Keito Nakamura

Keito Nakamura (中村 敬斗, Nakamura Keito, born 28 July 2000) is a Japanese footballer who plays for FC Twente in the Eredivisie. He plays either as an attacking midfielder or a forward[1][2][3]

Keito Nakamura
中村 敬斗
Personal information
Full name Keito Nakamura
Date of birth (2000-07-28) July 28, 2000
Place of birth Abiko, Chiba, Japan
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s) Attacking midfielder
Forward
Club information
Current team
 FC Twente
(on loan from Gamba Osaka)
Number 13
Youth career
Mitsubishi Yowa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Gamba Osaka 17 (1)
2019– → FC Twente (loan) 9 (3)
National team‡
2017 Japan U-17 11 (5)
2019– Japan U-20 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 November 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 June 2019

Club career

Nakamura joined Gamba Osaka from Kantō Soccer League side Mitsubishi Yowa ahead of the 2018 J1 League season.[4] He made his senior debut at the age of 17 on 24 February 2018 in a 3-2 home defeat by Nagoya Grampus in which replaced Hwang Ui-jo in the 69th minute and 10 minutes later crossed for Shun Nagasawa to head home and make the score 2-2.[5][6]

In total he played 17 J1 League games during his debut campaign and netted 1 goal, the winner in a 2-1 win over V-Varen Nagasaki on November 24th.[7] He also scored once in 7 J.League Cup games and made one substitute appearance in the Emperor's Cup, a shock home defeat to Kwansei Gakuin University.[2]

Nakamura spent a large part of the second half of the season with Gamba's Under-23 side in J3 League where he netted 4 times in 15 appearances with the goals coming against FC Tokyo U-23, Thespakusatsu Gunma and Azul Claro Numazu.[2]

International career

Nakamura has represented Japan at Under-15, Under-16 and Under-17 level playing in both the AFC Under-16 Championship in 2016, and the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in which he netted 4 times in 4 games before Japan were eliminated by England at the last-16 stage.[1][2]

Career statistics

Last update: 2 December 2018[2]

Club performance League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup Continental Other Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup League Cup Asia Total
2018Gamba OsakaJ11711071--252
2019000000--00
Total 1711071--252
Netherlands League KNVB Beker - Europe Total
2019-20FC TwenteEredivisie4200---42
Career total 2131071--294
  1. Japan – Emperor's Cup; Netherlands – KNVB Beker

Reserves performance

Last Updated: 2 December 2018

Club performance League Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Total
2018Gamba Osaka U-23J3154154
20190000
Career total 154154

References
  1. "Keito Nakamura Gamba Osaka Player Profile". Gamba Osaka (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  2. "Keito Nakamura Soccerway Player Statistics". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  3. "Keito Nakamura J.League Player Profile". J.League English Website. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  4. "Gamba Osaka News – Keito Nakamura arrival". Gamba Osaka (in Japanese). 26 December 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  5. "Schedule & Results Gamba Osaka vs Nagoya Grampus". J.League English Website. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  6. "Gamba Osaka vs Nagoya Grampus 2-3". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  7. "Schedule & Results Gamba Osaka vs V-Varen Nagasaki". J.League English Website. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
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