is a Japanese professional

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who plays as a

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for Emirati club Al Wasl.

Club career

Born in

Chiba Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Chiba Prefecture borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north, Saitama Prefecture to the ...

, Japan, Uchino started his career with Shinmatsudo SC. He later joined professional sides

Kashiwa Reysol is a Japanese professional football club based in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. Their home stadium is Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadiu ...

and

JEF United Chiba , full name and also known as , is a Japanese professional football club that plays in the J2 League. On 1 February 2005, the club changed its name from ''JEF United Ichihara'' to the current name after Chiba city had joined Ichihara, Chiba as ...

, before moving to Germany to sign with 1. FC Düren in 2018. The following year, he signed for

Alemannia Aachen Alemannia Aachen () or ATSV Alemannia 1900 is a football in Germany, German football club from the western city of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. A long term fixture of the country's 2. Bundesliga, second division, ''Alemannia'' enjoyed a three- ...

, and would go on to make 35 appearances in the

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. A move to Fortuna Düsseldorf would follow, and Uchino would go on to make a number of appearances for the club's reserve team, before making his

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debut in March 2022. On 8 August 2024, Fortuna Düsseldorf announced Uchino's transfer to Al Wasl in the United Arab Emirates.

International career

In March 2022, Uchino was called up to the

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for the Dubai Cup.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Japan U23 * AFC U-23 Asian Cup:

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References

2001 births Living people Japanese men's footballers Japan men's youth international footballers Japan men's under-20 international footballers Men's association football defenders Regionalliga players 2. Bundesliga players UAE Pro League players Kashiwa Reysol players JEF United Chiba players Alemannia Aachen players Fortuna Düsseldorf players Al Wasl F.C. players Japanese expatriate men's footballers Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Japanese expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates Footballers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Japan {{Japan-footy-defender-2000s-stub