Kengo Nakamura

Kengo Nakamura

Nakamura with Kawasaki Frontale in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Kengo Nakamura
Date of birth	(1980-10-31) 31 October 1980
Place of birth	Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan
Height
Position(s)	Central Midfield
Team information
Current team	Kawasaki Frontale
Number	14
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–	Kawasaki Frontale	392	(56)
International career‡
2006–	Japan	68	(6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 December 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:35, 22 June 2013 (UTC)

Kengo Nakamura (中村 憲剛, Nakamura Kengo, born 31 October 1980) is a Japanese football midfielder who currently plays for Kawasaki Frontale of the J. League.

Career

He has a bachelor of arts (English) from Chuo University.

Playing style

K.Nakamura is a playmaking midfielder usually employed by Kawasaki Frontale on the central midfield.

Besides passing, Nakamura is also an adept dribbler with determination and strength. He has managed to score through dribbling past defenses for his club. His goals and assists were instrumental in taking Kawasaki Frontale to the knock-out stages of the ACL 2007.

Honors

Individual honors

• J-League Best eleven: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
• Honorary Member of Team Baron

Career statistics

Last update: 15 September 2013

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		League Cup		Asia		Total
2003	Kawasaki Frontale	J. League Division 2	34	4	3	2	-		-		37	6
2004			41	5	3	0	-		-		44	5
2005		J. League Division 1	29	2	3	1	6	2	-		38	5
2006			34	10	2	1	10	3	-		46	14
2007			30	4	4	0	3	0	7	3	44	7
2008			34	4	1	0	1	0	-		36	4
2009			32	4	1	0	3	0	9	3	45	7
2010			27	4	1	0	3	1	3	0	34	5
2011			30	4	1	0	2	0	-		33	4
2012			34	5	1	0	2	0	-		37	5
2013			26	7	0	0	4	2	-		30	9
2014			30	3	0	0	2	0	8	2	40	5
2015			11	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	14	0
Career total			392	56	20	4	39	8	27	8	478	76

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2006	3	1
2007	13	0
2008	13	2
2009	12	2
2010	11	0
2011	4	1
2012	7	0
2013	5	0
Total	68	6

National team career statistics

Last update: 11 October 2011

Appearances in major competitions

Team	Competition	Category	Appearances		Goals	Team Record
			Start	Sub
Japan	2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Senior	2	0	1	Qualified
Japan	2007 AFC Asian Cup	Senior	6	0	0	4th Place
Japan	2008 East Asian Football Championship	Senior	2	0	0	Runners-Up
Japan	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	Senior	5	2	2	Qualified
Japan	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Senior	2	0	0	Qualified
Japan	2010 FIFA World Cup	Senior	0	1	0	Round of 16
Japan	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	Senior	1	0	1

Goals for senior national team

Last update: 11 October 2011

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	11 October 2006	Bangalore, India	India	3–0	Won	2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2.	14 June 2008	Bangkok, Thailand	Thailand	3–0	Won	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.	6 September 2008	Riffa, Bahrain	Bahrain	3–2	Won	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.	31 May 2009	Tokyo, Japan	Belgium	4–0	Won	Friendly Match
5.	9 September 2009	Utrecht, Netherlands	Ghana	4–3	Won	Friendly Match
6.	11 October 2011	Osaka, Japan	Tajikistan	8–0	Won	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

External links

• Kawasaki Frontale official
• FIFA Player Statistics
• Kengo Nakamura at National-Football-Teams.com