Tadashi Nakamura (footballer)

Tadashi Nakamura
中村忠
Personal information
Full name	Tadashi Nakamura
Date of birth	June 10, 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth	Mizuho, Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1987–1989	Yomiuri
Senior career*
Years	Team
1990–1999	Verdy Kawasaki
1999	Urawa Reds
2000–2004	Kyoto Purple Sanga
Total
International career
1995–1998	Japan
Managerial career
2016–2017	FC Tokyo U-23
Medal record
Verdy Kawasaki
Kyoto Purple Sanga
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tadashi Nakamura (中村忠, Nakamura Tadashi, born June 10, 1971) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.

Club career

Nakamura was born in Mizuho, Tokyo on June 10, 1971. He joined Japan Soccer League club Yomiuri (later Verdy Kawasaki) from youth team in 1990. He played as right and left side-back. The club won the champions 1990–91, 1991–92 Japan Soccer League and 1991 JSL Cup. In 1992, Japan Soccer League was folded and founded new league J1 League. The club won the champions J1 League 2 times, J.League Cup 3 times and Emperor's Cup 1 time. He moved to Urawa Reds in 1999 and Kyoto Purple Sanga in 2000. He retired end of 2004 season.

National team career

On February 15, 1995, Nakamura debuted for Japan national team against Australia. He also played at 1998 World Cup qualification in 1997. He played 16 games for Japan until 1998.^[1]

Coaching career

After retirement, Nakamura started coaching career at Tokyo Verdy in 2005. He coached for youth team. He moved to FC Tokyo in 2012 and coached for youth team. In July 2017, he became a coach for top team and a manager for FC Tokyo U-23. He resigned in 2017.

Club statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Total
1990/91	Yomiuri	JSL Division 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991/92	Yomiuri	JSL Division 1	1	0			1	0	2	0
1992	Verdy Kawasaki	J1 League	-		0	0	0	0	0	0
1993			34	2	2	0	7	0	43	2
1994			21	0	1	0	1	0	23	0
1995			42	0	2	1	-		44	1
1996			27	1	4	0	16	0	47	1
1997			15	0	2	0	0	0	17	0
1998			31	1	0	0	0	0	31	1
1999			6	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
1999	Urawa Reds	J1 League	15	0	2	0	4	0	21	0
2000	Kyoto Purple Sanga	J1 League	25	0	1	0	7	0	33	0
2001		J2 League	26	2	4	0	1	0	31	2
2002		J1 League	24	0	1	0	5	0	30	0
2003		J1 League	17	0	0	0	2	0	19	0
2004		J2 League	4	0	0	0	-		4	0
Total			288	6	19	1	45	0	352	7