Ichizo Nakata facts for kids
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| Full name | Ichizo Nakata | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | April 19, 1973 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Iga, Mie, Japan | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Defender | |||||||||||||||
| Club information | ||||||||||||||||
| Current club | Nara Club (manager) | |||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1991 | Yokkaichi Chuo Technical High School | |||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | |||||||||||||
| 1992–1995 | Yokohama Flügels | 27 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Avispa Fukuoka | 34 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 1998 | Oita Trinity | 23 | (1) | |||||||||||||
| 1998–2000 | JEF United Ichihara | 52 | (1) | |||||||||||||
| 2001 | Oita Trinita | 18 | (1) | |||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Vegalta Sendai | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2004 | Ventforet Kofu | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| Total | 165 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| Teams managed | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Kyoto Sanga FC | |||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Nara Club | |||||||||||||||
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Ichizo Nakata (中田 一三, Nakata Ichizo, born April 19, 1973) is a Japanese football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of the Nara Club football team.
Playing Football
Ichizo Nakata was born in Iga, Japan, on April 19, 1973. He played football as a defender. A defender's job is to stop the other team from scoring goals.
After finishing high school, Nakata joined the Yokohama Flügels club in 1992. While playing for this team, they won two big championships:
- The 1993 Emperor's Cup
- The 1994–95 Asian Cup Winners' Cup
In 1996, he moved to Avispa Fukuoka, another club in Japan's top football league, the J1 League. He played there for two seasons. In 1998, he joined Oita Trinity, which was in the Japan Football League at the time. Later that year, he moved to JEF United Ichihara and played many games for them until 2000.
Nakata returned to Oita Trinita in 2001. In 2002, he joined Vegalta Sendai, a J1 League club. However, he didn't get to play much because of an injury. His last club as a player was Ventforet Kofu in 2004.
Becoming a Coach
After his playing career, Ichizo Nakata became a football manager, also known as a coach. A manager is in charge of training the team and deciding how they play.
In 2019, Nakata became the manager for Kyoto Sanga FC, a club in the J2 League. He taught his team to play a "possession-based style." This means his team tried to keep the ball as much as possible to control the game. In the middle of the season, Kyoto Sanga FC was doing very well, sitting in second place. But their results got tougher in the second half of the season, and they finished in eighth place. His time there ended after a difficult game against the champions, Kashiwa Reysol.
In August 2023, Nakata took on a new role. He became a player development coach at Shimizu S-Pulse, another J2 League club. This job focuses on helping young players improve their skills.
Then, in September 2024, Ichizo Nakata was announced as the new manager of Nara Club. This team plays in the J3 League.
See also
In Spanish: Ichizo Nakata para niños
