Shunsuke Nakamura - International Appearances


The outstanding Japanese player obtained 98 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 24- 6-1978
Country:  Japan
Caps:	98	(W52-D30-L16 – GF185-GA96 – %68.37)
Goals:	24
Age First Cap:	 21 yr 234 d   13- 2-2000 vs. Singapore 3-0
Age Last Cap:	 31 yr 360 d   19- 6-2010 vs. Netherlands 0-1
National Team Career: 10 yr 126 d


Cap  Goals     Date	Venue		Opponent       Score	Competition
 1	     13- 2-00	Macau		Singapore	3-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
 2   1   1   16- 2-00	Macau		Brunei 		9-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
 3	 1   20- 2-00	Macau		Macau		3-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
 4	 1   15- 3-00	Kobe		China		0-0	
 5	 1   26- 4-00	Seoul		South Korea	0-1	
 6	 1    4- 6-00	Casablanca	France    	2-2 [1]	Hassan II Cup
 7	 1    6- 6-00	Casablanca	Jamaica		4-0	Hassan II Cup
 8   1	 2   11- 6-00	Miyagi		Slovakia	1-1	Kirin Cup
 9	 2   18- 6-00	Yokohama	Bolivia		2-0	Kirin Cup
10   1	 3   16- 8-00	Hiroshima	UA Emirates	3-1	Kirin W. Challenge
11	 3   14-10-00	Saida		Saudi Arabia	4-1	Asian Nations Cup
12	 3   17-10-00	Saida		Uzbekistan	8-1	Asian Nations Cup
13	 3   24-10-00	Beirut		Iraq		4-1	Asian Nations Cup
14	 3   26-10-00	Beirut		China		3-2	Asian Nations Cup
15	 3   29-10-00	Beirut		Saudi Arabia	1-0	Asian Nations Cup
16	 3   20-12-00	Tokyo		South Korea	1-1	
17	 3   24- 3-01	Saint-Denis	France		0-5	
18	 3   21- 3-02	Osaka		Ukraine		1-0	Kirin W. Challenge
19	 3   17- 4-02	Yokohama	Costa Rica	1-1	Kirin W. Challenge
20	 3   29- 4-02	Tokyo		Slovakia	1-0	Kirin Cup
21   2	 5    2- 5-02	Kobe		Honduras	3-3	Kirin Cup
22	 5   16-10-02	Tokyo		Jamaica		1-1	Kirin W. Challenge
23	 5   20-11-02	Saitama		Argentina	0-2	Kirin W. Challenge
24   1	 6   28- 3-03	Tokyo		Uruguay		2-2	Kirin W. Challenge
25	 6   11- 6-03	Saitama		Paraguay	0-0	Kirin Cup
26   2	 8   18- 6-03	Saint-Denis	New Zealand	3-0	Confederations Cup
27   1	 9   20- 6-03	Saint-Etienne	France		1-2	Confederations Cup
28	 9   20- 8-03	Tokyo		Nigeria		3-0	Kirin W. Challenge
29	 9   10- 9-03	Niigata		Senegal		0-1	Kirin W. Challenge
30	 9    8-10-03	Tunis		Tunisia		1-0	
31	 9   11-10-03	Bucuresti	Romania		1-1	
32	 9   12- 2-04	Tokyo		Iraq		2-0	Kirin W. Challenge
33	 9   18- 2-04	Saitama		Oman		1-0	World Cup Qualifier
34	 9   31- 3-04	Singapore	Singapore	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
35	 9   30- 5-04	Manchester	Iceland		3-2	International Tourn.
36	 9    1- 6-04	Manchester	England		1-1	International Tourn.
37   1  10    9- 6-04	Saitama		India		7-0	World Cup Qualifier
38	10    9- 7-04	Hiroshima	Slovakia	3-1	Kirin Cup
39	10   13- 7-04	Yokohama	Serbia-Monten.	1-0	Kirin Cup
40   1	11   20- 7-04	Chongqing	Oman		1-0	Asian Nations Cup
41   1	12   24- 7-04	Chongqing	Thailand	4-1	Asian Nations Cup
42	12   28- 7-04	Chongqing	Iran		0-0	Asian Nations Cup
43	12   31- 7-04	Chongqing	Jordan   	1-1 [2]	Asian Nations Cup
44	12    3- 8-04	Jinan		Bahrain		4-3	Asian Nations Cup
45	12    7- 8-04	Beijing		China		3-1	Asian Nations Cup
46	12   13-10-04	Muscat		Oman		1-0	World Cup Qualifier
47	12    9- 2-05	Saitama		North Korea	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
48	12   25- 3-05	Tehran		Iran		1-2	World Cup Qualifier
49	12   30- 3-05	Saitama		Bahrain		1-0	World Cup Qualifier
50	12    3- 6-05	Manama		Bahrain		1-0	World Cup Qualifier
51	12   16- 6-05	Hannover	Mexico		1-2	Confederations Cup
52	12   19- 6-05	Frankfurt	Greece		1-0	Confederations Cup
53   1	13   22- 6-05	Köln		Brazil		2-2	Confederations Cup
54   1	14    7- 9-05	Miyagi		Honduras	5-4	
55   1	15    8-10-05	Riga		Latvia		2-2	
56	15   12-10-05	Kyiv		Ukraine		0-1	
57	15   16-11-05	Tokyo		Angola		1-0	
58	15   28- 2-06	Dortmund	Bosnia-Herzeg.	2-2	
