Japan Nakamura

Shunsuke Nakamura

Shunsuke Nakamura©Neier
AKAs:Naka, Shun, 中村俊輔
Born:24-Jun-78 Age: 45
Height:1.78
Fav.foot: Left

Position: Attacking midfielder
Right-wing
Yokohama FC Japan



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Shunsuke Nakamura (Japanese: 中村 俊輔, Hepburn: Nakamura Shunsuke, born 24 June 1978) is a Japanese former professional footballer. He is currently the assistant head coach of Yokohama FC. He is the only person to have been named J.League Most Valuable Player more than once, receiving the award in 2000 and 2013. Renowned as one of the best free kick takers ever, Steve Perryman once remarked that Nakamura "could open a tin of beans with his left foot".Nakamura began his professional career with J1 League club Yokohama Marinos in 1997, eventually making 338 league appearances during two spells at the club totalling just over twelve seasons. In between his spells at Marinos, Nakamura played in Europe with Espanyol, Celtic, and Reggina. During his time at Celtic, he became one of the best Asian players to have ever played in Europe; he was nominated for the 2007 Ballon d'Or, was named Scottish Player of the Year and SFWA Footballer of the Year in 2007, and became the first Japanese player to score in the UEFA Champions League. His team accomplishments at Celtic include winning the Scottish Premier League in 2006, 2007, and 2008, the Scottish League Cup in 2006 and 2009, and the Scottish Cup in 2007.Nakamura has 98 caps and 24 goals for the Japan national football team, including appearances in the FIFA World Cup finals in 2006 and 2010 and winning the AFC Asian Cup in 2000 and 2004; he was named Most Valuable Player of the 2004 competition. He also appeared in the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship as a member of the Japan under-20 team and the 2000 Summer Olympics as a member of the Japan under-23 team. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article



JP Yokohama Marinos97/02
IT Reggina02/05
#10 Serie A 02/0331
#10     Serie A Qualif 031
#10 Serie A 03/0416
#10 Serie A 04/0533
Scotland Celtic FC05/09
#25     SPL 06/072
#25     uefaChampions 8
#25 SPL 07/08 27
#25     uefaChamp Qualif 2
#25     uefaChampions 4
#25 SPL 08/0932
#25     uefaChampions 5
ES Espanyol de Barcelona09/10
#7 La Liga 09/1013
#7     Copa del Rey 2
JP Yokohama Marinos10/16
#25 J1-League 1019
#25 J1-League 110
#25 J1-League 1230
#25 J1-League 1319
#10 J1-League 1432
#10     J-Supercup 1
#10     afcACL 5
#10 J1-League 1519
#10 J1-League 1619
#10     Emperors Cup 16/170
JP Jubilo Iwata17/19
#10 J1-League 1730
#10 J1-League 1816
#10 J1-League 192
JP Yokohama FC19/22
#46 J1-League 202
#10 J1-League 212
RetiredOct22

JP Japan
#10     Olympics 00 4
#10     Conf.Cup 03 2
#10     Conf.Cup 05 3
#10 World Cup 06 3
#10     Friendlies 07 1
#10     Asian Cup 07 0
#10     Friendlies 08 2
#10     Friendlies 09 4
#10 World Cup 10 1
#10     Qualif WC 10 4
#10     Friendlies 10 3
#10     Quali Asia Cup 11 2


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