Tadashi Nakamura

Tadashi Nakamura (中村 忠, Nakamura Tadashi, born June 10, 1971) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for the Japan national team.

Tadashi Nakamura

Personal information
Full name	Tadashi Nakamura
Date of birth	(1971-06-10) June 10, 1971
Place of birth	Mizuho, Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1987–1989	Yomiuri
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1999	Verdy Kawasaki	177	(4)
1999	Urawa Reds	15	(0)
2000–2004	Kyoto Purple Sanga	96	(2)
Total		291	(6)
National team
1995–1998	Japan	16	(0)
Teams managed
2016–2017	FC Tokyo U-23
Honours Verdy Kawasaki Winner Japan Soccer League 1990/91 Winner Japan Soccer League 1991/92 Winner J1 League 1993 Winner J1 League 1994 Runner-up J1 League 1995 Winner JSL Cup 1991 Winner J.League Cup 1992 Winner J.League Cup 1993 Winner J.League Cup 1994 Runner-up J.League Cup 1996 Winner Emperor's Cup 1996 Runner-up Emperor's Cup 1991 Runner-up Emperor's Cup 1992 Kyoto Purple Sanga Winner Emperor's Cup 2002
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Biography

Nakamura was born in Mizuho, Tokyo on June 10, 1971. He joined Japan Soccer League club Yomiuri (later Verdy Kawasaki) from youth team in 1990. He played as right and left side-back.

On February 15, 1995, Nakamura debuted for the Japan national team against Australia. He also played at 1998 World Cup qualification in 1997. He played 16 games for Japan until 1998.

After retirement, Nakamura started coaching career at Tokyo Verdy in 2005. He coached for the youth team. He moved to FC Tokyo in 2012 and coached for the youth team. In July 2017, he became a coach for top team and a manager for FC Tokyo U-23. He resigned in 2017.

Statistics

Club statistics			League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Total
1990–91	Yomiuri	JSL Division 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991–92			1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
1992	Verdy Kawasaki	J1 League	-		2	1	0	0	2	1
1993			34	2	2	0	7	0	43	2
1994			21	0	1	0	1	0	23	0
1995			42	0	2	1	-		44	1
1996			27	1	4	0	16	0	47	1
1997			15	0	2	0	0	0	17	0
1998			31	1	0	0	0	0	31	1
1999			6	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
1999	Urawa Reds	J1 League	15	0	2	0	4	0	21	0
2000	Kyoto Purple Sanga	J1 League	25	0	1	0	7	0	33	0
2001		J2 League	26	2	4	0	1	0	31	2
2002		J1 League	24	0	1	0	5	0	30	0
2003			17	0	0	0	2	0	19	0
2004		J2 League	4	0	0	0	-		4	0
Country	Japan		288	6	22	2	45	0	355	8
Total			288	6	22	2	45	0	355	8

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1995	3	0
1996	4	0
1997	8	0
1998	1	0
Total	16	0

Other websites

• Tadashi Nakamura at WorldFootball.net
• Tadashi Nakamura at National-Football-Teams.com
• Tadashi Nakamura at FBref.com
• Tadashi Nakamura at J.League (in Japanese)
• Tadashi Nakamura at J.League (manager) (in Japanese)