59	15   30- 5-06	Leverkusen	Germany		2-2	
60	15    4- 6-06	Düsseldorf	Malta		1-0	
61   1	16   12- 6-06	Kaiserslautern	Australia	1-3	World Cup
62	16   18- 6-06	Nürnberg	Croatia		0-0	World Cup
63	16   22- 6-06	Dortmund	Brazil		1-4	World Cup
64	16   24- 3-07	Yokohama	Peru		2-0	
65	16    5- 6-07	Saitama		Colombia	0-0	Kirin Cup
66	16    9- 7-07	Hanoi		Qatar		1-1	Asian Nations Cup
67   1	17   13- 7-07	Hanoi		UA Emirates	3-1	Asian Nations Cup
68   1	18   16- 7-07	Hanoi		Vietnam		4-1	Asian Nations Cup
69	18   21- 7-07	Hanoi		Australia   	1-1 [3]	Asian Nations Cup
70	18   25- 7-07	Hanoi		Saudi Arabia	2-3	Asian Nations Cup
71	18   28- 7-07	Palembang	South Korea 	0-0 [4] Asian Nations Cup
72	18    7- 9-07	Klagenfurt	Austria  	0-0 [5]	International Tourn.
73   2	20   11- 9-07	Klagenfurt	Switzerland	4-3	International Tourn.
74      20   27- 5-08   Saitama         Paraguay        0-0     Kirin Cup
75   1  21    2- 6-08   Yokohama        Oman            3-0	World Cup Qualifier
76      21    7- 6-08   Muscat          Oman            1-1	World Cup Qualifier
77      21   14- 6-08   Bangkok         Thailand        3-0	World Cup Qualifier
78      21   22- 6-08   Saitama         Bahrain         1-0	World Cup Qualifier
79   1  22    6- 9-08   Manama          Bahrain         3-2	World Cup Qualifier
80      22    9-10-08   Niigata         UA Emirates     1-1     Kirin Cup
81      22   15-10-08   Saitama         Uzbekistan      1-1	World Cup Qualifier
82      22   19-11-08   Doha            Qatar           3-0	World Cup Qualifier
83      22   11- 2-09   Yokohama        Australia       0-0     World Cup Qualifier
84   1  23   28- 3-09   Saitama         Bahrain         1-0     World Cup Qualifier
85      23   31- 5-09   Tokyo           Belgium         4-0     Kirin Cup
86      23    6- 6-09   Toshkent        Uzbekistan      1-0     World Cup Qualifier
87      23   10- 6-09   Yokohama        Qatar           1-1     World Cup Qualifier
88      23    5- 9-09   Enschede        Netherlands     0-3
89      23    9- 9-09   Utrecht         Ghana           4-3
90      23    8-10-09   Shizuoka        Hong Kong       6-0     Asian Cup Qualifier
91      23   14-10-09   Miyagi          Togo            5-0
92      23   14-11-09   Port Elizabeth  South Africa    0-0
93   1  24   18-11-09   Hong Kong       Hong Kong       4-0     Asian Cup Qualifier
94      24    3- 3-10   Nagoya          Bahrain         2-0     Asian Cup Qualifier
95      24    7- 4-10   Osaka           Serbia          0-3     Kirin Cup
96      24   24- 5-10   Saitama         South Korea     0-3     Kirin Cup
97      24    4- 6-10   Sion            Ivory Coast     0-2
98      24   19- 6-10   Durban          Netherlands     0-1     World Cup

[1] Japan won 4-3 on penalty kicks.
[2] Japan lost 2-4 on penalty kicks.
[3] Japan won 4-3 on penalty kicks.
[4] Japan lost 5-6 on penalty kicks.
[5] Japan lost 3-4 on penalty kicks.


Remarks: Matches against South Korea, 0-2 (7-12-98, at Bangkok, Asian Games),
         Kuwait, 2-1 (9-12-98, at Bangkok, 1 goal, Asian Games), UA Emirates,
         0-1 (11-12-98, at Bangkok, Asian Games) and Hong Kong League Team,
         0-0 (8- 2-00, at Hong Kong, Carlsberg Cup) in which Nakamura played 
         are not full “A” for Japan FA and therefore not include here.


Total Record
 
Matches  Won  Draw  Lost  For  Against  Points  Percentage
    98    52    30    16  185-    96    134     68.37
 
Types of             Matches	Goals
Kirin Cup		22	 5 
Asian Nations Cup	17	 4
Friendlies		19	 2
World Cup Qualifier	19	 4
Confederations Cup	 5	 4
World Cup		 4	 1
Asian Cup Qualifier	 6	 2
Other Tournaments	 6	 2

Total			98	24




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