Yukinari Sugawara

is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Eredivisie club AZ Alkmaar and the Japan national team.

## Biography

Sugawara was born in Toyokawa on June 28, 2000. He joined J1 League club Nagoya Grampus from their youth team in 2018. He played as right side back from first season. In June 2019, he moved to Dutch Eredivisie club AZ Alkmaar.

In 2017, Sugawara was selected the Japan U-17 national team for 2017 U-17 World Cup. In 2019, he was also selected the Japan U-20 national team for 2019 U-20 World Cup. On October 9, 2020, he debuted for the Japan national team against Cameroon.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Nagoya Grampus|2018|J1 League|13|0|2|0|4|0|—|—|19|0|||
|2019|J1 League|0|0|0|0|6|0|—|—|6|0|||||
|rowspan="3"|Jong AZ|2019–20|Eerste Divisie|7|0|0|0|—|—|—|7|0||||
|2020–21|Eerste Divisie|5|0|0|0|—|—|—|5|0||||||
|AZ (loan)|2019–20|Eredivisie|16|2|1|0|—|11|1|—|27|3||||
|rowspan="5"|AZ|2020–21|Eredivisie|25|2|1|0|—|5|0|—|30|2|||
|2021–22|Eredivisie|33|1|4|0|—|8|0|—|42|1|||||
|2022–23|Eredivisie|31|3|2|0|—|14|1|0|0|47|4||||
|2023–24|Eredivisie|27|4|2|0|—|10|0|0|0|39|4||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|Japan|2020|1|0|
|2023|7|1|||

- _Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sugawara goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|21 November 2023|Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia||4–0|5–0|2026 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||

## Honours

**Japan U19**
- AFC U-19 Championship third place: 2018

**Individual**
- Eredivisie Talent of the Month: January 2022

- Eredivisie Team of the Month: January 2022, March 2023, August 2023, September 2023, October 2023,

**Records**
- Most appearances for AZ in UEFA club competitions: 49

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Yukinari Sugawara
- **image**: 4822940 AE7I9740 - Yukinari Sugawara.jpg
- **caption**: Sugawara playing for Japan national football team, Japan at the 2023 AFC Asian Cup
- **fullname**: Yukinari Sugawara
- **birth place**: Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan
- **height**: 1.79 m
- **position**: Right-back
- **currentclub**: AZ Alkmaar, AZ
- **clubnumber**: 2
- **youthclubs1**: AS Laranja Toyokawa
- **youthclubs2**: Nagoya Grampus
- **years1**: 2018–2020
- **clubs1**: Nagoya Grampus
- **caps1**: 13
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 2019–2020
- **clubs2**: → AZ Alkmaar, Jong AZ (loan)
- **caps2**: 7
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 2019–2020
- **clubs3**: → AZ Alkmaar, AZ (loan)
- **caps3**: 16
- **goals3**: 2
- **years4**: 2020–2021
- **clubs4**: AZ Alkmaar, Jong AZ
- **caps4**: 12
- **goals4**: 1
- **years5**: 2020–
- **clubs5**: AZ Alkmaar, AZ
- **caps5**: 111
- **goals5**: 6
- **nationalyears1**: 2017–2018
- **nationalteam1**: Japan national under-17 football team, Japan U-17
- **nationalcaps1**: 12
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalyears2**: 2019
- **nationalteam2**: Japan national under-20 football team, Japan U-20
- **nationalcaps2**: 7
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2019–
- **nationalteam3**: Japan national under-23 football team, Japan U-23
- **nationalcaps3**: 2
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **nationalyears4**: 2020–
- **nationalteam4**: Japan national football team, Japan
- **nationalcaps4**: 12
- **nationalgoals4**: 1
- **club-update**: 20:21, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
- **ntupdate**: 23:47, 21 March 2024 (UTC)