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Koji Nakajima
中島 浩司
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Nakajima with Sanfrecce Hiroshima in 2010
Personal information
Full name Koji Nakajima
Date of birth (1977-08-20) August 20, 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Sakai, Osaka, Japan
Height 1.82 m
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
1993–1995 Sendai Ikuei High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2002 Vegalta Sendai 83 (4)
2003–2008 JEF United Chiba 96 (2)
2009–2013 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 99 (5)
Total 278 (11)
Honours
JEF United Chiba
Winner J.League Cup 2005
Winner J.League Cup 2006
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Winner J1 League 2012
Winner J1 League 2013
Runner-up J.League Cup 2010
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2013
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Koji Nakajima (中島 浩司, Nakajima Koji, born August 20, 1977) is a former Japanese football player.

Playing career

Nakajima was born in Sakai on August 20, 1977. After graduating from high school, he joined Japan Football League club Brummel Sendai (later Vegalta Sendai) in 1996. He played many matches as defensive midfielder from 1997 and the club was promoted to J2 League from 1999. However his opportunity to play decreased and he could not play at all in the match from 2001. Although the club was promoted to J1 League from 2002, he could not play at all in the match and he was released from the club end of 2002 season. In 2003, he moved to J1 club JEF United Ichihara (later JEF United Chiba). He was appreciated by manager Ivica Osim and also played many matches as center back not only defensive midfielder. The club also won the champions 2005 and 2006 J.League Cup. Although he played many matches after Osim left the club in 2006, he could hardly play in the match since Alex Miller became new manager in May 2008. In 2009, he moved to Sanfrecce Hiroshima. He became a regular player as defensive midfielder and center back. The club also won the 2nd place 2010 J.League Cup. From 2012, although he could not play many matches, the club won the champions 2012 and 2013 J1 League. He retired end of 2013 season.

Club statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Asia Total
1996 Brummel Sendai Football League 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
1997 17 1 1 0 0 0 - 18 1
1998 21 1 4 1 4 0 - 29 2
1999 Vegalta Sendai J2 League 26 2 2 1 2 1 - 30 4
2000 19 0 0 0 1 0 - 20 0
2001 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
2002 J1 League 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
Total 83 4 7 2 7 1 - 97 7
2003 JEF United Ichihara J1 League 3 0 3 0 3 1 - 9 1
2004 16 0 1 0 5 0 - 22 0
2005 JEF United Chiba J1 League 11 1 2 0 5 1 - 18 2
2006 26 1 1 0 7 1 - 34 2
2007 27 0 1 0 2 0 - 30 0
2008 13 0 1 0 3 1 - 17 1
Total 96 2 9 0 25 4 - 130 6
2009 Sanfrecce Hiroshima J1 League 30 0 2 0 6 1 - 38 1
2010 32 2 2 0 5 0 6 0 45 2
2011 33 2 2 0 2 0 - 37 2
2012 2 1 0 0 5 0 - 7 1
2013 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 6 0
Total 99 5 6 0 18 1 10 0 133 6
Career total 278 11 22 2 50 6 10 0 360 19

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