Naoshi Nakamura

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

Biography
Nakamura was born in Funabashi on January 27, 1979. After graduating from Nihon University, he joined J1 League club Nagoya Grampus Eight (later Nagoya Grampus) in 2001. He became a regular player in 2002. Although he was originally offensive midfielder, he also played many matches as defensive midfielder and right side midfielder. From 2008, he played as defensive midfielder under new manager Dragan Stojković. The club was third in the 2008 J1 League and second place in the 2009 Emperor's Cup. The club won the J1 League in 2010. This was their first time they won the league. In 2011, the club were second place in the J1 League. From 2012, his opportunity to play decreased and he retired at the end of the 2014 season.

Nakamura's only appearance for Japan national team came on August 9, 2006, in a friendly against Trinidad and Tobago. This match was Japan's first match after the 2006 World Cup.

Statistics

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|2001||rowspan="7"|Nagoya Grampus Eight||rowspan="7"|J1 League||11||1||0||0||4||2||colspan="2"|-||15||3
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|2002||29||4||3||0||5||0||colspan="2"|-||37||4
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|2003||22||3||2||0||5||0||colspan="2"|-||29||3
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|2004||29||5||2||1||8||1||colspan="2"|-||39||7
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|2005||34||7||2||1||6||0||colspan="2"|-||42||8
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|2006||33||5||2||0||4||0||colspan="2"|-||39||5
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|2007||26||0||2||0||4||0||colspan="2"|-||32||0
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|2008||rowspan="7"|Nagoya Grampus||rowspan="7"|J1 League||31||0||3||0||6||0||colspan="2"|-||40||0
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|2009||30||0||5||1||1||0||9||1||45||2
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|2010||27||1||3||1||4||0||colspan="2"|-||34||2
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|2011||27||3||2||0||2||0||5||0||36||3
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|2012||5||0||0||0||0||0||3||0||8||0
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|2013||20||1||0||0||3||0||colspan="2"|-||23||1
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|2014||18||0||2||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||22||0
342||30||28||4||54||3||17||1||441||38
342||30||28||4||54||3||17||1||441||38
|}
Japan National Football Team Database

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|2006||1||0
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!Total||1||0
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References

Other websites

Category:1979 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Chiba Prefecture
Category:Japan international footballers
Category:J1 League players
Category:Nagoya Grampus players