Hideki Nagai

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|name=Hideki Nagai
永井秀樹

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|fullname=Hideki Nagai

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1971|1|26}}

|birth_place=Kagoshima, Japan

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|height={{Height|m=1.74}}

|position=Midfielder

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|youthyears1=1986–1988|youthclubs1=Kunimi High School

|youthyears2=1989–1991|youthclubs2=Kokushikan University

|years1=1992–1997|clubs1=Verdy Kawasaki|caps1=54|goals1=5

|years2=1995|clubs2=→ Fukuoka Blux (loan)|caps2=12|goals2=3

|years3=1996|clubs3=→ Shimizu S-Pulse (loan)|caps3=29|goals3=3

|years4=1998|clubs4=Yokohama Flügels|caps4=32|goals4=12

|years5=1999–2000|clubs5=Yokohama F. Marinos|caps5=43|goals5=5

|years6=2001–2002|clubs6=Tokyo Verdy|caps6=31|goals6=7

|years7=2004|clubs7=Oita Trinita|caps7=2|goals7=0

|years8=2005|clubs8=FC Ryukyu|caps8=8|goals8=4

|years9=2006–2007|clubs9=Tokyo Verdy|caps9=47|goals9=4

|years10=2008–2013|clubs10=FC Ryukyu|caps10=97|goals10=9

|years11=2014–2016|clubs11=Tokyo Verdy|caps11=32|goals11=0

|totalcaps=387|totalgoals=52

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|manageryears1=2019–2021|managerclubs1=Tokyo Verdy

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{{Nihongo|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.{{J.League player|130}} 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.[http://www.verdy.co.jp/lancelot/cms/siteuser/newsdetail/user_id/f98c078b5e46cce02fd686fadbff9929/id/3859f3a0084aa9443b0bccb8a05a02e1 Tokyo Verdy]

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.[https://www.verdy.co.jp/news/8228 Tokyo Verdy]{{in lang|ja}}

Club statistics

Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, [https://www.amazon.co.jp/2021-J1-J2-J3%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E5%90%8D%E9%91%91-NSK%E3%83%A0%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF/dp/4905411777 "2021 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑: NSKムック (日本語) (NSK MOOK)”], 18 February 2021, Japan, {{ISBN|978-4905411772}} (p. 204 out of 298)

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

Managerial statistics

Update; 31 December 2020{{J.League manager}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" !rowspan="2"\|Team !rowspan="2"\|From !rowspan="2"\|To !colspan="5"\|Record
G	W	D	L	Win %
align="left"\|Tokyo Verdy \|align="left"\|2019 \|align="left"\|present {{WDL\|62\|20\|20\|22}}
colspan="3"\|Total {{WDLtot\|62\|20\|20\|22}}

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!rowspan="2"|Team

!rowspan="2"|From

!rowspan="2"|To

!colspan="5"|Record

Win %

align="left"|Tokyo Verdy

|align="left"|2019

|align="left"|present

colspan="3"|Total