Shunsuke Nakamura
Shunsuke Nakamura in June 2008
Shunsuke Nakamura (Japanese中 村 俊 辅Nakamura Shunsuke; * June 24, 1978 in Yokohama ) is a Japanese football player.
Club career
Nakamura began his professional career in the J. League at the Yokohama F. Marinos, where he played until 2002. He then moved to Italian club Reggina Calcio, who had just gained in the Serie A. During the three years in Reggina Nakamura often had to deal with injuries, also the club could not be released from the lower regions of the table.
2005 Nakamura then moved to Scottish club Celtic FC after he had been courted among others by the Bundesliga side Borussia Moenchengladbach and Borussia Dortmund. For the fans of Celtic Nakamura enjoyed great popularity, among other things, its excellent free-kick technique. In 2007 he was elected Celtic Player of the Year as well as Scotland's Player of the Year. With Celtic he won three times, the Scottish Cup, the Scottish League Cup twice and even the Scottish Cup.
After his contract expired at Celtic with the end of the season 2008/ 09, Nakamura joined Espanyol on a free transfer. In February 2010 he returned to his native Japan and moved to Yokohama Marinos.
National
His first international match Nakamura graduated on February 13, 2000, compared Singapore. In 2002, he experienced his greatest disappointment when not nominated him, the then national coach Philippe Troussier for the Football World Cup 2002 in their own country. In 2006 he participated in the World Cup in Germany. With the Japanese national Nakamura was 2000 and 2004, winning the Asian Cup; In 2004 he was also elected as the Most Valuable Player of the tournament.
2010 Nakamura was nominated for the World Cup in South Africa, where he retired with Japan in the second round against Paraguay on penalties. Nakamura came only in the group match against the Netherlands, as a substitute, for use. After leaving, he resigned from the national team
Personal Awards
Achievements title
- Asia Cup: 2000, 2004
- Winners of the first round of the J. League: 2000
- J-League Cup: 2001
- Scottish Cup: 2006, 2007, 2008
- Scottish Cup: 2007
- Scottish League Cup: 2006, 2009