Hideki Nagai

Hideki Nagai
永井秀樹
Personal information
Full name	Hideki Nagai
Date of birth	26 January 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth	Kagoshima, Japan
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1986–1988	Kunimi High School
1989–1991	Kokushikan University
Senior career*
Years	Team
1992–1997	Verdy Kawasaki
1995	→ Fukuoka Blux (loan)
1996	→ Shimizu S-Pulse (loan)
1998	Yokohama Flügels
1999–2000	Yokohama F. Marinos
2001–2002	Tokyo Verdy
2004	Oita Trinita
2005	FC Ryukyu
2006–2007	Tokyo Verdy
2008–2013	FC Ryukyu
2014–2016	Tokyo Verdy
Total
Managerial career
2019–2021	Tokyo Verdy
Medal record
Tokyo Verdy
Shimizu S-Pulse
Yokohama Flügels
Yokohama F. Marinos
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hideki Nagai (永井秀樹, Nagai Hideki, born 26 January 1971) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He is current manager of Tokyo Verdy. His younger brother Atsushi Nagai is also a former footballer.

Playing career

Nagai was born in Kagoshima Prefecture on 26 January 1971.^[1] After dropped out from Kokushikan University, he joined Verdy Kawasaki (later Tokyo Verdy) in 1992. Although he played many matches as offensive midfielder and the club won the champions 1993, 1994 J1 League, 1992, 1993 and 1994 J.League Cup, he could not become a regular behind Ruy Ramos, Tsuyoshi Kitazawa and Bismarck. In 1995, he moved to Japan Football League club Fukuoka Blux. The club won the champions in 1995 and was promoted to J1 League. In 1996, he moved to Shimizu S-Pulse. He played as regular player and the club won the champions 1996 J.League Cup their first title. He returned to Verdy in 1997 and he moved to Yokohama Flügels in 1998. He played as central player and the club won the champions 1998 Emperor's Cup. However the club was disbanded end of 1998 season due to financial strain, he moved to Yokohama F. Marinos in 1999.

In 2000, he returned to Verdy and played 2002. After a year's blank, he joined Oita Trinita in 2004. However he could hardly play in the match. In 2005, he moved to Regional Leagues club FC Ryukyu. The club was promoted to Japan Football League (JFL) end of 2005 season. In 2006, he returned to Verdy and he played many matches as substitutes. In 2008, he moved to FC Ryukyu again. In 2014, he returned to Verdy. In November 2016, he announced his retirement end of 2016 season at the age of 45.^[2]

Coaching career

After the retirement, Nagai started coaching career at Tokyo Verdy in 2017. He served as a manager for youth team from 2017. In July 2019, he became a manager for top team as Gary White successor.^[3]

Club statistics

^[1]^[2]^[4]

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		League Cup		Asia		Total
1992	Verdy Kawasaki	J1 League	-		0	0	3	0	-		3	0
1993			20	3	0	0	7	3	-		27	6
1994			15	0	1	0	2	0	-		18	0
1995	Fukuoka Blux	JFL	12	3	1	2	-		-		13	5
1996	Shimizu S-Pulse	J1 League	29	3	3	0	16	5	-		48	8
1997	Verdy Kawasaki		19	2	1	0	5	2	-		25	4
1998	Yokohama Flügels		32	12	5	2	4	0	-		41	14
1999	Yokohama F. Marinos		22	5	2	0	4	2	-		28	7
2000	Yokohama F. Marinos		21	0	0	0	5	1	-		26	1
2001	Tokyo Verdy		20	5	3	1	2	0	-		25	6
2002	Tokyo Verdy		11	2	1	0	3	0	-		15	2
2004	Oita Trinita		2	0	0	0	3	0	-		5	0
2005	FC Ryukyu	JRL (Kyushu)	8	4	4	1	-		-		12	5
2006	Tokyo Verdy	J2 League	29	1	1	0	-		1	0	31	1
2007	Tokyo Verdy	J2 League	18	3	0	0	-		-		18	3
2008	FC Ryukyu	JFL	9	0	-		-		-		9	0
2009			25	3	-		-		-		25	3
2010			19	3	2	0	-		-		0	0
2011			17	1	1	0	-		-		0	0
2012			20	1	1	0	-		-		0	0
2013			7	1	2	0	-		-		0	0
2014	Tokyo Verdy	J2 League	11	0	0	0	-		-		11	0
2015			18	0	0	0	-		-		18	0
2016			3	0	0	0	-		-		3	0
Career total			387	52	28	6	54	13	1	0	470	71