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Masashi Nakayama

{{Short description|Japanese footballer (born 1967)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Masashi Nakayama
中山 雅史

| image = Masashi Nakayama 20140410fifa 01.jpg

| upright = 0.9

| caption = Nakayama in 2014

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|9|23|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Fujieda, Shizuoka, Japan

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = 1.78 m

| position = Forward

| currentclub = Azul Claro Numazu (head coach)

| youthyears1 = 1983–1985

| youthclubs1 = Fujieda Higashi High School

| collegeyears1 = 1986–1989

| college1 = University of Tsukuba

| years1 = 1990–2009

| clubs1 = Júbilo Iwata

| caps1 = 419

| goals1 = 207

| years2 = 2010–2012

| clubs2 = Consadole Sapporo

| caps2 = 13

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2015–2020

| clubs3 = Azul Claro Numazu

| caps3 = 0

| goals3 = 0

| totalcaps = 432

| totalgoals = 207

| nationalyears1 = 1990–2003

| nationalteam1 = Japan

| nationalcaps1 = 53

| nationalgoals1 = 21

| manageryears1 = 2021–2022

| managerclubs1 = Júbilo Iwata (assistant manager)

| manageryears2 = 2023–

| managerclubs2 = Azul Claro Numazu

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's football}}

{{Medal|Country|{{Fb|JPN}}}}

{{Medal|Competition|AFC Asian Cup}}

{{Medal|W|1992 Japan|}}

{{Medal|Competition|FIFA Confederations Cup}}

{{Medal|RU|2001 Korea/Japan|}}

}}

{{Nihongo|Masashi Nakayama|中山 雅史|Nakayama Masashi|born 23 September 1967}}, nicknamed "Gon" during his playing career, is a Japanese professional football manager and former player. He was the J.League Most Valuable Player in 1998, J.League Top Scorer in 1998 and 2000, and J.League Best XI in 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002.

He is currently head coach of J3 League club Azul Claro Numazu.

Club career

Born in Shizuoka, Nakayama attended Fujieda Higashi High School and University of Tsukuba before he joined Yamaha Motors (currently; Júbilo Iwata) of the Japan Soccer League, a precursor to the J1 League, which consisted of company sponsored teams. Playing as a forward, Nakayama made his J1 League debut on 11 March 1994. From then until 2009, he was an ever-present part of the Júbilo Iwata line-up as they were consistently one of the top teams in the J1 League since its inception. With a strike-rate of more than a goal every two games throughout his career, Nakayama was the inspirational and talismanic leader for both Júbilo Iwata and the Japan national team. He holds a record by scoring four hat-tricks in four successive J1 League games, from 15 to 29 April in 1998. He scored 16 times in these games. The record is recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records. He also holds the record for top scorer in a single season, scoring 36 goals in 1998.

On 4 December 2012, he announced his retirement at the age of 45, citing injuries to his both knees, after being J1 League's all-time leading scorer with 157 goals. At the time of his retirement, he had played three seasons for Consadole Sapporo. In September 2015, he began to train with Azul Claro Numazu, later signing for the team as a player.{{cite web | url=http://www.azul-claro.jp/information/25886/ | script-title=ja:中山雅史選手アスルクラロ沼津加入のお知らせ | language=ja | date=14 September 2015 | publisher=Azul Claro | access-date=16 May 2017 }} Two years later, having still not made his début for Azul Claro in league or cup competition, his contract was renewed for 2017 season, a first for a professional football club.{{cite web | url=http://www.azul-claro.jp/information/31775/ | script-title=ja:2017シーズン 中山 雅史選手 契約更新のお知らせ | language=ja | date=25 December 2016 | publisher=Azul Claro | access-date=16 May 2017 }}

International career

At the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Nakayama scored the only goal of the tournament and the first goal for the Japan national team in the history of the World Cup against Jamaica on 26 June 1998.[https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=1965277.html?cid=rssfeed&att= Japan icon Nakayama calls time on career]FIFA.com 4 December 2012 {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130123044502/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=1965277.html?cid=rssfeed&att= |date=23 January 2013 }} He has scored 21 goals in 53 appearances for the Japan national team.[http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/nakayama_masashi.html Japan National Football Team Database]

Nakayama also holds the world record fastest hat-trick at international level. He managed three goals in a 2000 Asian Cup qualification match against Brunei on 16 February 2000 in only three minutes and three seconds, beating the previous record of Englishman Willie Hall set in 1938 (against Northern Ireland) by 27 seconds.

