Kengo Nakamura

Retired
Last club: Kawasaki Front. Most games for: Kawasaki Front. Retired since: Feb 1, 2021

Date of birth/Age: Oct 31, 1980 (43)
Place of birth: Kodaira, Tokyo
Citizenship: Japan

Height: 1,75 m
Position: Central Midfield

Former International: Japan
Caps/Goals: 68 / 6

National team career

#	National team		Debut			Coach at debut	Age at debut
	Japan
14		Japan	Oct 4, 2006	68	6	Ivica Osim	25 years 11 months 03 days

Stats of Kengo Nakamura

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Competition		wettbewerb
Total :			68	6	17	4	-	-	4.151'
	International Friendlies	37	2	8	2	-	-	1.938'
	World Cup qualification	13	3	9	-	-	-	851'
	AFC Asian Cup	6	-	-	-	-	-	535'
	East Asian Football Championship	5	-	-	1	-	-	417'
	Asian Cup qualification	4	1	-	1	-	-	360'
	Confederations Cup	2	-	-	-	-	-	11'
	World Cup	1	-	-	-	-	-	39'

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	Matchday	Date	Venue		Result	Pos.
	International Friendlies
		10/4/06	H	Ghana	0:1	RM				15'
	Asian Cup qualification
	Group A	10/11/06	A	India	0:3	CM	1			90'
	Group A	11/15/06	H	Saudi Arabia	3:1	AM			38'	90'
	International Friendlies
		3/24/07	H	Peru	2:0	CM				30'
		6/1/07	H	Montenegro	2:0	CM				89'
		6/5/07	H	Colombia	0:0	CM				90'
	2007 AFC Asian Cup
	Group B	7/9/07	A	Qatar	1:1	CM				81'
	Group B	7/13/07	A	U. A. E.	1:3	CM				90'
	Group B	7/16/07	A	Vietnam	1:4	CM				90'
	Quarter-Finals	7/21/07	A	Australia	5:4 on pens	CM				115'
	Semi-Finals	7/25/07	A	Saudi Arabia	2:3	CM				87'
	Third Place Play-Off	7/28/07	A	South Korea	6:5 on pens	CM				72'
	International Friendlies
		8/22/07	H	Cameroon	2:0	AM				27'
		9/7/07	A	Austria	4:3 on pens					49'
		9/10/07	A	Switzerland	3:4	RW		1		1'
		10/17/07	H	Egypt	4:1	CM				90'
		1/26/08	H	Chile	0:0	RW				80'
		1/30/08	H	Bosnia	3:0	RW			27'	78'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group 2	2/6/08	H	Thailand	4:1	AM		2		90'
	East Asian Football Championship
	Group 1	2/17/08	A	North Korea	1:1	on the bench
	Group 1	2/20/08	A	China	0:1	CM				90'
	Group 1	2/23/08	A	South Korea	1:1	CM				62'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group 2	3/26/08	A	Bahrain	1:0	CM				90'
	International Friendlies
		5/24/08	H	Ivory Coast	1:0	on the bench
		5/27/08	H	Paraguay	0:0	CM				85'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group 2	6/2/08	H	Oman	3:0	on the bench
	Group 2	6/7/08	A	Oman	1:1	on the bench
	Group 2	6/14/08	A	Thailand	0:3		1			20'
	Group 2	6/22/08	H	Bahrain	1:0	CM				90'
	International Friendlies
		8/20/08	H	Uruguay	1:3	RM		1		75'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group A	9/6/08	A	Bahrain	2:3		1			20'
	International Friendlies
		10/9/08	H	U. A. E.	1:1					25'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group A	10/15/08	H	Uzbekistan	1:1	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		11/13/08	H	Syria	3:1	CM		1		90'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group A	11/19/08	A	Qatar	0:3	on the bench
	Asian Cup qualification
	Group A	1/20/09	H	Yemen	2:1	DM				90'
	Group A	1/28/09	A	Bahrain	1:0	DM				90'
	International Friendlies
		2/4/09	H	Finland	5:1	RM		1		90'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group A	2/11/09	H	Australia	0:0	Not in squad
	Group A	3/28/09	H	Bahrain	1:0	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		5/27/09	H	Chile	4:0	RM				83'
		5/31/09	H	Belgium	4:0	RW	1	1		67'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group A	6/6/09	A	Uzbekistan	0:1	AM		1		66'
	Group A	6/10/09	H	Qatar	1:1	AM				90'
	Group A	6/17/09	A	Australia	2:1	AM		1		90'
	International Friendlies
