Profile Shunsuke Nakamura

Personal information

Full name : Shunsuke Nakamura

Date of birth : 24 June 1978

Place of birth : Yokohama, Japan

Height : 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Playing position : Midfielder

Current club : Yokohama F. Marinos

Number : 25

Youth career :

1991–1994 Nissan Junior Youth

1994–1997 Toko Gakuen High School

Senior career :

1997–2002 Yokohama Marinos

2002–2005 Reggina

2005–2009 Celtic

2009–2010 Espanyol

2010– Yokohama Marinos

National team :

1996–1997 Japan U20

1998–2000 Japan U23

1998–2010 Japan

Club career

Yokohama Marinos / Yokohama F. Marinos

Nakamura in their first year, 1997, threadbare the shirt 25, was a regular performer on the team, playing well and playing in 27 sporting activities and scored 5 objectives and 5 augments, plus a small proportion shots, and took retain great guarantee as the Japanese football for the recent future. In 1999, Nakamura won the team's No. 10 in Yokohama, and again stood out, where he played 26 fits and scoring 7 objectives and 7 augments and also scored his 1st career hat-trick against Bellmare Hiratsuka. But without a distrust, his largest moment came in 2000, where he played 30 sporting activities and scored 5 objectives and 11 augments which led the Marinos to the label of vice heroic person and first throughout, and was called performer of the J-League. In 2001 he played 24 sporting activities scoring 3 objectives and 4 augments, and won the Yamazaki Nabisco Cup and in 2002, played eight sporting activities and scored 4 objectives and 5 augments and saw that it was time to face Europe, deserting labels, adorable transfers, objectives, augments and longing in Yokohama.

Reggina Cálcio

In 2002, Nakamura was decided at Reggina, where he played 87 fits and scored 12 objectives and organised 10 augments, arrived with much prospect to the Italian club, winning the shirt right off the bat 10 and already is examined the ace without hold back demonstrated his time.Nakamura small identify, scoring a great objective on debut. And during the three years that was staged great objectives of absence, a objective that withdrew three players sitting on the floor and virtually couple anthologies, one any person who close to scored in the midfield, and another in which dribble later four resistance, played coverage, but the ball receded capriciously. But the team was so thinned that even with Nakamura demonstrating all his genius, the team figured simply in the average zone of the office desk, even accumulating four disks of the end. In the pursuing season, 2003-2004, Nakamura had difficulties with injuries and played tiny, but in his terminal season for the club, Nakamura was again absolute manager of the team, and had good shows, but again its simply thinned team scuffled to save from diminishing . In the summer of 2005, Nakamura discerned it was time to modification, and had many choices for this, later all, Celtic FC, Atletico Madrid, Deportivo La Coruna, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Monchegladbach, and other clubs were interested in the playmaker. He withdrew southern Italy to recognise an offer from Celtic to face a novel argue in Scotland.

Celtic F.C.