Managerial career

On 13 January 2020, Nakayama announced his retirement as a player at the age of 53. Having been the U-18 coach for Azul Claro Numazu for the prior two years, Nakayama revealed he was appointed the assistant manager of J2 League club Júbilo Iwata.{{cite web | title=中山 雅史選手、退団のお知らせ - アスルクラロ沼津 アスルクラロスルガ株式会社 | website=アスルクラロ沼津 アスルクラロスルガ株式会社 | date=13 January 2021 | url=https://www.azul-claro.jp/information/53104/ | language=ja | access-date=13 January 2021}} On 13 November 2022, Nakayama returned to J3 League club Azul Claro, where he was appointed manager.{{Cite press release |title= 中山 雅史氏 新監督就任のお知らせ |url= https://www.azul-claro.jp/information/65176/|publisher=アスルクラロ沼津|date=2022-11-13|accessdate= 2022-11-14}}

Personal life

File:Masashi Nakayama-signature-1994.jpg

Nakayama married actress Tomoko Ikuta in 1996, and together they have a daughter. Ikuta did the voice-over for lead actress Lee Young-ae in the Japanese version of the popular South Korean TV series Jewel in the Palace.

Nakayama portrayed himself on television, performing voice work for a guest role on the anime Hungry Heart: Wild Striker; a fictionalized version of himself also appeared in the manga version of its sister series, Captain Tsubasa. He also portrayed himself in episode 19 of HappinessCharge PreCure!. This episode corresponded with the opening of the World Cup. He appeared on the front cover of the Japanese releases of Konami's Winning Eleven video game series (World Soccer: Winning Eleven 6 and World Soccer: Winning Eleven 6 - Final Evolution) in 2002 and 2003.

Career statistics

=Club=

{{Updated|the end 2020 season after retirement as player}}Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, [https://www.amazon.co.jp/J1-J3%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E5%90%8D%E9%91%91%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E7%89%88-2018-NSK-MOOK/dp/4905411521 "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)"], 7 February 2018, Japan, {{ISBN|978-4905411529}} (p. 251 out of 289)Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, [https://www.amazon.co.jp/2017-J1-J3%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E5%90%8D%E9%91%91-NSK-MOOK/dp/4905411424/ref=pd_sim_14_1/356-9491148-0114816?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=BA8BN4Y0F97GNWKQM78H "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)"], 8 February 2017, Japan, {{ISBN|978-4905411420}} (p. 273 out of 289)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|Emperor's Cup

!colspan="2"|J.League Cup

!colspan="2"|AFC

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="20"|Júbilo Iwata{{efn|"Yamaha Motors" until 1994}}

|1990–91

|rowspan="2"|JSL Division 1

|13

421colspan="2"|—155
1991–92

|18

1510colspan="2"|—1915
1992

|rowspan="2"|Football League

|16

13colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—1613
1993

|18

181000colspan="2"|—1918
1994

|rowspan="16"|J1 League

|12

30000colspan="2"|—123
1995

|45

1800colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—4518
1996

|27

900137colspan="2"|—4016
1997

|27

1842116colspan="2"|—4226
1998

|27

363400colspan="2"|—3040
1999

|23

61211colspan="2"|—259
2000

|29

203241colspan="2"|—3623
2001

|30

161084colspan="2"|—3920
2002

|29

163273colspan="2"|—3921
2003

|12

35021colspan="2"|—194
2004

|19

3415041325
2005

|29

6202010346
2006

|13

11031colspan="2"|—172
2007

|15

12051colspan="2"|—222
2008

|16

12131colspan="2"|—213
2009

|1

01010colspan="2"|—30
rowspan="3"|Consadole Sapporo

|2010

|rowspan="2"|J2 League

|12

010colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—130
2011

|0

000colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—00
2012

|J1 League

|1

00000colspan="2"|—10
rowspan="6"|Azul Claro Numazu

|2015

|rowspan="2"|Football League

|0

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—00
2016

|0

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—00
2017

|rowspan="4"|J3 League

|0

000colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—00
2018

|0

000colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—00
2019|colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—
2020|colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—
colspan="3"|Career total

