nationalcaps birth_date currentclub pcupdate years youthyears caps goals image_size nationalyears image name caption fullname ntupdate birth_place nationalteam height clubnumber nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position article_title
5 4 98 24 june 1978 yokohama f. marinos 14 august 2015 1986 2009 -- 2010 2010 -- -- 1995 1995 -- 1998 2005 -- 2009 1986 -- 1995 1995 -- 1998 148 81 128 12 160 33 16 29 0 29 200 1997 2000 2000 -- 2010 shunsuke2 20080622.png shunsuke nakamura nakamura playing for japan in 2008 shunsuke nakamura 1 july 2010 yokohama , japan japan u20 japan u23 japan 1.78 10 1 0 24 nissan junior youth tōkō gakuen high school nissan yokohama f. marinos junior youth tōkō gakuen high school celtic espanyol midfielder shunsuke nakamura

shunsuke nakamura

his former clubs include espanyol , celtic , and reggina .
during his time at celtic , he became one of the best asian players to have ever played in europe ; he was nominated for the 2007 ballon d'or , was named scottish player of the year and sfwa footballer of the year in 2007 , and became the first japanese player to score in the uefa champions league .
his team accomplishments at celtic include winning the scottish premier league in 2006 , 2007 , and 2008 , the scottish league cup in 2006 and 2009 , and the scottish cup in 2007 .
nakamura has 98 caps and 24 goals for the japanese national football team , including appearances in the fifa world cup finals in 2006 and 2010 and winning the afc asian cup in 2000 and 2004 ; he was named most valuable player in the 2004 competition .
he also appeared in the 1997 fifa world youth championship as a member of the japanese under-20 team and the 2000 summer olympics as a member of the japanese under-23 team .
asteroid 29986 shunsuke is also named in his honour .
