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Shunsuke Nakamura

1978 - Today

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Shunsuke Nakamura (Japanese: 中村 俊輔, Hepburn: Nakamura Shunsuke; born 24 June 1978) is a Japanese former professional footballer. He is currently a first-team coach of Yokohama FC. He is the only person to have been named J.League Most Valuable Player more than once, receiving the award in 2000 and 2013. Renowned as one of the best free kick takers ever and one of the greatest Japanese footballers of all time, Steve Perryman once remarked that Nakamura "could open a tin of beans with his left foot". Nakamura began his professional career with J1 League club Yokohama Marinos in 1997, eventually making 338 league appearances during two spells at the club totalling just over twelve seasons. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shunsuke Nakamura is the 1,427th most popular soccer player (down from 1,052nd in 2019), the 947th most popular biography from Japan (down from 793rd in 2019) and the 220th most popular Japanese Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Shunsuke Nakamura ranks 1,427 out of 21,273. Before him are Radja Nainggolan, Maxwell, Anderson, Gyoji Matsumoto, Kazuo Saito, and Marcel Koller. After him are Agostinho Fortes Filho, Jean-Jacques Marcel, Roberto Miranda, Hansi Müller, Alfredo II, and Migueli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Shunsuke Nakamura ranks 60. Before him are Kevin Federline, Steve Chen, Irakli Kobakhidze, Diplo, Vanessa-Mae, and AJ McLean. After him are Gabriel Heinze, Jen Psaki, Kumail Nanjiani, Ha Ji-won, Gael García Bernal, and Paul Hunter.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shunsuke Nakamura ranks 947 out of 6,245. Before him are Arima Harunobu (1567), Tomoji Tanabe (1895), Yoshiaki Kawajiri (1950), Mitsuo Watanabe (1953), Gyoji Matsumoto (1934), and Kazuo Saito (1951). After him are Shigeru Umebayashi (1951), Yoshitomo Nara (1959), Hitoshi Igarashi (1947), Hide (1964), Shunsuke Kikuchi (1931), and Koichi Sugiyama (1931).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Japan

Among soccer players born in Japan, Shunsuke Nakamura ranks 220. Before him are Tetsuo Sugamata (1957), Masujiro Nishida (1899), Yasuhiko Okudera (1952), Mitsuo Watanabe (1953), Gyoji Matsumoto (1934), and Kazuo Saito (1951). After him are Kuniharu Nakamoto (1959), Keisuke Honda (1986), Takashi Umezawa (1972), Shunichiro Okano (1931), Yoshinori Shigematsu (1930), and Nobuko Jashima (1959).

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