- Kengo Nakamura
Football player infobox
playername= Kengo Nakamura
fullname = Kengo Nakamura
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1980|10|24
cityofbirth =Kodaira, Tokyo
countryofbirth =Japan
height = 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
currentclub =Kawasaki Frontale
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2003-
clubs =Kawasaki Frontale
caps(goals) = 181 0(26)
nationalyears = 2006-
nationalteam = Japan
nationalcaps(goals) = 028 00(3)
pcupdate =23 June 2008
ntupdate =11 October 2008 nihongo|Kengo Nakamura|中村 憲剛|Nakamura Kengo|born
October 24 ,1980 is aJapan esefootball (soccer) midfielder who currently plays forKawasaki Frontale of theJ. League .Career
He started playing football when he was in the first grade at the local primary school, playing for nihongo|Furoku Shonen Dan|府ロク少年団 in Fuchū City, Tokyo. The team reached the top 16 in the National Boy's Soccer Tournament when he was in the fifth grade. He was an athlete oath taker and was selected as one of the 20 excellent players of the competition at the Tokyo Boys Invitational Tournament when he was in the sixth grade.
He was educated at and played for Higashi Kurume High School and
Chuo University . When he was at Chuo, the team experienced the relegation to Kanto University League Division 2 but Nakamura as a team captain led the team to bounce back to the top division.In 2003, he joined Kawasaki Frontale after a successful trial and made his debut in the opening league game of the season. His first professional goal came on April 9, 2003 against
Montedio Yamagata . Club manager Takashi Sekiduka converted him to a defensive midfielder from an attacking midfielder in 2004 and Nakamura quickly established himself as a linchpin of the team. In the 2006 season, he scored 10 goals for his club and was selected as a member of The J-League Team of the Year.He made his senior national team debut on October 4, 2006, in a friendly match against Ghana. His first goal for Japan came on October 11, 2006 in an
AFC Asian Cup qualifier against India. He is a member of the Japan team for the2007 AFC Asian Cup finals.He is a bachelor of arts (English).
Playing style
K.Nakamura is a playmaking midfielder usually employed by
Kawasaki Frontale on the centralmidfield . His view can supply pass very widely over the wide range.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
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J-League Best eleven: 2006, 2007National team career statistics
Appearances in major competitions
Goals for senior national team
External links
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/php/spieler.php?id=18089 National Football Teams]
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