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	-	25	22	4	-	-	-	692'	4.151'
	International Friendlies	37	2	8	-	18	13	2	-	-	-	969'	1.938'
	World Cup qualification	13	3	9	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	284'	851'
	AFC Asian Cup	6	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	535'
	East Asian Football Championship	5	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	417'
	Asian Cup qualification	4	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	360'	360'
	Confederations Cup	2	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	11'
	World Cup	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	39'

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	Matchday	Venue	Date			Result	Pos.
	International Friendlies
		Kohoku-ku,Yokohama City	Oct 4, 2006	Japan	Ghana	0:1	RM				75'		15'
	Asian Cup qualification
	Group A		Oct 11, 2006	India	Japan	0:3	CM	1					90'
	Group A	Toyohira-ku, Sapporo	Nov 15, 2006	Japan	Saudi Arabia	3:1	AM			38'			90'
	International Friendlies
		Kohoku-ku,Yokohama City	Mar 24, 2007	Japan	Peru	2:0	CM				60'		30'
		Fukuroi, Shizuoka	Jun 1, 2007	Japan	Montenegro	2:0	CM					89'	89'
		Saitama, Saitama	Jun 5, 2007	Japan	Colombia	0:0	CM						90'
	2007 AFC Asian Cup
	Group B		Jul 9, 2007	Japan	Qatar	1:1	CM					81'	81'
	Group B		Jul 13, 2007	U. A. E.	Japan	1:3	CM						90'
	Group B		Jul 16, 2007	Vietnam	Japan	1:4	CM						90'
	Quarter-Finals		Jul 21, 2007	Japan	Australia	5:4 on pens	CM					115'	115'
	Semi-Finals		Jul 25, 2007	Japan	Saudi Arabia	2:3	CM					87'	87'
	Third Place Play-Off	Sumatra	Jul 28, 2007	South Korea	Japan	6:5 on pens	CM					72'	72'
	International Friendlies
		Oita, Oita	Aug 22, 2007	Japan	Cameroon	2:0	AM				63'		27'
		Klagenfurt am Wörthersee	Sep 7, 2007	Austria	Japan	4:3 on pens					71'		49'
		Klagenfurt am Wörthersee	Sep 10, 2007	Switzerland	Japan	3:4	RW		1		90'		1'
		Osaka, Osaka	Oct 17, 2007	Japan	Egypt	4:1	CM						90'
		Tokyo	Jan 26, 2008	Japan	Chile	0:0	RW					80'	80'
		Tokyo	Jan 30, 2008	Japan	Bosnia	3:0	RW			27'		78'	78'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group 2	Saitama, Saitama	Feb 6, 2008	Japan	Thailand	4:1	AM		2				90'
	East Asian Football Championship
	Group 1	Chongqing	Feb 17, 2008	Japan	North Korea	1:1	on the bench
	Group 1	Chongqing	Feb 20, 2008	China	Japan	0:1	CM						90'
	Group 1	Chongqing	Feb 23, 2008	Japan	South Korea	1:1	CM					62'	62'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group 2	Manama	Mar 26, 2008	Bahrain	Japan	1:0	CM						90'
	International Friendlies
		Toyota	May 24, 2008	Japan	Ivory Coast	1:0	on the bench
		Saitama, Saitama	May 27, 2008	Japan	Paraguay	0:0	CM					85'	85'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group 2	Kohoku-ku,Yokohama City	Jun 2, 2008	Japan	Oman	3:0	on the bench
	Group 2	Muscat	Jun 7, 2008	Oman	Japan	1:1	on the bench
	Group 2	Bangkok	Jun 14, 2008	Thailand	Japan	0:3		1			70'		20'
	Group 2	Saitama, Saitama	Jun 22, 2008	Japan	Bahrain	1:0	CM						90'
	International Friendlies
		Toyohira-ku, Sapporo	Aug 20, 2008	Japan	Uruguay	1:3	RM		1			75'	75'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group A	Manama	Sep 6, 2008	Bahrain	Japan	2:3		1			70'		20'
