Yuto Nagatomo made his 205th appearance for Inter on Tuesday night against Sampdoria in the Nerazzurri’s 3-2 win at home at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in Milano’s San Siro district.
Only Samir Handanovic has made more appearances for the Nerazzurri out of all the players in the current Inter squad having guarded Inter’s goal on 216 occasions. The Japenese international defender has now enetered Inter’s top 50 list of players of all time that have played competetive matches for the Nerazzurri.
Nagatomo, who was subject of much transfer speculation during the summer, is somwhat surprisingly becoming a key of the team under coach luciano Spalletti who has been hailed for possessing an almost magical touch when it comes to getting the best out of the players at his disposal.
Inter have had one of their best starts ever to their Serie A campaign under the former Zenit and Roma tactician and are currently in 2nd place in the Serie A, 2 points behind Napoli.
