KÅji Nakata
Koji Nakata (Japanese中 田 浩 二Koji Nakata; born July 9, 1979 in Otsu Cities, Shiga ) is a Japanese football player.
With the Japanese national football team, for which he was more than 50 times used, among other things, he played the World Cup 2002 in South Korea and Japan, where he pushed forward with his team as a regular player until the fourth round. At the tournament victory of Japan at the Asian Cup in China in 2004 Nakata completed several brief appearances and eventually scored the preliminary decision forming a 2-1 in the final against China ( Result 3:1). When Vorrundenaus Japan at the 2006 World Cup in Germany Nakata came to just part used in the final match against Brazil.
Through his transfer to FC Basel in the spring of 2006, Nakata was the first Japanese national team at the service of a Swiss football club.
Career
- Clubs 1998-2004 - Kashima Antlers
- 2004-2005 - Olympique Marseille
- January 2006 to June 2008 FC Basel 1893
- Since July 2008 Kashima Antlers
- Tournaments Football World Cup 2002 in South Korea and Japan
- Asian Cup 2004 in the People's Republic of China
- FIFA Confederations Cup 2005 in Germany
- Football World Cup 2006 in Germany
Achievements
FC Basel
- Swiss Champion: 2008
- Swiss Cup Winner: 2007, 2008