The genius ended higher overseen for Celtic in Scotland and was one of the happiest picks of half Japanese. Quickly won the hearts of the fans and the Celtic overseer, Gordon Strachan, any person who also call it genius said: "He's a cut above the others.", The crowd gave him some nicknames like The Man From Japan , The Bhoy, Japanese Sensation, Genius, The Magician and some others. and Gordon Strachan, Nakamura also said that beyond genius, was phenomenal, because later all, he outpoured a greater distance than any other performer on the team, that is, it was complete. On his debut, with Nakamura's shirt he adapted 25 times in the boy, gave addition and organised a small proportion shots, and from there he wrote a adorable and glorious time in the history of Glasgow. And Nakamura truly had a radiant career at Celtic in the season premiere, to 2005-2006, was absolute manager of the team where he gave 10 augments, and scoring 6 objectives in 33 sporting activities played, won the Scottish Premier League and Scottish League Cup But the pursuing season, 2006-2007, would be even advanced, the team's ace, led Celtic to the SPL bi League label and Scottish Cup, and tag 9 objectives, had 13 augments in 37 sporting activities played, Nakamura charmed all, the objective scoring label in lovely loose kick, the best objective of the tournament coverage from into the open the paddock, against Dundee United, request a festival of pens, grazes and roulette in supplement to some resistance and scarcity of objectives and played in objectives, augments and gave adorable set free and even a hat-trick in a 4-1 victory through Dundee United.Com all this, plus the labels and the best objective of the SPL, Nakamura was crowned the best performer of the tournament by three entidadades dissimilar, and was elected in late 2007, the Celtic's performer of the year. But if you think it finished there, Nakamura immobile cleaned in the UEFA Champions League, a arduous assembly which included Manchester United, with Nakamura adorable performance, he scored a adorable free-kick in the 3-2 defeat at Old Trafford. But best of Nakamura at UCL was yet to come ... In the return fit, a fit essential in that Celtic was deficient at least a tie, the game was nervous, and 0-0 at 34 minutes from time, a scarcity far away, in the average, 40 yards from goal. Nakamura tucked the ball with care, the stadium was worried, and the narrator said it was far away, he ought beat the scarcity cruzar.Nakamura straight away pro objective, a significance on how to overcome shortage, the ball organised a striking curve, had faultless weather, moved into the drawer, Van Der Sar can do none, Nakamura gave the winner of 1-0 through Manchester United at Celtic Park, Celtic progressed to the throughout of the UCL. Nakamura has become even more idolotrado by all. After this radiant season, Nakamura started to be speculated and some high clubs such as Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool, Lyon, Inter Milan, Borussia Dortmund, Barcelona, Espanyol, Deportivo La Coruna, Atletico Madrid and others. But Nakamura decided to pursue in the Celtic, for happiness of the club, teammates and fans. In the pursuing season, 2007-2008, Naka gave six augments and scoring seven objectives in 26 sporting activities played, Nakamura persisted genius led Celtic to the SPL championship tri, and again starring bids magic, directing the team for the second consecutive year the knockout of the UCL. Nakamura this season has had numerous injury difficulties, but this did not prevent him returning from injury in style, scoring great objectives against Stirling Albion in Falkirk and adorable shots from into the open the paddock, save scoring adorable objectives and scarcity of transfers, and adorable throws, augments and destroy at UCL. Nakamura also organised the objective more noteworthy than winning the tri Celtic SPL, scoring the winning objective 2-1 through the rival Rangers in a rocket from far away, becoming the first Japanese to score in Old Firm. With all these triumphs, Nakamura was already more than idolized at Celtic, and received more admire, this time from the retired Neil Lennon, any person who was team captain in the seasons 2005/2006 and 2006/2007.Lennon said Nakamura was the best performer with whom he had played and the best performer he saw play. After the end of the season, there were novel rumors, but Nakamura went behind to the club from Glasgow. Then came the final season of The Bhoys by Nakamura, 2008/2009 season and ended higher being the least successful of Nakamura at Celtic, Naka gave 12 augments, scored 8 objectives in 32 sporting activities played, he won the Scottish League Cup, but went incorrect take the team to fourth consecutive SPL label and unlike terminal year, a principle campaign in the UCL, but immobile persisted starring Naka played phenomenal with dribbling, surpassing, loose kicks and objectives espetaculares.Ainda this season, Nakamura came the milestone of 100 sporting activities in the SPL, any person who alleviated out Mizuno, compensating moral to the young Japanese, with a great addition for the first objective for Celtic and Mizuno also scored another objective at Old Firm, a adorable loose kick. and even organised his second hat-trick for Celtic, with three adorable objectives in the rout of 7x0 on the St.Mirren, q would be his terminal objective at Celtic. At the end of the season, there were some rumors, Nakamura said he trusted to fulfill his contract until the end and afterward go to Yokohama F-Marinos end his career, from that, various broadcasting gave numerous as his transfer to Yokohama, but novel risks have seemed, Nakamura and ended higher beating with RCD Espanyol of Spain, to realize his image of playing La Liga.

RCD Espanyol

On June 23, 2009, the eve of his birthday, he transmitted his hiring by the Spanish club Espanyol, Barcelona's rival, with the relative standing of ace, and a recital with more than 10,000 fans in the stadium and as one of the principle signings league for the season and being very hip, with the crowd singing the whole lung: "Sí, sí, sí, Nakamura are already here." Nakamura was the image of originating true, he regularly dreamed of playing in La Liga, and would play in the rival team that his idol, Maradona claimed. Nakamura will be the No. 7 shirt. And Nakamura commenced it all, organised a fine pre-season friendly against a Liverpool led his team in the 3-0 victory with couple augments and shots. Then came the death of Captain Daniel Jarque and the club arise to have discerned the loss, the omnibus gave a crazy Pocchetino, and Nakamura any person who was the great performer from the team, adjacent the noteworthy and excellent De La Pena and Tamudo were pro bench and played tiny , Nakamura was fidgeting with it, and later 6 months of ups and downs in the Espanyol, due to the proximity of the World Cup, Nakamura saw that it was best to modification the club to play usually and not at danger of being evil-minded for the tournament soccer world's bulk noteworthy and also because I knew that there was a performer to continue on the reservation, off his second son had just been born and had not Japanese educational institutions in Catalonia, was that he and his family were besieged to acclimatise and Nakamura had no translator . Naka gave Espanyol the simply four augments in 20 sporting activities entering the second bulk time. Came a plan from Middlesbrough FC of England, where right away was Gordon Strachan, any person who had switched the Celtic for the Premier League club later failing the fourth label seguido.Sua excursion to Middlesbrough until he became confirmed, and Nakamura also traveled to England, But there were numerous disagreements in the negotiation, and Nakamura was even originating home, to look after his club at heart and that he had divulged, the Yokohama F Marinos-.

