Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 13 June 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Koganei, Tokyo, Japan | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2007 | FC Tokyo | ||
2007–2011 | Waseda University | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2013 | Pommern Greifswald | 28 | (11) |
2012 | → Arka Gdynia (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2013–2016 | Daugavpils | 79 | (33) |
2016–2017 | Jelgava | 24 | (2) |
2017 | Chonburi | 29 | (0) |
2018 | Jelgava | 19 | (0) |
2019 | Thai Honda | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
2004 | Japan U16 | ||
2005 | Japan U17 | ||
2006 | Japan U18 | ||
Japan U19 | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:42, 4 June 2019 |
Ryotaro Nakano (中野 遼太郎, Nakano Ryotaro, born 13 June 1988) is a Japanese professional footballer .[1]
Nakano started his career with FC Tokyo while studying at the Waseda University. He moved to Germany in 2011 to join 6th division side Pommern Greifswald.[2] He was loaned to Ekstraklasa side Arka Gdynia in 2012,[3][4] but left less than five months later, without a first team appearance.[5][6]
He moved to Latvia in 2013, joining Latvian First League side BFC Daugavpils. In his first season, Nakano managed a 1:1 goal ratio, scoring 26 goals in 26 games as his team were promoted to the Latvian Higher League.[2] He earned a transfer to fellow Latvian side FK Jelgava in January 2016,[7] and was included in the 2016 Latvian Higher League team of the season.[8]
Despite his good performances, Nakano struggled with the freezing weather in Latvia, as temperatures dipped to −25° in the winter. He was offered a move to Thai League side Chonburi F.C. in 2017, an opportunity which he took.[9]
Nakano has represented Japan at numerous youth levels,[2][9] and was called up to represent a Japan XI against the Nepal national football team in 2016.[10]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Pommern Greifswald | 2011–12 | NOFV-Oberliga Nord | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | |
2012–13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |||
Total | 28 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 10 | ||
Arka Gdynia (loan) | 2011–12 | Ekstraklasa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Daugavpils | 2013 | Latvian First League | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 26 | 26 | |
2014 | 31 | 5 | 1[a] | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 32 | 6 | |||
2015 | 22 | 2 | 2[a] | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | |||
Total | 79 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 34 | ||
Jelgava | 2016 | Latvian First League | 24 | 2 | 3[a] | 0 | 6[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 |
Chonburi | 2017 | Thai League 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
Jelgava | 2018 | Latvian First League | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
Career total | 179 | 45 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 191 | 46 |
FK Jelgava