–2012 Japan U-23 31 (13)
2010–2019 Japan 12 (3)
Medal record
Nagoya Grampus
Runner-up J1 League 2011
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 November 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2019

Kensuke Nagai (永井 謙佑, Nagai Kensuke, born 5 March 1989) is a Japanese football player who plays as a striker for J1 League club Nagoya Grampus.