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Biography
Yukinari Sugawara (菅原由勢; born 28 June 2000) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays for AZ Alkmaar in the Eredivisie, on loan from Nagoya Grampus.
Club career
Nagoya Grampus
Sugawara made his debut for Nagoya Grampus on 24 February 2018, the opening day of the 2018 season in a match against Gamba Osaka. In doing so, he became the second youngest player to appear in J1 League match ever at 17 years, 7 months and 27 days, only passed by former Gamba Osaka player Junichi Inamoto in 1997. On 6 April 2018, Sugawara signed his first professional contract with Nagoya Grampus, the youngest in the club's history to sign a professional deal, at 17 years and 10 months.
AZ (loan)
Sugawara joined Dutch Eredivisie club AZ on 21 June 2019 on a season-long loan. He made his first-team debut on 25 July, as a 59th-minute substitute during AZ's 0–0 home draw against BK Häcken in the second qualifying round of the Europa League.
International career
Sugawara represented Japan at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 21 February 2019.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Nagoya Grampus | 2018 | J1 League | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 0 | ||||