Shōya Nakajima

Shōya Nakajima
Shōya Nakajima (2019)
Personnel
birthday	23rd August 1994
place of birth	Hachiōji ,  Japan
size	164 cm
position	Wing , midfield
Juniors
Years	station
2004–2012	Tokyo Verdy
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2012-2013	Tokyo Verdy	29 0(6)
2014-2017	FC Tokyo	51 0(6)
2014	→  Kataller Toyama  (loan)	28 0(2)
2017-2019	Portimonense SC	42 (15)
2019	al-Duhail SC	7 0(1)
2019–	FC Porto	10 0(0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2011	Japan U17	2 0(1)
2013	Japan U20	4 0(3)
2014-2016	Japan U23	13 0(5)
2018–	Japan	19 0(5)
1 Only league games are given. As of December 27, 2019 2 As of December 27, 2019

Shōya Nakajima ( Japanese 中 島 翔 哉 , Nakajima Shōya ; born August 23, 1994 in Hachiōji , Tokyo Prefecture ) is a Japanese football player . After starting his career in the Japanese capital with the clubs Tokyo Verdy and FC Tokyo , he moved to Portimonense SC in Portugal in the summer of 2017 , where he made his breakthrough. After a brief interlude in the Qatar Stars League at al-Duhail SC , he returned to the Portuguese NOS league for the 2019/20 season and has been under contract with FC Porto ever since . The Japanese international is considered to be a versatile offensive player who can be used both on the wing and in the headquarters as a " tens ".

Career

society

Nakajima comes from the youth of the Tokyo Verdy club , which was playing in the second-rate J. League Division 2 at that time . For the 2012 season he moved up to the professional team of the capital city club. For this he made his debut on September 14, 2012 in the game against Avispa Fukuoka , when he was substituted on in the 78th minute. Just five minutes after being substituted on, he equalized the 1-1 final score. On November 21, the 18-year-old was able to score a three-pack in a 4-1 win against Tochigi SC . In his first season he scored four goals and one assist in eight appearances. In his second season in 2013 , he was used in 21 league games, in which he scored two goals and assisted one.

On January 26, 2014, Nakajima's move to first division club FC Tokyo was announced. However, his new club immediately loaned him to the second division club Kataller Toyama . For Toyama he scored 2 goals in 28 games this season . On August 29, the loan ended and Nakajima returned to FC Tokyo. Just one day later he made his debut in the J. League when he was substituted on against the Kashima Antlers in the closing stages. In the further course of the season he came on another four missions. In the following 2015 season he was still only a rotation player and only made 13 league appearances in which he could score a goal. In the third division he was used three times for the J. League U-22 selection . In 2016, too, little changed in this situation at the beginning. He was substituted on in the first game of the season on February 27, 2016 in the 0-1 defeat by Omiya Ardija and was then active in the U-22 selection in the third division. In mid-April, Nakajima also tore his inner ligament and was out for a month. It wasn't until June 18, four months after his last appearance, that he played a game for the first team. At the end of the season he became an important part of the FC Tokyo team. On August 27, he scored against Nagoya Grampus in the 91st minute to equalize 1-1. In the 3-0 home win against Shonan Bellmare on the next match day, he netted again. Another goal and two assists were added by the end of the season. The next year he performed well, especially in the J. League Cup . In seven games he scored three times and prepared four goals.

On August 23, 2017 Shōya Nakajima moved to the Portuguese first division club Portimonense SC for a year on loan . He made his debut for the newly promoted on September 8th against Benfica Lisbon . In the 1: 2 away defeat, he was able to prepare Fabrício's 1-0 opening goal . In the next game against CD Feirense he scored his first two goals for his new club in a 2-1 home win and became the first Japanese double goalscorer in a Portuguese competition. Even four days later, in the 2-5 defeat at the Estádio do Dragão at FC Porto , he netted for the team from Algarve . Portimonense signed the midfielder over the course of the 2017/18 season . His good performances were noticed by various top European clubs during this time, among others he was observed by the German clubs VfB Stuttgart , VfL Wolfsburg and Eintracht Frankfurt . In the further course of the season Nakajima was able to keep his strong form and contributed significantly to the successful relegation with 10 goals and 12 assists in 29 league games.

He also started his second season in Portugal with good performances. On September 23, 2018, he scored two goals in a 3-2 win over Vitória Guimarães and presented another. His strong performances were recognized with the September Player of the Month award . In the 4-2 home win over Sporting Lisbon on October 7th, he scored two more goals and prepared the other two.

At the beginning of February 2019, Nakajima moved to the Qatar Stars League for al-Duhail SC . The 35 million euros paid for his services made him the most expensive Japanese football player. Before that, the 28.4 million euros for Hidetoshi Nakata on his transfer from AS Roma to FC Parma was the highest transfer fee ever paid for a Japanese. For his new club, he played seven league games in the remaining 2018/19 season, in which he scored a goal.

For the 2019/20 season he returned to the Portuguese league NOS and moved to FC Porto, where he signed a five-year contract. The Portuguese first division club paid 12 million euros for 50% of the transfer rights.

