Ryotaro Nakano

Ryotaro Nakano
Personal information
Full name Ryotaro Nakano
Date of birth (1988-06-13) 13 June 1988
Place of birth Koganei, Tokyo, Japan
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Jelgava
Number 10
Youth career
2005–2007 FC Tokyo
2007–2011 Waseda University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Pommern Greifswald 28 (11)
2012 → Arka Gdynia (loan) 0 (0)
2013–2016 Daugavpils 79 (33)
2016–2017 Jelgava 24 (2)
2017 Chonburi 29 (0)
2018- Jelgava
National team
2004 Japan U16
2005 Japan U17
2006 Japan U18
Japan U19
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:35, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

Ryotaro Nakano (中野 遼太郎, Nakano Ryotaro, born 13 June 1988) is a Japanese professional footballer .[1]

Club career

Nakano started his career with FC Tokyo while studying at the Waseda University. He moved to Germany in 2011 to join 6th division side Pommern Greifswald.[2] He was loaned to Ekstraklasa side Arka Gdynia in 2012,[3][4] but left less than five months later, without a first team appearance.[5][6]

He moved to Latvia in 2013, joining Latvian First League side BFC Daugavpils. In his first season, Nakano managed a 1:1 goal ratio, scoring 26 goals in 26 games as his team were promoted to the Latvian Higher League.[2] He earned a transfer to fellow Latvian side FK Jelgava in January 2016,[7] and was included in the 2016 Latvian Higher League team of the season.[8]

Despite his good performances, Nakano struggled with the freezing weather in Latvia, as temperatures dipped to -25° in the winter. He was offered a move to Thai League side Chonburi F.C. in 2017, an opportunity which he took.[9]

International career

Nakano has represented Japan at numerous youth levels,[2][9] and was called up to represent a Japan XI against the Nepal national football team in 2016.[10]

Honours

Club

FK Jelgava

References

  1. ↑ "Ryotaro Nakano". Chonburi F.C. (in Thai). Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "中野遼太郎に聞く（365日FC東京/東京ぴーぷる）". Soccer King Japan (in Japanese). 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "Ryotaro Nakano w Arce". 90 Minut (in Polish). 20 February 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Ryotaro Nakano podpisał kontrakt z Arką Gdynia". Gol 24 (in Polish). 20 February 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "Czterech zawodników odchodzi z Arki". 90 Minut (in Polish). 1 July 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "I liga. Niechciane dzieci trenera Nemeca, czyli zawiłe losy 12 byłych piłkarzy Arki Gdynia". Trojmiasto Sport (in Polish). 15 December 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  7. ↑ "Jelgava piesaista Smirnovu, Nakano, Litvinski un Zalaku". Sporta Centrs (in Latvian). 22 December 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "Noteikta 2016. Gada Virslīgas Simboliskā Izlase LFF Vērtējumā". Latvian Football Federation (in Latvian). 1 December 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  9. 1 2 ""裏"海外組 中野遼太郎の蹴球奮闘記　第1回「ラトビア奮闘記のはずが急転直下、タイ移籍決定」". Soccer King Japan (in Japanese). 19 January 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  10. ↑ "Nepal, Japan Friends to play for charity". The Himalayan Times. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
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