Kensuke Nagai

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

Career
From the age of 3, Nagai spent 5 years in Ipatinga, Brazil, where he started playing street football with his childhood friends.

After he moved back from Brazil to Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, he played soccer at local elementary school and junior high school clubs, before he joined the Kyushu International University High School club, and played two matches at the 85th All Japan High School Soccer Tournament.

He joined Fukuoka University club in April 2007. He won the 33rd Prime Minister's Cup All Japan College Soccer Tournament in 2009.

While playing for the Fukuoka University Club, Nagai also played for Avispa Fukuoka in the J. League Division 2 in 2009 and Vissel Kobe in 2010 as a designated player for development by the league and JFA.

On 23 December 2009, he was named in the squad for Japan's 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification against Yemen, and made his full international debut for the team in the fixture on 6 January 2010.

He was selected as a member of Japanese squad for 2012 Olympics.

He was transferred from Nagoya to Standard Liège of Belgian Pro League in January 2013, but transferred back to Nagoya on loan from August 2013 to June 2014, due to less playing opportunities given with Standard Liège. In January 2015, the loan deal was terminated as Nagai moved back to Nagoya on a permanent basis.

International goals

 * Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first.

Japan

 * Asian Games : 2010

Club
Nagoya Grampus
 * Japanese Super Cup : 2011

FC Tokyo
 * J.League Cup : 2020

Individual

 * AFC U-19 Championship Top scorers : 2008
 * Summer Universiade Top scorers : 2009
 * Asian Games Top scorers : 2010
 * J.League Best XI: 2019