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Naoshi Nakamura Personal information Full name Naoshi Nakamura Date of birth January 27, 1979 Place of birth Chiba, Japan Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Playing position Midfielder Club information Current club Nagoya Grampus Number 7 Youth career 1994-1996 Funabashi Municipal High School 1997-2000 Nihon University Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2001- Nagoya Grampus 248 (31) National team‡ 2006 Japan 4 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 February 2010.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 February 2010Naoshi Nakamura (中村直志 , born January 27, 1979 in Chiba) is a Japanese football player who currently plays for J. League division 1 side Nagoya Grampus. He made his full international debut on August 9, 2006, in a friendly against Trinidad and Tobago. On December 9 2006 he got in to an argument about his playing position in the national with the coach of the team at that current time team and withdrew from the national team saying he wouldn't play for them again. He also stated to the press that he felt perfectly fine only playing for his club as he had been doing that for many years.
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Playing style
Naoshi Nakamura's playing style is often compared to former Celtic star Shunsuke Nakamura due to his same surname and his similarities of their playmaking skills. Moreover, Naoshi Nakamura is well known for his dribbling skills as well as his shooting and passing skills. Many of the Nagoya Grampus fans consider Nakamura to be the team's primary play maker.
Club Team Career Statistics
Last update: 4 February 2010
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 2001 Nagoya J. League 1 11 1 0 0 4 2 - 15 3 2002 29 4 0 0 5 0 - 34 4 2003 22 3 2 0 5 0 - 29 3 2004 29 5 2 1 8 1 - 39 7 2005 34 7 2 1 6 0 - 42 8 2006 33 5 2 0 4 0 - 39 5 2007 26 0 2 0 4 0 - 32 0 2008 31 0 3 0 6 0 - 40 0 2009 30 0 5 1 1 0 9 1 45 2 2010 - Career total 245 25 18 3 43 3 9 1 315 32 International career statistics
Japan national team Year Apps Goals 2006 1 0 Total 1 0 External Links and Bibliography
- http://www.so-net.ne.jp/grampus/ (Official site of Nagoya Grampus Eight)
Nagoya Grampus – current squad 1 Narazaki · 3 Chiyotanda · 4 Tulio · 5 Masukawa · 6 Abe · 7 Nakamura · 8 Fujimoto · 10 Ogawa · 11 Tamada · 14 Yoshimura · 16 Kennedy · 18 Nagai · 19 Sugimoto · 20 Danilson · 21 Nishimura · 22 Hashimoto · 23 Matsuo · 24 Fukushima · 25 Kanazaki · 26 Arai · 27 Hanai · 28 Taguchi · 29 Kuba · 31 Hasegawa · 32 Tanaka · 33 Isomura · 38 Santos · 50 Takagi · Manager: Stojković
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