J. League Aug 25, 2020
The Kashima defender hung up his boots this weekend after a 15-year career in Japan and Germany.
Soccer Oct 3, 2018
Antlers stage dramatic comeback to beat Bluewings in Asian Champions League
Atsuto Uchida struck a 93rd-minute winner as the Kashima Antlers completed a remarkable 3-2 comeback win over the Suwon Bluewings in the first leg of their Asian Champions League semifinal on Wednesday night. The former Japan defender scrambled the ball across the line from a ...
Soccer Sep 10, 2018
Former Japan star Uchida sees gap in quality as Moriyasu era begins
by Dan Orlowitz
Following a four-day delay caused by the recent Hokkaido earthquake, Japan's men's soccer team will make their debut under new head coach Hajime Moriyasu on Tuesday against Central American visitors Costa Rica. The Samurai Blue's first match after a World Cup is always a prime ...
Soccer / J. League Feb 22, 2018
Sagan, Vissel meet in opener as teams aim for Frontale's crown
by Andrew McKirdy
The 2018 J. League season kicks off with just one fixture on Friday, but every club in the 18-team division will get the chance to throw down the gauntlet to defending champions Kawasaki Frontale before the weekend is over. Sagan Tosu host Vissel Kobe in ...
Soccer / J. League Jan 3, 2018
Kashima Antlers confirmed Wednesday that Japan defender Atsuto Uchida will transfer from Union Berlin, marking his return to the J. League after 7½ years in Germany. The German second-division side announced a day earlier it had terminated with immediate effect Uchida's contract, a deal the ...
Soccer / J. League Jan 2, 2018
Veteran defender Atsuto Uchida finalizes contract with Kashima Antlers
Defender Atsuto Uchida will return to the Kashima Antlers after joining Union Berlin in August, the German second-division side said Tuesday. The 29-year-old had been hampered by a hamstring injury and wished to return to Japan, Union Berlin said in a statement. Uchida started his career ...
Soccer Sep 11, 2017
Striker Takashi Usami scored on his debut for Fortuna Dusseldorf in a 3-2 win over Atsuto Uchida's Union Berlin in the German second division on Sunday. Usami, who joined Dusseldorf on a one-year loan deal from first-division Augsburg last month, came off the bench in ...
Soccer Aug 22, 2017
Promotion candidate Union Berlin have signed defender Atsuto Uchida on a deal that runs through June 2018, the German second-tier side said Monday. The 29-year-old Uchida, who spent seven years with Schalke in the Bundesliga, will reunite with his former Schalke manager Jens Keller as ...
Soccer Aug 21, 2017
German second-tier side Union Berlin could make a move to sign defender Atsuto Uchida, the German daily Bild reported on Sunday. Uchida, 29, looks set to part ways with Schalke after seven years at the Bundesliga club. A move to Union would reunite Uchida with ...
Soccer May 23, 2017
Uchida remains confident he can still make impact for Schalke
Defender Atsuto Uchida returned to Japan on Tuesday confident that he can still do a job for Schalke, despite managing just one game for the Bundesliga club this season after returning from a serious knee injury. The right-back returned to action after a 21-month injury ...