	International Friendlies
			Oct 9, 2008	Japan	U. A. E.	1:1					65'		25'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group A	Saitama, Saitama	Oct 15, 2008	Japan	Uzbekistan	1:1	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		Tokyo	Nov 13, 2008	Japan	Syria	3:1	CM		1				90'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group A	Doha	Nov 19, 2008	Qatar	Japan	0:3	on the bench
	Asian Cup qualification
	Group A	Kumamoto, Kumamoto	Jan 20, 2009	Japan	Yemen	2:1	DM						90'
	Group A	Manama	Jan 28, 2009	Bahrain	Japan	1:0	DM						90'
	International Friendlies
		Tokyo	Feb 4, 2009	Japan	Finland	5:1	RM		1				90'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group A	Kohoku-ku,Yokohama City	Feb 11, 2009	Japan	Australia	0:0	Not in squad
	Group A	Saitama, Saitama	Mar 28, 2009	Japan	Bahrain	1:0	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		Tokyo	May 27, 2009	Japan	Chile	4:0	RM					83'	83'
		Tokyo	May 31, 2009	Japan	Belgium	4:0	RW	1	1			67'	67'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group A	Tashkent	Jun 6, 2009	Uzbekistan	Japan	0:1	AM		1			66'	66'
	Group A	Kohoku-ku,Yokohama City	Jun 10, 2009	Japan	Qatar	1:1	AM						90'
	Group A	Melbourne	Jun 17, 2009	Australia	Japan	2:1	AM		1				90'
	International Friendlies
		Enschede	Sep 5, 2009	Netherlands	Japan	3:0	LM			65'		71'	71'
		Utrecht	Sep 9, 2009	Japan	Ghana	4:3	LM	1				89'	89'
	Asian Cup qualification
	Group A	Shizuoka, Shizuoka	Oct 8, 2009	Japan	Hong Kong	6:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Tokyo	Oct 10, 2009	Japan	Scotland	2:0	AM						90'
		Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture	Oct 14, 2009	Japan	Togo	5:0	LM		1			69'	69'
			Nov 14, 2009	South Africa	Japan	0:0	Not in squad
	Asian Cup qualification
	Group A	So Kon Po, Wanchai	Nov 18, 2009	Hong Kong	Japan	0:4	Not in squad
	Group A	Sanaa	Jan 6, 2010	Yemen	Japan	2:3	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Oita, Oita	Feb 2, 2010	Japan	Venezuela	0:0	LM					59'	59'
	East Asian Football Championship
	group A1	Chofu City, Tokyo	Feb 6, 2010	Japan	China	0:0	RM			71'		85'	85'
	group A1	Tokyo	Feb 11, 2010	Japan	Hong Kong	3:0	RM						90'
	group A1	Tokyo	Feb 14, 2010	Japan	South Korea	1:3	RM						90'
	Asian Cup qualification
	Group A	Toyota	Mar 3, 2010	Japan	Bahrain	2:0	Broken jaw
	International Friendlies
		Osaka, Osaka	Apr 7, 2010	Japan	Serbia	0:3	Broken jaw
		Saitama, Saitama	May 24, 2010	Japan	South Korea	0:2					72'		18'
		Graz	May 30, 2010	England	Japan	2:1	on the bench
		Sion	Jun 4, 2010	Ivory Coast	Japan	2:0	AM				46'		45'
	World Cup 2010
	Group E	Westdene, Bloemfontein	Jun 14, 2010	Japan	Cameroon	1:0	on the bench
	Group E	Durban	Jun 19, 2010	Netherlands	Japan	1:0	on the bench
	Group E		Jun 24, 2010	Denmark	Japan	1:3	on the bench
	Round of 16	Pretoria	Jun 29, 2010	Paraguay	Japan	5:3 on pens	AM				81'		39'
	International Friendlies
		Kohoku-ku,Yokohama City	Sep 4, 2010	Japan	Paraguay	1:0	CM		1				90'
		Osaka, Osaka	Sep 7, 2010	Japan	Guatemala	2:1					83'		7'
		Saitama, Saitama	Oct 8, 2010	Japan	Argentina	1:0	AM				77'		13'
