Hidetoshi Nakata
Midfielder, Football player
1977 –
Who is Hidetoshi Nakata?
Hidetoshi Nakata, Cavaliere OSSI, is a retired Japanese football player. He was one of the most famous Asian footballers of his generation.
Nakata began his professional career in 1995 and won the Asian Football Confederation Player of the Year award in 1997 and 1998, the Scudetto with A.S. Roma in 2001, played for Japan in three FIFA World Cup tournaments and played in the Olympics twice. In 2005, he was made the Knight of the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity, one of Italy's highest honors, for improving the country's image overseas. Nakata has also been involved in fashion, regularly attending runway shows and wearing designer clothing.
Nakata announced his retirement at age 29 on July 3, 2006 after a ten-year career that included seven seasons in the Italian Serie A and a season in the English Premier League. In March 2004, Pelé named Nakata in his FIFA 100, a list of the top living footballers at the time.
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- Born
- Jan 22, 1977
Kofu - Nationality
- Japan
- Profession
- Lived in
- Yamanashi Prefecture
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on July 23, 2013
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