Shunsuke Nakamura

is a Japanese former professional footballer. He is currently a first-team coach of Yokohama FC.

## Biography
Nakamura was born in Yokohama on June 24, 1978. After graduating from Toko Gakuen High School, he joined J1 League club Yokohama Marinos (later *Yokohama F. Marinos*) in 1997. He was a regular player from his first season. In 2000, the club finished in second place in the J1 League. He was selected as the "J.League MVP" and for "Japanese Footballer of the Year". In summer 2002, he moved to Serie A club Reggina. In 2005, he moved to Scottish Premier League club Celtic. The club were champions three times – in 2005–06, 2006–07 and 2007–08. In 2007, he was selected for the "Scottish Player of the Year" award. In 2009, he moved to Spanish La Liga club Espanyol. In February 2010, he returned to Japan and joined his first club Yokohama F. Marinos. In 2013, the club finished in second place in the J1 League and he was selected as the "J.League MVP" and the "Japanese Footballer of the Year". In 2017, he moved to Júbilo Iwata. He moved to J2 League club Yokohama FC in July 2019. The club finished in second place in 2019 and were promoted to the J1 League in 2020.

In February 2000, Nakamura was selected for the Japan national team for the 2000 Asian Cup qualifiers. He debuted against Singapore on February 13. He was a regular player in 2000. He was also selected for the Japan U-23 national team for 2000 Summer Olympics. In October, he played at the 2000 Asian Cup and Japan were the champions. However he could hardly play from 2001 and he was not selected Japan for the 2002 World Cup. After the 2002 World Cup, he became a regular player under new manager Zico and played as a central player for Japan. In 2004, he participated in the 2004 Asian Cup in which Japan were champions. He played all six matches and scored two goals, and he was selected for the MVP award. He was selected for Japan for the 2006 World Cup. He played all three matches and scored one goal. In 2007, he played in the 2007 Asian Cup, but this time the team failed to defend the title and finished in fourth place. In 2010, he was selected for Japan for the 2010 World Cup. However he lost his position just before the 2010 World Cup and he played only one match as substitute. After the 2010 World Cup, Nakamura retired from the national team. He had played 98 games and scored 24 goals for the team in total.

## Career statistics
### Club
### International
:''Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nakamura goal.''

## Honours
**Yokohama F. Marinos**
*J.League Cup: 2001
*Emperor's Cup: 2013

**Celtic**

**Japan**
*AFC Asian Cup: 2000, 2004

**Individual**
* FIFA Confederations Cup Bronze Shoe: 2003
*J.League Player of the Year: 2000, 2013
*J.League Monthly MVP: March 2013, October 2015
*Japanese Footballer of the Year: 2000, 2013
*AFC Asian Cup Best Eleven: 2000, 2004, 2007
*AFC Asian Cup All-time XI: 2023
*SPFA Players' Player of the Year: 2006–07
*SFWA Footballer of the Year: 2006–07
*SPL Player of the Year: 2006–07
*Celtic Player of the Year: 2006–07
*SPFA Team of the Season: 2006–07
*SPFA Goal of the Season: 2006–07

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