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Kōji Nakata
Personal information
Full name Kōji Nakata
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder, Centre Back, Left Back
Team information
Current team
 Kashima Antlers
Number 6
Youth career
1995–1997 Teikyo High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2004 Kashima Antlers 144 (27)
2005–2006 Olympique Marseille 9 (0)
2006–2008 FC Basel 62 (3)
2008– Kashima Antlers 44 (1)
International career‡
2000–2007 Japan 57 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 July 2010
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 February 2010

Kōji Nakata (中田浩二 Nakata Kōji; born 9 July 1979 in Otsu, Shiga, Japan) is a Japanese football (soccer) player who played at both the Football World Cup 2002, and the Football World Cup 2006. He currently plays for Kashima Antlers in the J. League.[1]

Football career

The 'other Nakata', as he is known to most non-Japanese fans, is a left-footed midfielder. A very versatile player, Nakata has established himself as one of the best defensive midfielders for Japan. Although his preferred position is at defensive midfield, his versatility means he can also operate as left wing-back, his normal position with FC Basel.

In 2004, during the Asian Cup final versus China, Nakata gained notoriety amongst Chinese fans by scoring the second Japanese goal with his hand.[2] Despite Chinese protests, the goal was still allowed. The Chinese media refer to this incident as the "Hand of Koji" incident, alluding to Diego Maradona's infamous hand of god goal.

Nakata moved from Japanese giants Kashima Antlers to France at the start of 2005 when former Japan national team manager Philippe Troussier, then the Olympique Marseille coach, signed him in a deal. After an understandbly unhappy season in France (Troussier was sacked just a few months later), the frozen-out Nakata jumped at the chance to leave and by early 2006 had moved to Switzerland's top team FC Basel where he played as a defender. Kōji was highly rated by Japan coach Zico and is sometimes compared to Junichi Inamoto, also a defensive midfielder for Japan.[citation needed] He returned to J. League club Kashima Antlers in July 2008.

In October 2008 Nakata unerwent knee surgery, effectively ruling him out for the remainder of the 2008 J. League season after appearing in 12 games.

Club Team Career Stats

As of 4 April 2010

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National Team Career Stats

Appearances in major competitions

Team Competition Category Appearances Goals Team Record
Start Sub
 Japan AFC Youth Championship 1998 U-19 2nd Place
 Japan 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship U-20 7 0 0 2nd Place
 Japan 2000 Summer Olympics U-23 3 0 0 Quarter-finals
 Japan 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup Senior 2nd Place
 Japan 2002 FIFA World Cup Senior 4 0 0 Round of 16
 Japan 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup Senior 1 1 0 Group Stage
 Japan 2004 AFC Asian Cup Senior 1 3 2 Champions
 Japan 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup Senior 0 2 0 Group Stage
 Japan 2006 FIFA World Cup Senior 0 1 0 Group Stage

Goals for Senior National Team

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. August 3, 2004 Jinan, China  Bahrain 4-3 Won 2004 AFC Asian Cup Semi-Final
2. August 7, 2004 Beijing, China  China 3-1 Won 2004 AFC Asian Cup Final

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Honors and awards

Teams

Kashima Antlers
Olympique Marseille
FC Basel
Japan National Team

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Stats Centre: Koji Nakata Facts". Guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
  2. ^ Japan crush Chinese dreams to keep Asian crown

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