{{short description|Japanese football player (born 1992)|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox football biography |name=Nao Eguchi <br> 江口 直生 |image=Blaublitz3 (cropped).jpg |image_size= |alt= |caption=Eguchi #15 in 2020 |fullname=Nao Eguchi |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1992|3|22}} |birth_place=Yao, Osaka, Japan |height={{Height|m=1.70}} |position=Midfielder |currentclub=Kamatamare Sanuki |clubnumber=7 | youthyears1= |youthclubs1=Yao Kyuhoji JSC | youthyears2={{0|0000}}–2006 |youthclubs2=Takada FC | youthyears3=2007–2009 |youthclubs3=Osaka Toin High School | collegeyears1= 2010–2013 | college1 = Osaka Sangyo University | years1 = 2014–2016 | clubs1 = Ehime FC | caps1 = 22 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2017–2022 | clubs2 = Blaublitz Akita | caps2 = 103 | goals2 = 10 | years3 = 2023– | clubs3 = Kamatamare Sanuki | caps3 = 70 | goals3 = 8 |club-update= 1 January 2026 }}
{{Nihongo|'''Nao Eguchi'''|江口 直生|Eguchi Nao|born March 22, 1992 in Yao, Osaka}} is a Japanese football player for Kamatamare Sanuki from 2023.<ref name="jleague">{{cite web|url=http://www.jleague.jp/club/ehime/player/detail/1400111/|publisher=jleague.jp|title=江口 直生：愛媛ＦＣ：Ｊリーグ.jp|accessdate=2016-10-01}}</ref> He scored a goal from 60 metres for Akita on October 14, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sakigake.jp/news/article/20201029AK0026/|title=ブラウブリッツ江口、正確無比なキック 移籍４年目、能力開花｜秋田魁新報電子版|website=秋田魁新報電子版}}</ref>
== Career ==
On 31 October 2022, Eguchi leave from the club after 6 years at Akita.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MF15 江口直生選手 契約満了のお知らせ {{!}} ブラウブリッツ秋田 |url=https://blaublitz.jp/whatsnew/105349.html |website=ブラウブリッツ秋田 公式ホームページ |access-date=2022-10-31 |language=ja}}</ref>
On 21 December 2022, Eguchi officially transfer to J3 club, Kamatamare Sanuki for upcoming 2023 season.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=ブラウブリッツ秋田より 江口 直生 選手 完全移籍加入のお知らせ|url=https://kamatamare.jp/news/?id=2727&item=TEAM|publisher=カマタマレ讃岐|date=2022-12-21}}</ref>
== Career statistics ==
''Updated to the end 2022 season''.<ref>Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, [https://www.amazon.co.jp/J1-J3%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E5%90%8D%E9%91%91%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E7%89%88-2018-NSK-MOOK/dp/4905411521 "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)"], 7 February 2018, Japan, {{ISBN|978-4905411529}} (p. 249 out of 289)</ref><ref>Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, [https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4905411424/ "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)"], 8 February 2017, Japan, {{ISBN|978-4905411420}} (p. 253 out of 289)</ref><ref>Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, [https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4905411335/ "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑"], 10 February 2016, Japan, {{ISBN|978-4905411338}} (p. 176 out of 289)</ref>
=== Club ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! colspan=3 | Club performance ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | Cup ! colspan=2 | Total |- ! Season !! Club !! League ! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals |- ! colspan=3 | Japan ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | Emperor's Cup ! colspan=2 | Total |- |2014||rowspan="3"|Ehime FC||rowspan="3"|J2 League||2||0||2||0||4||0 |- |2015||18||0||3||0||21||0 |- |2016||2||0||1||0||3||0 |- |2017||rowspan="6"|Blaublitz Akita||rowspan="4"|J3 League||3||0||0||0||3||0 |- |2018||14||1||1||0||15||1 |- |2019||24||2||1||0||25||2 |- |2020||33||6||2||1||35||7 |- |2021||rowspan="2"|J2 League||8||1||0||0||8||1 |- |2022||21||0||0||0||21||0 |- |2023||Kamatamare Sanuki||J3 League||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- ! colspan=3 | Career total !125||10||10||1||135||11 |}
==Honours== ; Blaublitz Akita * J3 League ('''2'''): 2017, 2020
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://blaublitz.jp/player?id=686&fiscal_year=2017 Profile at Blaublitz Akita] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160328170327/https://www.ehimefc.com/player/16.html Profile at Ehime FC] *{{J.League player|12025}} *[https://twitter.com/blaublitz_akita/status/1316365159644815363 60 meter goal] {{Kamatamare Sanuki squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eguchi, Nao}} Category:1992 births Category:Living people Category:Osaka Sangyo University alumni Category:Football people from Osaka Prefecture Category:Japanese men's footballers Category:J2 League players Category:J3 League players Category:Ehime FC players Category:Blaublitz Akita players Category:Kamatamare Sanuki players Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:21st-century Japanese sportsmen
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