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Hidetoshi Nakata

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Hidetoshi Nakata

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Japanese association football player

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Hidetoshi Nakata is a Japanese association football player who competed as a midfielder. Born in Kofu in 1977, he represented Japan in international competitions, including the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups. His professional career spanned from 1995 to 2006, during which he played for ACF Fiorentina, Parma Calcio 1913, Bolton Wanderers F.C., and Shonan Bellmare.

Nakata participated in the Premier League and is recognized for his role as an attacking midfielder. He is a citizen of Japan and speaks Japanese. His name in native language is 中田英寿, and in kana it is ナカタ ヒデトシ.

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Sports profile

Sport
Soccer
Position
Attacking Midfield
Nationality
Japan

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Japan
Place of birth
Kofu
Occupation
association football player
Languages spoken
Japanese
Participant in
1998 FIFA World Cup
Sport
association football
Member of team
Japan men's national football team
Position played
midfielder
League
Premier League
Country for sport
Japan
Mass
72
Official website
nakata.net
Image
Hidetoshi Nakata in Okinawa.jpg
Height
175
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Hidetoshi Nakata
date of birth
1977-01-22
name in kana
ナカタ ヒデトシ
name in native language
中田英寿
start of work period
1995-00-00
end of work period
2006-00-00
social media followers
91900
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Encyclopedic overview

Hidetoshi Nakata, OSSI (中田 英寿, Nakata Hidetoshi; born 22 January 1977) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Considered as one of the greatest Asian football players of all time and coming from an Asian Football Confederation (AFC) country in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Nakata became the first ever AFC player to be nominated for the Ballon d'Or.

Nakata began his professional career in 1995 and won the Asian Football Confederation Player of the Year award in 1997 and 1998, the Scudetto with Roma in 2001, played for Japan in three World Cup tournaments (1998, 2002 and 2006) and competed in the Olympics twice (1996 and 2000). In 2005, he was made the Knight of the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity, one of Italy's highest honors, for improving the country's image overseas. Nakata has also been involved in fashion, regularly attending runway shows and wearing designer clothing.

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