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Y. Sugawara

No.

#2

Role

Right back

Age

25 yrs

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Born

Jun 28, 2000 · 25 yrs · Toyokawa, Japan

Nationality

Japan

Height

179 cm

Weight

69 kg

Club

Japan

Club season · 2025/26

Avg rating · 6.75

Appearances

8

Minutes

67

Goals

2

Assists

1

Shots (on)

—

Key passes

2

Pass acc.

—

Dribbles

0/2

Tackles

6

Duels won

7/14

Yellow

1

Red

0

Club career totals

10 seasons tracked

Appearances

304

Goals

16

Assists

34

Minutes

21,367

Yellow cards

26

Red cards

1

Trophies & finals

Career path

  1. 2025-08SouthamptonWerder BremenLoan
  2. 2024-07AZ AlkmaarSouthampton€ 7M
  3. 2020-07Nagoya GrampusAZ AlkmaarN/A
  4. 2019-06Nagoya GrampusAZ AlkmaarLoan

Japan form (last 5)

WWWWW

Group standing

2nd place
0 pts · 0 played

Japan’s next matches

  1. Sun, Jun 14
    08:00 PM
    atNetherlands
  2. Sun, Jun 21
    04:00 AM
    atTunisia
    $122+
  3. Thu, Jun 25
    11:00 PM
    vsSweden

About the role

Right back

A modern right back covers more ground than any outfield role. Overlap the winger when the team has the ball; tuck inside as a wide centre-half when it doesn’t. Recovery pace and decision-making on the second wave of an attack are non-negotiable.

Lineage · Cafu · Trent Alexander-Arnold · Dani Carvajal