Yokohama F. Marinos

On February 12, set free a assertion which admitted that both RCD Espanyol Nakamura as its central social family members has decided that it was the best performer returning to Japan, because simply this way he could receive a location in the Japanese national team to compete in the World Cup South Africa's Shunsuke Nakamura transferred to Yokohama F. Marinos on February 26. Nakamura finished his cycle behind later eight years in Europe divulged that the club and Nakamura received very delighted, with a smile on his face every elevation, come seal solving their problems. His return was outstanding and now sealing the 2010 season, Nakamura also star and absolute manager of the team took the team the best campaign in J-League in recent years, is the head in augments with 10 in the J-league and immobile scored five objectives, and his first objective in the first return was a great objective against Kawasaki Frontale and a very adorable right-footed against Albirex Niigata, no bills as an alternative the objectives of absence, and adorable supplement to compensating augments and doing sweet transfers .

International career

By Samurai Blues, Nakamura had a fine career since the rudimentary selections, excelling in all tournaments, Semi Final of the AFC Asian Cup U-20 in 1996 and it is very noteworthy that Timac which unhappily simply came higher to the Cup Semi-Final U-20 World in 1997 and the Sydney Olympics in 2000. In the first selection, Nakamura became noticeable fairly young, simply 20 years, with very noteworthy component in the Asian Cup label in 2000, threadbare the shirt 14, and doing a good tournament for the team entering the competition. After the Asian Cup, now with the diagram 10 shirt Nakamura participated in numerous friendlies, scoring adorable objectives, such as the Olympic objective against Honduras and doing sweet transfers, but even so, to the disappointment of Nakamura and as prolonged as Japan, Troussier, afterward systematic selection, Nakamura withdrew off the items of 23 summoned for the 2002 World Cup because I thought I had a very thinned physical. It was Nakamura's great disappointment in his career. After the misery of being withdrew off the items, came the novel era, with Japan being led by Zico, Zico and Nakamura without hold back brought behind the investigate and gave the diagram 10 shirt. Knowing that he was the bulk talented performer of his generation, along with Ono and Nakata. It was afterward that started a magical time in Japan Japan profiled a midfield magician, with Nakamura, Ono, Nakata and Inamoto, not even hidden a game in which the four toiled combined, the team played a football and even more adorable offensive and that had charmed everyone. In the Confederations Cup in 2003, Japan was well in the competition and Nakamura was the emphasise, scoring an extraordinary objective against France absence, taking in three objectives in couple fits and playing an anthology launch, where with just a dribble, a phenomenal roulette with simply the withdrew leg, dribbled couple resistance at once and close to scored a great goal. Then came the Asian Cup in 2004. The No. 10 led the league in the tri Japan, compensating adorable augments, taking in great performances and among them couple augments in the final against China, a striking objective against Oman and a adorable free-kick against Thailand. His phenomenal performance earned him the MVP award of the tournament. After the AFC in 2004, Nakamura was instrumental in deciding the classification of the 2006 World Cup in the Kirin Cup label in 2004 and had fine performances. In the Confederations Cup in 2005, Nakamura was again adorable presentations, scored a great objective against Brazil at the Samurai 2x2 Blues deserved to have won, and even organised a small proportion shots in other games. In pre-World Cup friendlies, Japan went adequately, with adorable presentations Nakamura and Japan playing a lot, bringing adorable victories, but came the fateful game against Germany. Japan won 2-0, Nakamura beyond adorable recital, adorable started in play, the play's first objective nipônico, but the Germans any person who were the arrays of the tournament, did not want to lose at home just couple weeks of the Cup and endeavoured to tie in marra, and for that overcome and residual time.This was a great tie for 2x2 that Japan deserved to win, with Japanese adorable performance, but in this friendly, Nakamura, Takahara, Yanagisawa, Ono, Inamoto and Kaji were injured. Japan was for the World Cup half-time and super noteworthy players injured, immobile was successful on debut against Australia, with Nakamura scoring one objective and withdrawing Japan at the front. But the bruising appearance and a psychological imbalance, Japan ended higher losing 3-1 later that, the team dismantled the sacrifice playing with Nakamura, Nakata playing steering, Ono, Inamoto and Kaji Takahara and Yanagisawa out and playing in the sacrifice, and a psychological shot, surrendered to Japan a fiasco out of the gigantic expectations in the past because that magical time. After the disappointment, Japan had as novel omnibus Osim Nakamura and stayed the essential performer and playmaker of the team, fine shows in the Kirin Cup labels in 2007 and the 4 Nations Cup in 2007 and well into the 2007 Asian Cup, where the Japan received the fourth location for not taking the tournament seriously. After the 2007 AFC, Okada was the novel omnibus and won the Kirin Cup Nakamura 2008 and 2009, and was noteworthy in the classification of the 2010 World Cup selection and was the holder and a principle performer on the team, in spite of playing well on the floor heading down what he could. After the load at Espanyol, has gone through a evil-minded time in the selection and ended higher condition the 2010 World Cup. Only playing against the Netherlands. Nakamura was saddened and even said that he and the World Cup did not receive along combined, referring to the court in 2002, evil-minded luck in 2006 and not well in 2010 and with much misery for him and all the fans, transmitted his retirement from worldwide football later the World Cup.