About Atsuto Uchida
Atsuto Uchida (内田 篤人, Uchida Atsuto; born 27 March 1988) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Uchida started his career with Kashima Antlers, making his debut in 2006 at the age of 17. After four years and three J1 League Titles, Uchida moved to Germany with Schalke 04 in 2010 for €1.3 million. With Schalke, Uchida won the 2010–11 DFB-Pokal, and was named in the Bundesliga team of the season twice from 2012 to 2014. He later played in the 2. Bundesliga with Union Berlin before returning to Japan with his first club Kashima Antlers, where he retired in 2020. Uchida made his first appearance for the Japan national team in January 2008, and went on to make 74 appearances and score two goals for his country, representing them in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Uchida's first goal as a professional footballer came on 21 March 2006 when he scored against Ventforet Kofu. In the 2007 season, Uchida continued to regain his first team place for the side, playing in the right–back position and helped Kashima Antlers go on a nine-match winning streak between 2 May 2007 and 23 June 2007. Uchida later helped the club win the league for the first time since after beating Shimizu S-Pulse 3–0 in the last game of the season to regain their nine consecutive wins.
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