Shoya Nakajima

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

## Biography

Nakajima was born in Hachioji on August 23, 1994. He joined J2 League club Tokyo Verdy from their youth team in 2012. In 2014, he moved to Kataller Toyama and played as regular player. In August 2014, he moved to J1 League club FC Tokyo. In September 2017, he moved to Portuguese Primeira Liga club Portimonense. He scored 10 goals in the 2017/18 season. In February 2019, he moved to Qatar Stars League club Al-Duhail. In September 2019, he moved to Primeira Liga club Porto. Porto won the champions in the 2019/20 season. However he could not play many matches in the 2020/21 season. In January 2021, he moved to UAE Pro League club Al-Ain.

In 2011, Nakajima was selected the Japan U-17 national team for 2007 U-17 World Cup. In 2016, he played for the Japan U-23 national team at 2016 AFC U-23 Championship. Japan won the champions and qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics. At 2016 Summer Olympics, he played all 3 matches as left midfielder. On March 23, 2018, he debuted and scored a goal for the Japan national team against Mali. However he was not selected the Japan for 2018 World Cup. After the 2018 World Cup, he became a regular player as left midfielder under new manager Hajime Moriyasu and was given "number 10" shirt for the Japan. In 2019, he played at 2019 Copa América. He played 19 games and scored 5 goals for Japan until 2019.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Tokyo Verdy|2012|J2 League|8|4|2|0|0|0|—|10|4||
|2013|J2 League|21|2|2|0|0|0|—|23|2||||
|Kataller Toyama (loan)|2014|J2 League|28|2|2|0|0|0|—|30|2|||
|rowspan="5"|FC Tokyo|2014|J1 League|5|0|0|0|0|0|—|5|0||
|2015|J1 League|13|1|2|0|2|1|—|17|2||||
|2016|J1 League|12|3|2|1|4|2|—|18|6||||
|2017|J1 League|21|2|1|1|7|3|—|29|6||||
|Portimonense (loan)|2017–18|Primeira Liga|29|10|2|0|2|0|—|33|10|||
|rowspan="2"|Portimonense|2018–19|Primeira Liga|13|5|0|0|1|0|—|14|5||
|Al-Duhail|2018–19|Qatar Stars League|7|1|3|0|0|0|6|1|16|2||
|rowspan="3"|Porto|2019–20|Primeira Liga|16|0|4|1|3|0|5|0|28|1|
|2020–21|Primeira Liga|4|0|1|0|0|0|4|0|9|0|||
|Al Ain  (loan)|2020–21|UAE Pro League|2|0|—|—|0|0|2|0||||
|Portimonense (loan)|2021–22|Primeira Liga|22|1|3|1|0|0|—|25|2|||
|Antalyaspor|2022–23|Süper Lig|15|0|1|0|—|—|16|0||||
|Urawa Red Diamonds|2023|J1 League|3|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|4|0||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|Japan|2018|6|2|
|2019|13|3|||

- _Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nakajima goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|23 March 2018|Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège, Belgium||1–1|1–1|Friendly||||||||
|2|20 November 2018|Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Japan||4–0|4–0|2018 Kirin Challenge Cup||||||||
|3|26 March 2019|Noevir Stadium Kobe, Kobe, Japan||1–0|1–0|2019 Kirin Challenge Cup||||||||
|4|24 June 2019|Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil||1–0|1–1|2019 Copa América||||||||
|5|10 September 2019|Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar||1–0|2–0|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||

## Honours

**Al-Duhail**
- Qatar Emir Cup: 2019

**Porto**
- Primeira Liga: 2019–20
- Taça de Portugal: 2019–20

**Japan U23**
- AFC U-23 Championship: 2016

**Individual**
- AFC U-23 Championship Most Valuable Player: 2016
- Primeira Liga Forward of the Month: October/November 2017
- Primeira Liga Player of the Month: September 2018
- SPJF Goal of the Month: November 2017 vs Tondela
- SPJF Goal of the Month: February 2018 vs Feirense

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Shōya Nakajima
 中島 翔哉
- **image**: Shoya Nakajima.jpg
- **caption**: Nakajima with FC Porto, Porto in 2019
- **full name**: Shoya Nakajima
- **birth place**: Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan
- **height**: 1.64 m
- **position**: Winger (association football), Winger, second striker
- **currentclub**: Urawa Red Diamonds
- **clubnumber**: 10
- **youthyears1**: 2004–2012
- **youthclubs1**: Tokyo Verdy
- **years1**: 2012–2013
- **clubs1**: Tokyo Verdy
- **caps1**: 29
- **goals1**: 6
- **years2**: 2014–2018
- **clubs2**: FC Tokyo
- **caps2**: 51
- **goals2**: 6
- **years3**: 2014
- **clubs3**: → Kataller Toyama (loan)
- **caps3**: 28
- **goals3**: 2
- **years4**: 2017–2018
- **clubs4**: → Portimonense S.C., Portimonense (loan)
- **caps4**: 29
- **goals4**: 10
- **years5**: 2018–2019
- **clubs5**: Portimonense S.C., Portimonense
- **caps5**: 13
- **goals5**: 5
- **years6**: 2019
- **clubs6**: Al-Duhail SC, Al-Duhail
- **caps6**: 7
- **goals6**: 1
- **years7**: 2019–2022
- **clubs7**: FC Porto, Porto
- **caps7**: 20
- **goals7**: 0
- **years8**: 2021
- **clubs8**: → Al Ain FC, Al Ain (loan)
- **caps8**: 2
- **goals8**: 0
- **years9**: 2021–2022
- **clubs9**: → Portimonense S.C., Portimonense (loan)
- **caps9**: 22
- **goals9**: 1
- **years10**: 2022–2023
- **clubs10**: Antalyaspor
- **caps10**: 15
- **goals10**: 0
- **years11**: 2023–
- **clubs11**: Urawa Red Diamonds
- **caps11**: 7
- **goals11**: 0
- **nationalyears1**: 2011
- **nationalteam1**: Japan national under-17 football team, Japan U17
- **nationalcaps1**: 2
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalyears2**: 2013
- **nationalteam2**: Japan national under-20 football team, Japan U20
- **nationalcaps2**: 4
- **nationalgoals2**: 3
- **nationalyears3**: 2014–2016
- **nationalteam3**: Japan national under-23 football team, Japan U23
- **nationalcaps3**: 30
- **nationalgoals3**: 19
- **nationalyears4**: 2018–2019
- **nationalteam4**: Japan national football team, Japan
- **nationalcaps4**: 19
- **nationalgoals4**: 5
- **club-update**: 31 August 2023
- **nationalteam-update**: 19 November 2019