		9/5/09	A	Netherlands	3:0	LM			65'	71'
		9/9/09	A	Ghana	4:3	LM	1			89'
	Asian Cup qualification
	Group A	10/8/09	H	Hong Kong	6:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		10/10/09	H	Scotland	2:0	AM				90'
		10/14/09	H	Togo	5:0	LM		1		69'
		11/14/09	A	South Africa	0:0	Not in squad
	Asian Cup qualification
	Group A	11/18/09	A	Hong Kong	0:4	Not in squad
	Group A	1/6/10	A	Yemen	2:3	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		2/2/10	H	Venezuela	0:0	LM				59'
	East Asian Football Championship
	group A1	2/6/10	H	China	0:0	RM			71'	85'
	group A1	2/11/10	H	Hong Kong	3:0	RM				90'
	group A1	2/14/10	H	South Korea	1:3	RM				90'
	Asian Cup qualification
	Group A	3/3/10	H	Bahrain	2:0	Broken jaw
	International Friendlies
		4/7/10	H	Serbia	0:3	Broken jaw
		5/24/10	H	South Korea	0:2					18'
		5/30/10	A	England	2:1	on the bench
		6/4/10	A	Ivory Coast	2:0	AM				45'
	World Cup 2010
	Group E	6/14/10	A	Cameroon	1:0	on the bench
	Group E	6/19/10	A	Netherlands	1:0	on the bench
	Group E	6/24/10	A	Denmark	1:3	on the bench
	Round of 16	6/29/10	A	Paraguay	5:3 on pens	AM				39'
	International Friendlies
		9/4/10	H	Paraguay	1:0	CM		1		90'
		9/7/10	H	Guatemala	2:1					7'
		10/8/10	H	Argentina	1:0	AM				13'
		10/12/10	A	South Korea	0:0	CM				4'
	2011 AFC Asian Cup
	Group B	1/9/11	A	Jordan	1:1	Not in squad
	Group B	1/13/11	A	Syria	1:2	Not in squad
	Group B	1/17/11	A	Saudi Arabia	0:5	Not in squad
	Quarter-Finals	1/21/11	A	Qatar	3:2	Not in squad
	Semi-Finals	1/25/11	A	South Korea	5:3 on pens	Not in squad
	Final	1/29/11	A	Australia	0:1 AET	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		6/1/11	H	Peru	0:0	Not in squad
		6/7/11	H	Czechia	0:0	Not in squad
		8/10/11	H	South Korea	3:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group C	9/2/11	H	North Korea	1:0	on the bench
	Group C	9/6/11	A	Uzbekistan	1:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		10/7/11	H	Vietnam	1:0	CM				45'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group C	10/11/11	H	Tajikistan	8:0	AM	1	3		90'
	Group C	11/11/11	A	Tajikistan	0:4	AM		2		87'
	Group C	11/15/11	A	North Korea	1:0	AM				62'
	International Friendlies
		2/24/12	H	Iceland	3:1	AM		1		45'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group C	2/29/12	H	Uzbekistan	0:1	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		5/23/12	H	Azerbaijan	2:0	AM				16'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group 2	6/3/12	H	Oman	3:0	on the bench
	Group 2	6/8/12	H	Jordan	6:0	AM				33'
	Group 2	6/12/12	A	Australia	1:1	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		8/15/12	H	Venezuela	1:1	AM				17'
		9/6/12	H	U. A. E.	1:0	AM				27'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group 2	9/11/12	H	Iraq	1:0	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		10/12/12	A	France	0:1	AM				62'
		10/16/12	A	Brazil	0:4	AM				45'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group 2	11/14/12	A	Oman	1:2	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		2/6/13	H	Latvia	3:0	Not in squad
		3/22/13	A	Canada	1:2	AM				45'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group 2	3/26/13	A	Jordan	2:1	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		5/30/13	H	Bulgaria	0:2	AM				21'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group 2	6/4/13	H	Australia	1:1	on the bench
	Group 2	6/11/13	A	Iraq	0:1	AM				23'
	Confederations Cup 2013
	Group A	6/15/13	A	Brazil	3:0	on the bench
	Group A	6/20/13	A	Italy	4:3	CM				1'
	Group A	6/22/13	A	Mexico	1:2	AM				13'
Squad: 88, Starting eleven: 43, Substituted in: 25, On the bench: 20, Suspended: 0, Injured: 2,