!432

2073412682751539247

=International=

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|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year

National teamYearAppsGoals
rowspan="14"|Japan

|1990

10
199100
199263
199384
199400
199541
199600
199722
1998104
199910
200076
200181
200230
200330
colspan="2"|Total5321

:Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nakayama goal.

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Masashi Nakayama

scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Competition

align="center"|129 August 1992Beijing, China{{fb|KOR|1984}}align="center"| 1–1align="center"| 2–21992 Dynasty Cup
align="center"|21 November 1992rowspan="2"|Hiroshima, Japan{{fb|PRK}}align="center"| 1–1align="center"| 1–1rowspan="2"|1992 AFC Asian Cup
align="center"|36 November 1992{{fb|CHN}}align="center"| 3–2align="center"| 3–2
align="center"|45 May 1993Dubai, United Arab Emirates{{fb|LKA}}align="center"| 6–0align="center"| 6–0rowspan="4"|1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
align="center"|518 October 1993rowspan="3"| Doha, Qatar{{fb|IRN}}align="center"| 1–2align="center"| 1–2
align="center"|621 October 1993{{fb|PRK}}align="center"| 2–0align="center"| 3–0
align="center"|728 October 1993{{fb|IRQ|1991}}align="center"| 2–1align="center"| 2–2
align="center"|828 May 1995rowspan="2"| Tokyo, Japan{{fb|ECU}}align="center"| 1–0align="center"| 3–01995 Kirin Cup
align="center"|98 November 1997{{fb|KAZ}}align="center"| 3–0align="center"| 5–1rowspan="2"| 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
align="center"|1016 November 1997Johor Bahru, Malaysia{{fb|IRN}}align="center"|1–0align="center"| 3–2
align="center"|111 March 1998Yokohama, Japan{{fb|KOR}}align="center"|1–0align="center"| 2–11998 Dynasty Cup
align="center"|121 April 1998Seoul, South Korea{{fb|KOR}}align="center"|1–1align="center"| 1–2Friendly
align="center"|1326 June 1998Lyon, France{{fb|JAM}}align="center"|1–2align="center"| 1–21998 FIFA World Cup
align="center"|1428 October 1998Osaka, Japan{{fb|EGY}}align="center"|1–0align="center"| 1–0Friendly
align="center"|1513 February 2000rowspan="6"| Macau{{fb|SIN}}align="center"|2–0align="center"| 3–0rowspan="6"| 2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
align="center"|16rowspan="3"|16 February 2000rowspan="3"|{{fb|BRU}}align="center"|1–0rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|9–0
align="center"|17align="center"|2–0
align="center"|18align="center"|3–0
align="center"|19rowspan="2"|20 February 2000rowspan="2"|{{fb|MAC}}align="center"|1–0rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3–0
align="center"|20align="center"|3–0
align="center"|2115 August 2001Fukuroi, Japan{{fb|AUS}}align="center"|3–0align="center"|3–02001 AFC–OFC Challenge Cup

Managerial statistics

Update; as of 16 April 2023{{J.League manager|14253}}

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!rowspan="2"|Team !!rowspan="2"|From !!rowspan="2"|To !!colspan="5"|Record

GWDLWin %
align="left"|Azul Claro Numazu

|align="left"|13 November 2022

align="left"|present

{{WDL|7|2|3|2}}

colspan="3"|Total

{{WDLtot|7|2|3|2}}

Honours

;Júbilo Iwata

;Japan

Individual

Notes

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References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{FIFA player|94407}}
  • {{NFT player|pid=10752}}
  • [http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/nakayama_masashi.html Japan National Football Team Database]
  • {{J.League player|510}}

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