Yuta Nakayama
Japanese association football player
Yuta Nakayama (中山 雄太, Nakayama Yuta, born February 16, 1997) is a Japanese football player. He plays for the Japan national team.
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Full name | Yuta Nakayama | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | February 16, 1997 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Ryugasaki, Ibaraki, Japan | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Zwolle | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | Kashiwa Reysol | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
2015–2018 | Kashiwa Reysol | 76 | (6) | |||||||||||
2015 | →J.League U-22 (laon) | 12 | (0) | |||||||||||
2019– | Zwolle | 18 | (2) | |||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||
2017 | Japan U-20 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
2019– | Japan | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of the 2019/20 season ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of December 31, 2020 |
Biography
changeNakayama was born in Ryugasaki on February 16, 1997. He joined J1 League club Kashiwa Reysol from their youth team in 2015. He played many matches as center back from 2016. In 2017, he was selected "Best Young Player award". In January 2019, he moved to Dutch Eredivisie club Zwolle.
In 2017, Nakayama was selected the Japan U-20 national team for 2017 U-20 World Cup. At this tournament, he played all 4 matches as center back with Takehiro Tomiyasu. In May 2019, he was selected the Japan national team for 2019 Copa América. At this tournament, he debuted against Chile on June 17.
Statistics
changeClub statistics | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Asia | Total | |||||||
2015 | Kashiwa Reysol | J1 League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
2016 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | 32 | 2 | |||
2017 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | 38 | 1 | |||
2018 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 3 | ||
2015 | J.League U-22 | J3 League | 12 | 0 | - | - | - | 12 | 0 | |||
Netherlands | League | KNVB Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
2018/19 | Zwolle | Eredivisie | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 0 | ||
2019/20 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 15 | 2 | ||||
2020/21 | ||||||||||||
Country | Japan | 88 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 110 | 6 | |
Netherlands | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 19 | 2 | ||||
Total | 106 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 129 | 8 |
Japan national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2019 | 1 | 0 |
2020 | 4 | 0 |
Total | 5 | 0 |
References
change- ↑ Yuta Nakayama at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ Yuta Nakayama at J.League (in Japanese)
- ↑ Japan National Football Team Database(in Japanese)
Other websites
change- Yuta Nakayama at Soccerway.com
- Yuta Nakayama at WorldFootball.net
- Yuta Nakayama at Soccerbase.com
- Yuta Nakayama at National-Football-Teams.com
- Yuta Nakayama at 11v11.com