National team

In June 2011 Shōya Nakajima was called up on the occasion of the U-17 World Cup in Mexico in the U-17 selection of Japan . He played two games in the finals and scored a goal in the quarter-finals in a 3-2 defeat by Brazil . He also took part in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro with his home country . He was in the starting line-up in all three games. He also scored one goal in the 2-2 draw with Colombia . Japan could not qualify for the intermediate round with 3rd place in the group stage.

On March 23, 2018 Shōya Nakajima made his debut for the Japanese senior team in a friendly against Mali . He was substituted on for Takashi Usami in the 60th minute and equalized 1-1 in the 93rd minute.

Web links

• Shōya Nakajima in the database of weltfussball.de
• Shōya Nakajima in the database of transfermarkt.de
• Shōya Nakajima in the soccerway.com database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tokyo Verdy - Avispa Fukuoka, 09/14/2012 - J2 League - Match report | Transfermarkt In: transfermarkt.at from September 14, 2012 (accessed November 17, 2018)
2. ↑ Tokyo Verdy - Tochigi SC, October 21, 2012 - J2 League - Match report | Transfermarkt In: transfermarkt.at from November 21, 2012 (accessed November 17, 2018)
3. ↑ Kashima Antlers - FC Tokyo, 08/30/2014 - J1 League - Match report | Transfermarkt In: transfermarkt.at from August 30, 2014 (accessed November 17, 2018)
4. ↑ FC Tokyo - Omiya Ardija, 02/27/2016 - J1 League - First Stage - match report | Transfermarkt In: transfermarkt.at from February 27, 2016 (accessed November 17, 2018)
5. ↑ FC Tokyo - Albirex Niigata, 06/18/2016 - J1 League - First Stage - match report | Transfermarkt In: transfermarkt.at from June 18, 2016 (accessed November 17, 2018)
6. ↑ Nagoya Grampus - FC Tokyo, 08/27/2016 - J1 League - Second Stage - match report | Transfermarkt In: transfermarkt.at from August 27, 2016 (accessed November 17, 2018)
7. ↑ FC Tokyo - Shonan Bellmare, 09/10/2016 - J1 League - Second Stage - match report | Transfermarkt In: transfermarkt.at from September 10, 2016 (accessed November 17, 2018)
8. ↑ FC Tokyo's Nakajima to join Portuguese side on loan In: The Japan Times, August 23, 2017 (accessed November 17, 2018)
9. ↑ Benfica 2-1 Portimonense In: Rádio e Televisão de Portugal of September 8, 2017 (accessed November 17, 2018)
10. ↑ Japonês na história da Liga In: Record from September 19, 2017 (accessed November 17, 2018)
11. ↑ El Oporto de Casillas sigue con su pleno de victorias ligueras In: As of September 22, 2017 (accessed November 17, 2018)
12. ↑ Transfer rumor : Frankfurt and Wolfsburg interested in attacker Nakajima In: goal.com from January 8, 2018 (accessed November 17, 2018)
13. ↑ FC PORTO PRESSIONA PARA CONTRATAR NAKAJIMA In: desporto.sapo.pt of January 11, 2018 (accessed on November 17, 2018)
14. ↑ Transfer rumor: Dortmund and Stuttgart observe Japanese attacker Shoya Nakajima In: goal.com from February 23, 2018 (accessed November 17, 2018)
15. ↑ Shoya Nakajima da al Portimoentnse su primer triunfo In: lavanguardia.com from September 23, 2018 (accessed November 17, 2018)
16. ↑ Football: Nakajima voted player of month in Portuguese 1st division In: kyodonews.net of October 20, 2018 (accessed November 17, 2018)
17. ↑ Como 164cm e 50 e poucos quilos de talento vergaram o Sporting in Portimão. Eis Nakajima, o japonês que queria jogar no FC Porto In: observador.pt on September 23, 2018 (accessed on November 17, 2018)
18. ↑ Shoya Nakajima Joins Al Duhail , duhailsc.com, February 3, 2019, accessed February 3, 2019.
19. ↑ Al Duhail makes Nakajima the most expensive Japanese - Portimonense receives 35 million euros In: transfermarkt.at of February 4, 2019 (accessed on July 6, 2019)
20. ↑ Shoya Nakajima - performance data 2018/19 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on July 6, 2019)
21. ↑ Transferts: Shoya Nakajima signe à Porto In: L'Équipe of July 5, 2019 (accessed on July 6, 2019)
22. ↑ FIFA U-17 World Cup Mexico 2011 - Matches - Japan-Brazil - FIFA.com In: FIFA on July 3, 2011 (accessed November 17, 2018)
23. ↑ Nakajima's strike salvages draw against Colombia In: The Japan Times, August 8, 2016 (accessed November 17, 2018)
24. ↑ Japan 1 Mali 1: Late Nakajima strike earns a draw In: FourFourTwo from March 23, 2018 (accessed November 17, 2018)
25. ↑ Japan - Mali, March 23, 2018 - International Friendlies - Match report | Transfermarkt In: transfermarkt.at from March 23, 2018 (accessed November 17, 2018)