Norihiro Nishi

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

Biography
Nishi was born in Takatsuki on May 9, 1980. After graduating from Funabashi Municipal High School, he joined J1 League club Júbilo Iwata in 1999. He played many matches from first season. The club won the champions in 1999, 2002 J1 League and 2003 Emperor's Cup. In Asia, the club won the champions 1998–99 Asian Club Championship and the 2nd place 1999–00 and 2000–01 Asian Club Championship. His opportunity to play decreased for injury from 2004. In 2009 and 2010, he played most matches and the club won 2010 J.League Cup. He moved to Tokyo Verdy in 2012 and played until 2013. After that, he played for Police United (2014) and Okinawa SV (2016). He retired end of 2016 season.

In September 2000, Nishi was selected the Japan U-23 national team for 2000 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in the match.

On April 25, 2004, Nishi debuted for Japan national team against Hungary. In July, he was selected Japan for 2004 Asian Cup. He played 2 matches and Japan won the champions. He played 5 games for Japan in 2004.

Statistics

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|1999||rowspan="13"|Júbilo Iwata||rowspan="13"|J1 League||13||4||3||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||17||4
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|2000||19||3||3||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||22||3
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|2001||22||2||2||1||7||0||colspan="2"|-||31||3
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|2002||26||4||3||0||7||1||colspan="2"|-||36||5
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|2003||24||1||5||1||8||0||colspan="2"|-||37||2
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|2004||17||4||4||2||0||0||4||1||25||7
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|2005||19||3||1||2||0||0||4||1||24||6
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|2006||16||4||2||1||5||0||colspan="2"|-||23||5
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|2007||17||2||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||18||2
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|2008||12||2||2||1||6||1||colspan="2"|-||20||4
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|2009||29||4||2||0||4||0||colspan="2"|-||9||0
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|2010||31||3||2||0||7||1||colspan="2"|-||40||4
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|2011||10||0||0||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||12||0
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|2012||rowspan="2"|Tokyo Verdy||rowspan="2"|J2 League||38||6||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||39||6
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|2013||35||5||2||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||37||5
328||47||33||8||47||3||8||2||416||60
328||47||33||8||47||3||8||2||416||60
|}
Japan National Football Team Database

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|2004||5||0
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!Total||5||0
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References

Other websites

Category:1980 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Osaka Prefecture
Category:Japan international footballers
Category:J1 League players
Category:J2 League players
Category:Júbilo Iwata players
Category:Tokyo Verdy players
Category:Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics