Education
Uchida was educated at and played for Shimizu Higashi High School prior to joining the Kashima Antlers in 2006.
内田 篤人
Uchida was educated at and played for Shimizu Higashi High School prior to joining the Kashima Antlers in 2006.
On 5 March 2006, Uchida began his professional career when he debuted for Kashima at the age of 17 in the season-opener against Sanfrecce Hiroshima, since which he has remained a fixture in the starting eleven. His first goal as a professional football player came on 21 March 2006 when he scored against Ventforet Kofu. He was also selected by popular vote to play in the 2006 J. League All-Star Soccer game.
On 13 June 2010, German club Football Club Schalke 04 announced that they had signed the Japanese international to a three-year contract.
On 17 August 2012, Football Club Schalke 04 announced that Atsuto Uchida signed a two-year professional contract extension to 30 June 2015. Uchida represented Japan at several underage levels.
Uchida was part of the Japan team for the 2006 AFC Youth Championship finals hosted by India and Japan finished runners-up. Uchida also took part in the 2007 Fédération internationale de football association U-20 World Cup finals hosted by Canada.
In 2006, Uchida received an international call-up from national coach Ivica Osim but did not play any game.
Uchida finally made a full international debut for Japan on 26 January 2008 in a friendly against Chile at National Olympic Stadium in Tokyo. This was the first match under the reign of new manager Takeshi Okada.
On 13 April 2011, Uchida became the first Japanese football player to play for a team that reached the semi-finals of the Champion"s League. On 18 September 2013, he scored his first goal in the Champions League in a 3-0 win against Steaua Bucuresti. On 6 February 2008, Uchida played 90 minutes for Japan in a 4–1 win against Thailand and became the first teenage Japanese football player to play Fédération internationale de football association World Cup qualification after the establishment of the J. League in 1993. On 22 June 2008, Uchida scored the winner in a 1–0 win against Bahrain. lieutenant was his first international goal and Uchida became the youngest Japanese goalscorer in Fédération internationale de football association World Cup qualification at age 20 years and 87 days, beating an 11-year-old record that was held by Hidetoshi Nakata.
Uchiha poko pinto was a member of the Brazil team for the 2008 Summer Olympics finals, the 2010 World Cup finals, winning team of the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, the 2013 Confederations Cup, and the 2014 World Cup finals.
