#3Right-Back

Yukinari Sugawara

JapanAge25

Market Value€5.50m

SV Werder Bremen

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27g

90min blocks

Contract & Agent

Contract Until

2026-06-30

Market Value

€5.50m

Career Achievements

Sugawara has represented Japan at various youth levels and earned caps for the senior national team. He has not yet won major club trophies but has gained valuable experience in the Eredivisie and Bundesliga.

Biography

Yukinari Sugawara is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for SV Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga. He began his career in Japan with Nagoya Grampus before moving to the Netherlands to play for AZ Alkmaar, where he established himself as a key player. In 2024, he transferred to Werder Bremen, continuing his development in one of Europe's top leagues.

Playing Style

Sugawara is an attacking-minded full-back known for his pace, stamina, and ability to deliver accurate crosses into the box. He is comfortable on the ball and often overlaps to support the attack, while also being diligent in defensive duties. His tactical awareness and work rate make him a reliable option on the right flank.

Market Value History

Season Stats (Bundesliga)

All seasons (55)

Season	Comp	Apps	G	A	YC	RC	Min
25/26	Bundesliga	31	0	6	2	1	2434
25/26	Championship	2	0	0	0	0	67
25/26	International Friendlies	6	0	1	1	0	202
25/26	EFL Cup	1	0	0	0	0	90
24/25	Premier League	30	1	1	4	0	1557
24/25	FA Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0
24/25	EFL Cup	2	0	0	0	0	119
23/24	World Cup qualification Asia	5	2	0	0	0	316
23/24	UEFA Conference League	6	0	0	0	0	521
23/24	KNVB Beker	2	0	1	0	0	210
23/24	Eredivisie	30	4	7	1	0	2564
23/24	International Friendlies	3	0	1	0	0	186
23/24	UEFA Conference League Qualifying	4	0	1	1	0	390
22/23	UEFA Conference League	12	1	2	1	0	1049
22/23	KNVB Beker	2	0	0	0	0	210
22/23	Eredivisie	31	3	8	5	0	2398
22/23	International Friendlies	4	0	0	1	0	285
22/23	UEFA Conference League Qualifying	2	0	1	0	0	28
21/22	UEFA Conference League	8	0	2	2	0	564
21/22	Play-Offs Conference League	3	0	0	0	0	44
21/22	KNVB Beker	4	0	1	1	0	315
21/22	Eredivisie	33	1	4	3	0	2635
21/22	International Friendlies	0	0	0	0	0	0
21/22	UEFA Europa League Qualifying	2	0	0	0	0	180
2025	East Asian Football Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023	AFC Asian Cup	2	0	0	1	0	167
2022	World Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022	East Asian Football Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	J. League Cup	6	0	0	0	0	464
2019	J1 League	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	U20 World Cup	4	0	0	1	0	360
2018	Emperor's Cup	2	0	0	0	0	166
2018	J. League Cup	4	0	0	2	0	360
2018	J1 League	13	0	0	0	0	1080
2017	J. Youth League	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017	U17 World Cup	4	0	0	0	0	303
2016	Prince Takamado U18 Premier League West	0	0	0	0	0	0
20/21	KNVB Beker	1	0	0	0	0	28
20/21	Keuken Kampioen Divisie	5	1	0	0	0	425
20/21	Eredivisie	25	2	1	2	0	1644
20/21	International Friendlies	1	0	0	0	0	4
20/21	UEFA Europa League	3	0	0	0	0	270
20/21	UEFA Champions League Qualifying	2	0	0	0	0	37
19/20	World Cup qualification Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
19/20	KNVB Beker	1	0	0	0	0	22
19/20	Keuken Kampioen Divisie	7	0	1	1	0	573
19/20	Eredivisie	16	2	1	1	0	640
19/20	International Friendlies	2	0	0	0	0	93
19/20	UEFA Europa League Qualifying	4	0	0	0	0	130
19/20	UEFA Europa League	7	1	0	0	0	312
18/19	International Friendlies	3	0	0	0	0	210
17/18	International Friendlies	4	1	0	0	0	296
17/18	AFC U19 Championship 2018	3	0	0	0	0	210
16/17	International Friendlies	4	0	0	0	0	251
15/16	International Friendlies	4	0	0	0	0	288

National Team Matches (76)

