Atsuto Uchida

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Atsuto Uchida
Uchida Schalke 2015.jpg
Atsuto Uchida (2015)
Personnel
birthday March 27, 1988
place of birth Kannami ,  Japan
size 176 cm
position Full-back
Juniors
Years station
2003-2006 Shimizu Higashi High School
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2006-2010 Kashima Antlers 124 (3)
2010-2017 FC Schalke 04 104 (1)
2017 1. FC Union Berlin 2 (0)
2018– Kashima Antlers 22 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2005-2007 Japan U20 12 (0)
2007-2008 Japan U23 8 (0)
2008– Japan 71 (2)
1 Only league games are given.
As of November 30, 2019

2 As of June 24, 2014

Atsuto Uchida ( Japanese 内 田 篤 人 , Uchida Atsuto ; born March 27, 1988 in Kannami , Shizuoka Prefecture ) is a Japanese football player who has been under contract with the Kashima Antlers since January 2018 . His preferred position is that of right-back. On August 20, 2020, 32-year-old Uchida announced his retirement at the end of the 2020 J1 League .

Club career

Time in japan

Uchida went to the Shimizu-Ost high school ( 清水 東 高校 , Shimizu Higashi Kōkō ), for whose team he also played. After graduating in 2006, he moved to the Kashima Antlers . He played his way into the starting team and became an important part of the defense. He was named to the J. League All-Star Soccer Team through a fan vote in 2006 and is the youngest player to ever play on the team. In the 2007, 2008 and 2009 seasons he won the Japanese championship with the Kashima Antlers.

FC Schalke 04

For the 2010/11 season Uchida moved to the German Bundesliga club FC Schalke 04 , where he received a contract until June 30, 2013. As a right back, he was supposed to replace Rafinha , who had moved to CFC Genoa . He played his first game for Schalke on the first day of the 2010/11 season against Hamburger SV . Uchida did not always play convincingly, but due to the lack of competition in his position, he played almost all games. While they disappointed in 14th place in the league, they achieved success in the Champions League and the DFB Cup . In the summer of 2012 he extended his contract to June 30, 2015. Over time, he became a regular in the right-back position. On matchday 10 of the 2011/12 season, he scored his first Bundesliga goal in the 3-2 defeat against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim with the 2-2 equalization in the meantime for Schalke 04. Uchida was seriously injured during the 2013/14 season , so that he missed almost the entire second half of the season and the Champions League round of 16 against eventual tournament winner Real Madrid . Nevertheless, he was considered for the Japanese national team for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and got fit in time.

Due to a patellar tendon irritation , Uchida missed the start of the 2014/15 season . This included the first-round game in the DFB Cup against Dynamo Dresden , the first four days of the Bundesliga and the opening game of the Champions League 2014/15 against Chelsea . He played his first game after his long injury on September 23, 2014, the 5th matchday, in a 3-0 win against Werder Bremen . A week later, the derby against Borussia Dortmund could be won. His contract extension to 2018 was announced on October 30, 2014. Uchida was on the field for the entire season up to matchday 21, mostly as a right full-back. He missed the second round match against Werder Bremen due to knee problems. After two more league games, he fell out from the 25th match day for the rest of the season due to renewed patellar tendon problems. During the season he came to 19 league games in which he was able to prepare three goals. Uchida also played seven games in the Champions League. Due to an injury, he also missed the entire first half of the 2015/16 season .

Uchida played 28 games (1 goal) in the Champions League for Schalke (as of March 2015), more than any Japanese player before him.

Home via Berlin

On August 21, 2017, he moved to 1. FC Union Berlin and signed a contract that ran until 2018. After two appearances in the second division, Uchida returned to the Kashima Antlers in early January 2018 .

National team

Uchida was appointed to different age groups and played, among other things, in the 2007 Junior World Cup in Canada . In 2006 he was nominated by Ivica Osim for the senior national team , but did not play a single game. He made his international debut on January 26, 2008 in a friendly against Chile at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium . On February 6, 2008, he played 90 minutes in the 4-1 win against Thailand . This made him the youngest Japanese player to have played in a World Cup qualifier since the J. League was founded in 1993. He scored his first goal in the 1-0 win over Bahrain on June 22, 2008 and became the youngest Japanese goalscorer in a World Cup qualifier. With that he broke the eleven-year-old record of Hidetoshi Nakata . He also played for the national team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the People's Republic of China , but was eliminated in the preliminary round.

At the 2010 World Cup in South Africa , where Japan was eliminated in the round of 16 against Paraguay on penalties, Uchida was in the Japanese squad, but did not play any of the four games. Half a year later he and his team became Asian champions . In the final against Australia , which Japan won 1-0 after extra time on January 29, 2011, he was only substituted in extra time.

At the 2014 World Cup in Brazil , he was back in the squad of the Japanese national team and was one of the most prominent players on his team despite the 2-1 defeat against Ivory Coast .

Style of play

Uchida convinces with its enormous running strength. He shines with his speed and endurance. Horst Heldt said of Uchida at the end of 2012: “Atsuto is an incredibly disciplined player who implements tactical guidelines one-on-one. He never disregards defensive behavior despite all the impulses he wants to give the offensive. Then there is his physical strength in terms of running ability. What he can still improve is the precision on his crosses. ” He formed a well-rehearsed duo with Jefferson Farfán .

successes

Trivia

Uchida is very popular in its native Japan. This contributed to the fact that the FC Schalke 04 introduced a Japanese-language version of its homepage and its Twitter channel.

Outside the soccer field, Pokémon fan Uchida lent his voice to the character Uschi (Japanese Usshi ) in the Pokémon film Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction as a voice actor .

Web links

Commons : Atsuto Uchida  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ mib: End with 32: Ex-Schalke Uchida announces the end of his career. In: kicker.de . August 20, 2020, accessed August 20, 2020 .
  2. ↑ World Cup participant Atsuto Uchida switches to the miners ( Memento of the original from December 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schalke04.de
  3. ↑ Atsuto Uchida extends contract until June 30, 2015 ( Memento of the original from August 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schalke04.de
  4. ↑ 2: 3 in Hoffenheim - S04 dominates and loses ( memento of the original from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schalke04.de
  5. ↑ Atsuto Uchida extends contract until 2018
  6. ↑ Atsuto Uchida changes to 1. FC Union Berlin
  7. ↑ Atsuto Uchida changes to Union on fc-union-berlin.de
  8. ↑ Change: Atsuto Uchida returns to Japan , fc-union-berlin.de, January 2, 2018, accessed on January 2, 2018.
  9. ↑ 1: 0 after extra time - Uchida wins the Asian Cup final! ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Website of FC Schalke 04 from January 29, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schalke04.de
  10. ↑ [1] , Goal.com.
  11. ↑ Schalke's Atsuto Uchida is fighting for his place in the team Der Westen in 2013 , accessed on December 26, 2012.
  12. ↑ Contract until 2015 - Schalke is looking for a conversation with Atsuto Uchida , Ruhrnachrichten.de from April 28, 2014
  13. ↑ Thanks to Uchida: Schalke homepage also in Japanese , WA.de from September 17, 2013
  14. ↑ Schalke defender Uchida gives Pokemon "Usshi" his vote , DerWesten.de from June 28, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Uchida, Atsuto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 内 田 篤 人 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Kannami , Shizuoka Prefecture , Japan