Yūto Nagatomo began his professional career in 2007 at FC Tokyo. He competed in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. He was selected for the first time in the Japan football team in 2008 and was part of the group of twenty-three selected for the 2010 Football World Cup. After this he landed in Europe, in Cesena FC where he is on loan from FC Tokyo. In January 2011, he took part in the Asian Cup in Qatar and notably delivered the decisive pass for Tadanari Lee’s winning goal in the final against Australia. He was voted the best left-back in the competition. Following the competition, the leaders of Cesena definitively buy the Japanese side from FC Tokyo. But finally, on January 31, 2011, they decided to loan Yūto Nagatomo to Inter Milan with a purchase option set at 6 million euros. Davide Santon doing the reverse. He scored his first goal with Inter against Genoa CFC (5-2), then a second in his team’s victory during the last day against Calcio Catania (3-1). He won his first trophy with Inter Milan, the Italian Cup, on May 29 against Palermo FC (3-1). Inter Milan finally finished in 2nd place in Serie A after having long feared that qualification for the Champions League would slip through their fingers. During his first six months intern, Yūto Nagatomo seems to have won his starting place on the left side of the defense at the expense of an aging Cristian Chivu and author of poor performances in the European Cup. On June 30, 2011, Cesena FC’s official website stated that Yūto Nagatomo was now officially an Inter Milan player. On April 8, 2016, the club announced the extension of the player’s contract until 2019. On January 31, 2018, Yūto Nagatomo was loaned by Inter Milan to Galatasaray SK (purchase option at 7 million euros)1. He was definitively transferred to the Istanbul club the following summer. On August 31, 2020, Yūto Nagatomo signed free with Olympique de Marseille for a period of one year.
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