Koji Nakajima

Koji Nakajima
中島浩司
	Nakajima with Sanfrecce Hiroshima in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Koji Nakajima
Date of birth	August 20, 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Sakai, Osaka, Japan
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1993–1995	Sendai Ikuei High School
Senior career*
Years	Team
1996–2002	Vegalta Sendai
2003–2008	JEF United Chiba
2009–2013	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Total
Medal record
JEF United Chiba
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
	*Club domestic league appearances and 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

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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	JEF United Ichihara	J1 League	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