Hidetoshi Nakata

is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

## Biography

Nakata was born in Kofu on January 22, 1977. After graduating from Nirasaki High School, he joined J1 League club Bellmare Hiratsuka in 1995. He moved to Italian Serie A club Perugia. In January 2000, he moved to Roma. The club won the championship in the 2000–01 Serie A season. In summer 2001, he moved to Parma. From 2004, he played for Bologna, Fiorentina and English Premier League club Bolton Wanderers. He retired end of the 2005–06 season.

Nakata was selected the Japan U-23 national team for 1996 Summer Olympics. In first match against Brazil and Japan won Brazil (1-0). It was known as "Miracle of Miami" (マイアミの奇跡) in Japan. On May 21, 1997, he debuted for the Japan national team against South Korea. After the debut, he became a regular player soon. In 1998, he was selected the Japan at 1998 World Cup and played all 3 matches. In 2000, he was selected U-23 Japan for 2000 Summer Olympics. He also played at 2002 and 2006 World Cup. He played 77 games and scored 11 goals for Japan until 2006.

## Statistics

|-
|1995||rowspan="4"|Bellmare Hiratsuka||rowspan="4"|J1 League||26||8||2||1||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||28||9
|-
|1996||26||2||3||0||12||2||colspan="2"|-||41||4
|-
|1997||21||3||3||0||6||1||colspan="2"|-||30||4
|-
|1998||12||3||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||12||3

|-
|1998–99||rowspan="2"|Perugia||rowspan="2"|Serie A||33||10||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||33||10
|-
|1999–00||15||2||4||1||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||19||3
|-
|1999–00||rowspan="2"|Roma||rowspan="2"|Serie A||15||3||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||16||3
|-
|2000–01||15||2||0||0||colspan="2"|-||7||1||22||3
|-
|2001–02||rowspan="3"|Parma||rowspan="3"|Serie A||24||1||6||2||colspan="2"|-||8||1||38||4
|-
|2002–03||31||4||2||0||colspan="2"|-||4||0||37||4
|-
|2003–04||12||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||4||1||18||1
|-
|2003–04||Bologna||Serie A||17||2||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||17||2
|-
|2004–05||Fiorentina||Serie A||20||0||3||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||23||0

|-
|2005–06||Bolton Wanderers||Premier League||21||1||3||0||2||0||6||0||32||1
85||16||8||1||18||3||colspan="2"|-||111||20
182||24||18||3||colspan="2"|-||23||3||223||30
21||1||3||0||2||0||6||0||26||1
288||41||29||4||20||3||29||3||366||51
|}

|-
|1997||16||5
|-
|1998||10||1
|-
|1999||3||0
|-
|2000||4||0
|-
|2001||7||1
|-
|2002||8||2
|-
|2003||11||1
|-
|2004||2||0
|-
|2005||10||0
|-
|2006||6||1
|-
!Total||77||11
|}

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Hidetoshi Nakata
- **image**: Hidetoshi Nakata in Okinawa.jpg
- **image size**: 200
- **caption**: Nakata in 2012
- **fullname**: Hidetoshi Nakata
- **birth place**: Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Yamanashi, Japan
- **position**: Midfielder
- **youthyears1**: 1992–1994
- **youthclubs1**: Nirasaki High School
- **years1**: 1995–1998
- **clubs1**: Shonan Bellmare, Bellmare Hiratsuka
- **caps1**: 85
- **goals1**: 16
- **years2**: 1998–2000
- **clubs2**: AC Perugia Calcio, Perugia
- **caps2**: 48
- **goals2**: 12
- **years3**: 2000–2001
- **clubs3**: AS Roma, Roma
- **caps3**: 30
- **goals3**: 5
- **years4**: 2001–2004
- **clubs4**: Parma Calcio 1913, Parma
- **caps4**: 67
- **goals4**: 5
- **years5**: 2004
- **clubs5**: Bologna FC 1909, Bologna
- **caps5**: 17
- **goals5**: 2
- **years6**: 2004–2005
- **clubs6**: ACF Fiorentina, Fiorentina
- **caps6**: 20
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2005–2006
- **clubs7**: Bolton Wanderers FC, Bolton Wanderers
- **caps7**: 21
- **goals7**: 1
- **totalcaps**: 288
- **totalgoals**: 41
- **nationalyears1**: 1993
- **nationalteam1**: Japan national under-17 football team, Japan U-17
- **nationalcaps1**: 3
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalyears2**: 1995
- **nationalteam2**: Japan national under-20 football team, Japan U-20
- **nationalcaps2**: 4
- **nationalgoals2**: 2
- **nationalyears3**: 1996–2000
- **nationalteam3**: Japan national under-23 football team, Japan U-23
- **nationalcaps3**: 5
- **nationalgoals3**: 1
- **nationalyears4**: 1997–2006
- **nationalteam4**: Japan national football team, Japan
- **nationalcaps4**: 77
- **nationalgoals4**: 11