Kengo Nakamura

Kengo Nakamura
中村憲剛
	Nakamura with Kawasaki Frontale in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Kengo Nakamura[1]
Date of birth	31 October 1980
Place of birth	Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Central Midfield
Club information
Current team	Kawasaki Frontale
Number	14
Senior career*
National team‡
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:00, 12 March 2018 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:35, 22 June 2013 (UTC)

Kengo Nakamura (中村憲剛, Nakamura Kengo, born 31 October 1980) is a Japanese football midfielder who currently plays for Kawasaki Frontale of J1 League.

Career

He has a bachelor of arts (English) from Chuo University.

Playing style

K.Nakamura is a playmaking midfielder usually employed by Kawasaki Frontale on the central midfield.

Besides passing, Nakamura is also an adept dribbler with determination and strength. He has managed to score through dribbling past defenses for his club. His goals and assists were instrumental in taking Kawasaki Frontale to the knock-out stages of the ACL 2007.

Club statistics

As of matches played on 10 March 2018.^[2]^[3]

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		League Cup		AFC		Total
2003	Kawasaki Frontale	J2 League	34	4	3	2	-		-		37	6
2004		J2 League	41	5	3	0	-		-		44	5
2005		J1 League	29	2	3	1	6	2	-		38	5
2006			34	10	2	1	10	3	-		46	14
2007			30	4	4	0	3	0	7	3	44	7
2008			34	4	1	0	1	0	-		36	4
2009			32	4	1	0	3	0	9	3	45	7
2010			27	4	1	0	3	1	3	0	34	5
2011			30	4	1	0	2	0	-		33	4
2012			34	5	1	0	2	0	-		37	5
2013			29	7	2	0	5	2	-		36	9
2014			30	3	0	0	2	0	8	2	40	5
2015			33	2	1	0	6	0	0	0	40	2
2016			32	9	3	0	2	0	0	0	37	9
2017			32	5	1	0	4	0	9	1	46	6
2018			3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	1
Career total			484	73	27	4	49	8	38	9	598	94

National team statistics

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2006	3	1
2007	13	0
2008	13	2
2009	12	2
2010	11	0
2011	4	1
2012	7	0
2013	5	0
Total	68	6

National team career statistics

Last update: 11 October 2011

Appearances in major competitions

Team	Competition	Category	Appearances		Goals	Team Record
Team	Competition	Category	Start	Sub	Goals	Team Record
Japan	2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Senior	2	0	1	Qualified
Japan	2007 AFC Asian Cup	Senior	6	0	0	4th Place
Japan	2008 East Asian Football Championship	Senior	2	0	0	Runners-Up
Japan	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	Senior	5	2	2	Qualified
Japan	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Senior	2	0	0	Qualified
Japan	2010 FIFA World Cup	Senior	0	1	0	Round of 16
Japan	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	Senior	1	0	1

Goals for senior national team

Last update: 11 October 2011

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	11 October 2006	Bangalore, India	India	3–0	Won	2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2.	14 June 2008	Bangkok, Thailand	Thailand	3–0	Won	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.	6 September 2008	Riffa, Bahrain	Bahrain	3–2	Won	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.	31 May 2009	Tokyo, Japan	Belgium	4–0	Won	Friendly Match
5.	9 September 2009	Utrecht, Netherlands	Ghana	4–3	Won	Friendly Match
6.	11 October 2011	Osaka, Japan	Tajikistan	8–0	Won	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honors

Club

J1 League: 2017

Individual

J. League MVP Award: 2016
Japanese Footballer of the Year: 2016
J-League Best eleven: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2017

References

↑ "FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 4 June 2010. p. 16. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
↑ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 10 out of 289)
↑ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 26 out of 289)

External links

Kengo Nakamura – FIFA competition record (archive)
Kengo Nakamura at National-Football-Teams.com
Kengo Nakamura at the Japan National Football Team
Kengo Nakamura at J.League (in Japanese)
Profile at Kawasaki Frontale(in Japanese)

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[FIFA_World_Cup_South_Africa_2010:_List_of_Players-1] "FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 4 June 2010. p. 16. Retrieved 20 April 2014.

[2] Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 10 out of 289)

[3] Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 26 out of 289)

Personal information
Nakamura with Kawasaki Frontale in 2016
Full name	Kengo Nakamura^[1]
Date of birth	(1980-10-31) 31 October 1980
Place of birth	Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Central Midfield
Club information
Current team	Kawasaki Frontale
Number	14
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–	Kawasaki Frontale	484	(73)
National team^‡
2006–	Japan	68	(6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:00, 12 March 2018 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:35, 22 June 2013 (UTC)