Shoya Nakajima

Shoya Nakajima (中島 翔哉, Nakajima Shoya, born August 23, 1994) is a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Shōya Nakajima
中島 翔哉
Nakajima with Porto in 2019
Personal information
Full name Shoya Nakajima[1]
Date of birth (1994-08-23) 23 August 1994
Place of birth Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger, second striker
Club information
Current team
 Urawa Red Diamonds
Number 10
Youth career
2004–2012 Tokyo Verdy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Tokyo Verdy 29 (6)
2014–2018 FC Tokyo 51 (6)
2014 → Kataller Toyama (loan) 28 (2)
2017–2018 → Portimonense (loan) 29 (10)
2018–2019 Portimonense 13 (5)
2019 Al-Duhail 7 (1)
2019–2022 Porto 20 (0)
2021 → Al Ain (loan) 2 (0)
2021–2022 → Portimonense (loan) 22 (1)
2022–2023 Antalyaspor 15 (0)
2023– Urawa Red Diamonds 7 (0)
National team‡
2011 Japan U17 2 (1)
2013 Japan U20 4 (3)
2014–2016 Japan U23 30 (19)
2018–2019 Japan 19 (5)
Honours
Representing  Japan
AFC U-23 Championship
Gold medal – first place2016 Qatar
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 August 2023
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2019

Biography

Nakajima was born in Hachioji on August 23, 1994. He joined J2 League club Tokyo Verdy from their youth team in 2012. In 2014, he moved to Kataller Toyama and played as regular player. In August 2014, he moved to J1 League club FC Tokyo. In September 2017, he moved to Portuguese Primeira Liga club Portimonense. He scored 10 goals in the 2017/18 season. In February 2019, he moved to Qatar Stars League club Al-Duhail. In September 2019, he moved to Primeira Liga club Porto. Porto won the champions in the 2019/20 season. However he could not play many matches in the 2020/21 season. In January 2021, he moved to UAE Pro League club Al-Ain.

In 2011, Nakajima was selected the Japan U-17 national team for 2007 U-17 World Cup. In 2016, he played for the Japan U-23 national team at 2016 AFC U-23 Championship. Japan won the champions and qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics. At 2016 Summer Olympics, he played all 3 matches as left midfielder. On March 23, 2018, he debuted and scored a goal for the Japan national team against Mali. However he was not selected the Japan for 2018 World Cup. After the 2018 World Cup, he became a regular player as left midfielder under new manager Hajime Moriyasu and was given "number 10" shirt for the Japan. In 2019, he played at 2019 Copa América. He played 19 games and scored 5 goals for Japan until 2019.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 25 August 2023[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tokyo Verdy 2012 J2 League 842000—104
2013 J2 League 2122000—232
Total 2964000—336
Kataller Toyama (loan) 2014 J2 League 2822000—302
FC Tokyo 2014 J1 League 500000—50
2015 J1 League 1312021—172
2016 J1 League 1232142—186
2017 J1 League 2121173—296
Total 51652136—6914
Portimonense (loan) 2017–18 Primeira Liga 29102020—3310
Portimonense 2018–19 Primeira Liga 1350010—145
Total 42152030—4715
Al-Duhail 2018–19 Qatar Stars League 7130006[lower-alpha 3]1162
Porto 2019–20 Primeira Liga 16041305[lower-alpha 4]0281
2020–21 Primeira Liga 4010004[lower-alpha 5]090
Total 200513090371
Al Ain (loan) 2020–21 UAE Pro League 20——0020
Portimonense (loan) 2021–22 Primeira Liga 2213100—252
Antalyaspor 2022–23 Süper Lig 15010——160
Urawa Red Diamonds 2023 J1 League 3 0 0 0 0 0 1[lower-alpha 3] 0 4 0
Career total 2193125419616127942
  1. Includes the Emperor's Cup, Taça de Portugal and Qatar Emir Cup
  2. Includes the J.League Cup and Taça da Liga
  3. Appearances in AFC Champions League
  4. One appearance in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International
As of match played 19 November 2019[4][5]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Japan 201862
2019133
Total195
Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nakajima goal.
List of international goals scored by Shoya Nakajima[4][5]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
123 March 2018Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège, Belgium Mali1–11–1Friendly
220 November 2018Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Japan Kyrgyzstan4–04–02018 Kirin Challenge Cup
326 March 2019Noevir Stadium Kobe, Kobe, Japan Bolivia1–01–02019 Kirin Challenge Cup
424 June 2019Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil Ecuador1–01–12019 Copa América
510 September 2019Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar Myanmar1–02–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours
Nakajima with FC Tokyo in 2015

Al-Duhail

  • Qatar Emir Cup: 2019[6]

Porto

Japan U23

Individual

References
  1. "FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia 2023™: List of Players: Urawa Reds" (PDF). FIFA. 6 December 2023. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  2. "Urawa Red Diamonds - Team Profile". Urawa Red Diamonds.
  3. Shoya Nakajima at Soccerway
  4. "Shoya Nakajima". National Football Teams.
  5. "中島 翔哉 (Shoya Nakajima)" (in Japanese). Japan National Football Team Database.
  6. "Al Duhail crush Al Sadd 4-1 to retain Amir Cup". The Peninsula. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  7. "On This Day: Japan's U23 triumph in Doha". Asian Football Confederation. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  8. "Nakajima named AFC U23 Championship MVP". Asian Football Confederation. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  9. "Jonas e Rui Costa eleitos "Jogador do Mês"" [Jonas and Rui Costa elected "Player of the Month"] (in Portuguese). Liga Portugal. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  10. "Melhores de setembro: Phellype e Shoya em destaque" [Best of September: Phellype and Shoya highlighted] (in Portuguese). Liga Portugal. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  11. "Nakajima é o autor do Melhor Golo de Novembro" [Nakajima is the author of November's Best Goal] (in Portuguese). SJPF. 2 January 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  12. "Golo de Nakajima é o melhor de Fevereiro" [Nakajima's goal is the best of February] (in Portuguese). SJPF. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.

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