Name: Yūto Nagatomo
Nickname: "Samurai"




Country: Japan
Club: F.C. Internazionale
Position: *SB, WB, SMF, (optional CB)
Side: LF/BS
Age: 25-28 years (12/09/1986)

Height: 170 cm
Weight: 68 kg


Attack: 74
Defence: 67
Balance: 75
Stamina: 90
Top Speed: 83
Acceleration: 85
Response: 76
Agility: 84
Dribble Accuracy: 77
Dribble Speed: 83
Short Pass Accuracy: 73
Short Pass Speed: 76
Long Pass Accuracy: 77
Long Pass Speed: 79
Shot Accuracy: 66
Shot Power: 81
Shot Technique: 68
Free Kick Accuracy: 61
Curling: 69
Header: 75
Jump: 81
Technique: 77
Aggression: 82
Mentality: 80
Goalkeeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 78

Injury Tolerance: B
Condition: 7
Weak Foot Accuracy: 6
Weak Foot Frequency: 6
Consistency: 6
Growth type: Standard/Lasting

CARDS:
P04 - Darting Run
P07 - Early Cross
P17 - Offensive Fullback
S08 - Turning Skills

SPECIAL ABILITIES: Tactical Dribble - Side

Attack/Defence Awareness Card: Attack Minded


INFO:
Nagatomo is a side back, acting mainly on the left, capable of playing also as wing back, side midfielder and occasionally centre back. His career began in 2007 at Tokyo FC, where he spent three seasons and a half, making 85 appearances and scoring 6 goals. He joined Cesena in 2010, playing 16 games before transferring to Inter on January 2011. He played for the Nerazzurri until January 2018 after making 210 appearances and scoring 11 goals. He then played for Galatasaray from 2018 to 2020 and Olympique de Marseille in 2020-21. He gained 126 caps for Japan, scoring 4 goals and winning the 2011 AFC Asian Cup. He was named Asian Footballer of the Year in 2013 by IFFHS.
Nagatomo is a short but well built player, gifted with great speed with the ball. Athletically gifted, he told that his great physical resistence is due to consumption of umeboshi (plums, rich of citrics acid, marinated in brine). Other than an incredible stamina, he has great spirit of sacrifice as well as good technical qualities, thanks to which he can move quickly in both tight and large spaces or up and down the flank. Tactically clever and effective when pushing forward, he can choose the right time to attack the opposing offside line and deliver crosses to the centre of the box or backwards to its outside. On the other hand, he's not very good at defending and makes many mistakes, some of them quite sensational. Highly versatile and able with both feet, he can play on both sides in either defence or midfield but also in the middle of the defence, taking advantage of his very good leap, fine heading ability and powerful musculature to make up for his lack of height. An earnest professional, he's renowned for his dedication not only during the matches but also while training as well as his helpfulness and cheerfulness that make him very appreciated by his teammates.

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