Date	Opponent	H/A	Result	Competition	Min	G	A	YC
2026-05-31	Iceland	🏠	1:0	International Friendlies	45	0	1	0
2026-03-31	Japan	✈	0:1	International Friendlies	10	0	0	0
2026-03-28	Japan	✈	0:1	International Friendlies	62	0	0	0
2025-11-18	Bolivia	🏠	3:0	International Friendlies	45	0	0	1
2025-11-14	Ghana	🏠	2:0	International Friendlies	22	0	0	0
2025-10-14	Brazil	🏠	3:2	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2025-10-10	Paraguay	🏠	2:2	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2025-09-09	Japan	✈	2:0	International Friendlies	18	0	0	0
2025-09-07	Japan	✈	0:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2025-07-15	Japan	✈	0:1	East Asian Football Championship	-	0	0	0
2025-07-12	Japan	-	0:0	East Asian Football Championship	-	0	0	0
2025-07-08	Japan	-	1:1	East Asian Football Championship	-	0	0	0
2025-06-10	Indonesia	🏠	6:0	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2025-06-05	Japan	✈	1:0	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2025-03-25	Saudi Arabia	🏠	0:0	World Cup qualification Asia	62	0	0	0
2025-03-20	Bahrain	🏠	2:0	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2024-11-19	Japan	✈	1:3	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2024-11-15	Japan	✈	0:4	World Cup qualification Asia	28	1	0	0
2024-10-15	Australia	🏠	1:1	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2024-10-10	Japan	✈	0:2	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2024-09-10	Japan	✈	0:5	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2024-09-05	China	🏠	7:0	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2024-06-11	Syria	🏠	5:0	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2024-06-06	Japan	✈	0:5	World Cup qualification Asia	62	0	0	0
2024-03-26	Japan	✈	0:3	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2024-03-21	North Korea	🏠	1:0	World Cup qualification Asia	74	0	0	0
2024-02-03	Japan	✈	2:1	AFC Asian Cup	-	0	0	0
2024-01-31	Japan	✈	1:3	AFC Asian Cup	-	0	0	0
2024-01-24	Japan	✈	1:3	AFC Asian Cup	-	0	0	0
2024-01-19	Japan	✈	2:1	AFC Asian Cup	90	0	0	0
2024-01-14	Japan	✈	2:4	AFC Asian Cup	77	0	0	1
2024-01-01	Thailand	🏠	5:0	International Friendlies	12	0	0	0
2023-11-21	Japan	✈	0:5	World Cup qualification Asia	90	1	0	0
2023-11-16	Myanmar	🏠	5:0	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2023-10-17	Tunisia	🏠	2:0	International Friendlies	90	0	0	0
2023-10-13	Canada	🏠	4:1	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2023-09-12	Japan	✈	2:4	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2023-09-09	Japan	✈	1:4	International Friendlies	84	0	1	0
2023-06-20	Peru	🏠	4:1	International Friendlies	61	0	0	0
2023-06-15	El Salvador	🏠	6:0	International Friendlies	45	0	0	0
2023-03-28	Colombia	🏠	1:2	International Friendlies	90	0	0	1
2023-03-24	Uruguay	🏠	1:1	International Friendlies	89	0	0	0
2022-12-05	Japan	✈	4:2	World Cup	-	0	0	0
2022-12-01	Japan	✈	1:2	World Cup	-	0	0	0
2022-11-27	Japan	✈	1:0	World Cup	-	0	0	0
2022-11-23	Japan	✈	1:2	World Cup	-	0	0	0
2022-11-17	Japan	✈	2:1	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2022-09-27	Japan	✈	0:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2022-09-23	Japan	✈	0:2	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2022-07-27	South Korea	🏠	3:0	East Asian Football Championship	-	0	0	0
2022-07-24	China	🏠	0:0	East Asian Football Championship	-	0	0	0
2022-07-19	Hong Kong	🏠	6:0	East Asian Football Championship	-	0	0	0
2022-06-14	Tunisia	🏠	0:3	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2022-06-10	Ghana	🏠	4:1	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2022-06-06	Brazil	🏠	0:1	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2022-06-02	Paraguay	🏠	4:1	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2022-03-29	Vietnam	🏠	1:1	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2022-03-24	Japan	✈	0:2	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2022-02-01	Saudi Arabia	🏠	2:0	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2022-01-27	China	🏠	2:0	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2021-11-16	Japan	✈	0:1	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2021-11-11	Japan	✈	0:1	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2021-10-12	Australia	🏠	2:1	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2021-10-07	Japan	✈	1:0	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2021-09-07	Japan	✈	0:1	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2021-09-02	Oman	🏠	0:1	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2021-06-15	Kyrgyzstan	🏠	5:1	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2021-06-11	Serbia	🏠	1:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2021-06-07	Tajikistan	🏠	4:1	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2021-05-28	Myanmar	🏠	10:0	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2021-03-30	Mongolia	🏠	14:0	World Cup qualification Asia	-	0	0	0
2021-03-25	South Korea	🏠	3:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2020-11-17	Japan	✈	2:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2020-11-13	Japan	✈	0:1	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2020-10-13	Japan	✈	0:1	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2020-10-09	Japan	✈	0:0	International Friendlies	4	0	0	0