		Seoul	Oct 12, 2010	South Korea	Japan	0:0	CM				86'		4'
	2011 AFC Asian Cup
	Group B	Doha	Jan 9, 2011	Japan	Jordan	1:1	Not in squad
	Group B	Doha	Jan 13, 2011	Syria	Japan	1:2	Not in squad
	Group B	Al Rayyan	Jan 17, 2011	Saudi Arabia	Japan	0:5	Not in squad
	Quarter-Finals	Doha	Jan 21, 2011	Japan	Qatar	3:2	Not in squad
	Semi-Finals	Doha	Jan 25, 2011	Japan	South Korea	5:3 on pens	Not in squad
	Final	Doha	Jan 29, 2011	Australia	Japan	0:1 AET	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
			Jun 1, 2011	Japan	Peru	0:0	Not in squad
		Kohoku-ku,Yokohama City	Jun 7, 2011	Japan	Czechia	0:0	Not in squad
		Toyohira-ku, Sapporo	Aug 10, 2011	Japan	South Korea	3:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group C	Saitama, Saitama	Sep 2, 2011	Japan	North Korea	1:0	on the bench
	Group C	Tashkent	Sep 6, 2011	Uzbekistan	Japan	1:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Tokyo	Oct 7, 2011	Japan	Vietnam	1:0	CM				46'		45'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group C	Osaka, Osaka	Oct 11, 2011	Japan	Tajikistan	8:0	AM	1	3				90'
	Group C	Dushanbe	Nov 11, 2011	Tajikistan	Japan	0:4	AM		2			87'	87'
	Group C		Nov 15, 2011	North Korea	Japan	1:0	AM					62'	62'
	International Friendlies
		Osaka, Osaka	Feb 24, 2012	Japan	Iceland	3:1	AM		1		46'		45'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group C	Toyota	Feb 29, 2012	Japan	Uzbekistan	0:1	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		Fukuroi, Shizuoka	May 23, 2012	Japan	Azerbaijan	2:0	AM				74'		16'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group 2	Saitama, Saitama	Jun 3, 2012	Japan	Oman	3:0	on the bench
	Group 2	Saitama, Saitama	Jun 8, 2012	Japan	Jordan	6:0	AM				57'		33'
	Group 2	Brisbane	Jun 12, 2012	Australia	Japan	1:1	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		Toyohira-ku, Sapporo	Aug 15, 2012	Japan	Venezuela	1:1	AM				73'		17'
			Sep 6, 2012	Japan	U. A. E.	1:0	AM				63'		27'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group 2	Saitama, Saitama	Sep 11, 2012	Japan	Iraq	1:0	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		Saint Denis	Oct 12, 2012	France	Japan	0:1	AM					62'	62'
		Wroclaw	Oct 16, 2012	Japan	Brazil	0:4	AM					46'	45'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group 2	Muscat	Nov 14, 2012	Oman	Japan	1:2	on the bench
	International Friendlies
			Feb 6, 2013	Japan	Latvia	3:0	Not in squad
		Doha	Mar 22, 2013	Canada	Japan	1:2	AM				46'		45'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group 2	Amman	Mar 26, 2013	Jordan	Japan	2:1	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		Toyota	May 30, 2013	Japan	Bulgaria	0:2	AM				69'		21'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group 2	Saitama, Saitama	Jun 4, 2013	Japan	Australia	1:1	on the bench
	Group 2	Doha	Jun 11, 2013	Iraq	Japan	0:1	AM				67'		23'
	Confederations Cup 2013
	Group A	Brasília	Jun 15, 2013	Brazil	Japan	3:0	on the bench
	Group A	Recife	Jun 20, 2013	Italy	Japan	4:3	CM				90'		1'
	Group A	Belo Horizonte	Jun 22, 2013	Japan	Mexico	1:2	AM				77'		13'
Squad: 88, Starting eleven: 43, Substituted in: 25, On the bench: 20, Suspended: 0, Injured: 2,