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Masashi Nakayama
中山 雅史
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Nakayama in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-09-23) 23 September 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth Fujieda, Shizuoka, Japan
Height 1.78 m
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Azul Claro Numazu (manager)
Youth career
1983–1985 Fujieda Higashi High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1990–2009 Júbilo Iwata 419 (207)
2010–2012 Consadole Sapporo 13 (0)
2015–2020 Azul Claro Numazu 0 (0)
Total 722 (399)
National team
1990–2003 Japan 53 (21)
Teams managed
2021–2022 Júbilo Iwata (assistant manager)
2023– Azul Claro Numazu
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Japan
AFC Asian Cup
Winner 1992 Japan
FIFA Confederations Cup
Runner-up 2001 Korea/Japan
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

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 is currently the manager 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. 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.

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. He has scored 21 goals in 53 appearances for the Japan national team.

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. On 13 November 2022, Nakayama returned to J3 League club Azul Claro, where he was appointed manager.

Personal life

Masashi Nakayama-signature-1994
Masashi Nakayama's autograph

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

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup AFC Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Júbilo Iwata 1990–91 JSL Division 1 13 4 2 1 — 15 5
1991–92 18 15 1 0 — 19 15
1992 Football League 16 13 — — 16 13
1993 18 18 1 0 0 0 — 19 18
1994 J1 League 12 3 0 0 0 0 — 12 3
1995 45 18 0 0 — — 45 18
1996 27 9 0 0 13 7 — 40 16
1997 27 18 4 2 11 6 — 42 26
1998 27 36 3 4 0 0 — 30 40
1999 23 6 1 2 1 1 — 25 9
2000 29 20 3 2 4 1 — 36 23
2001 30 16 1 0 8 4 — 39 20
2002 29 16 3 2 7 3 — 39 21
2003 12 3 5 0 2 1 — 19 4
2004 19 3 4 1 5 0 4 1 32 5
2005 29 6 2 0 2 0 1 0 34 6
2006 13 1 1 0 3 1 — 17 2
2007 15 1 2 0 5 1 — 22 2
2008 16 1 2 1 3 1 — 21 3
2009 1 0 1 0 1 0 — 3 0
Consadole Sapporo 2010 J2 League 12 0 1 0 — — 13 0
2011 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
2012 J1 League 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
Azul Claro Numazu 2015 Football League 0 0 — — — 0 0
2016 0 0 — — — 0 0
2017 J3 League 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
2018 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
2019 — —
2020 — —
Career total 432 207 34 12 68 27 5 1 539 247

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Japan 1990 1 0
1991 0 0
1992 6 3
1993 8 4
1994 0 0
1995 4 1
1996 0 0
1997 2 2
1998 10 4
1999 1 0
2000 7 6
2001 8 1
2002 3 0
2003 3 0
Total 53 21
Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nakayama goal.
List of international goals scored by Masashi Nakayama
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 29 August 1992 Beijing, China  South Korea 1–1 2–2 1992 Dynasty Cup
2 1 November 1992 Hiroshima, Japan  North Korea 1–1 1–1 1992 AFC Asian Cup
3 6 November 1992  China 3–2 3–2
4 5 May 1993 Dubai, United Arab Emirates  Sri Lanka 6–0 6–0 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 18 October 1993 Doha, Qatar  Iran 1–2 1–2
6 21 October 1993  North Korea 2–0 3–0
7 28 October 1993  Iraq 2–1 2–2
8 28 May 1995 Tokyo, Japan  Ecuador 1–0 3–0 1995 Kirin Cup
9 8 November 1997  Kazakhstan 3–0 5–1 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
10 16 November 1997 Johor Bahru, Malaysia  Iran 1–0 3–2
11 1 March 1998 Yokohama, Japan  South Korea 1–0 2–1 1998 Dynasty Cup
12 1 April 1998 Seoul, South Korea  South Korea 1–1 1–2 Friendly
13 26 June 1998 Lyon, France  Jamaica 1–2 1–2 1998 FIFA World Cup
14 28 October 1998 Osaka, Japan  Egypt 1–0 1–0 Friendly
15 13 February 2000 Macau  Singapore 2–0 3–0 2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
16 16 February 2000  Brunei 1–0 9–0
17 2–0
18 3–0
19 20 February 2000  Macau 1–0 3–0
20 3–0
21 15 August 2001 Fukuroi, Japan  Australia 3–0 3–0 2001 AFC–OFC Challenge Cup

Managerial statistics

Update; as of 16 April 2023

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Honours

Júbilo Iwata
Japan

Individual

  • J.League Most Valuable Player: 1998
  • J.League Top Scorer: 1998, 2000
  • J.League Best XI: 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002
  • J.League 20th Anniversary Team
  • Japanese Footballer of the Year: 1998
  • AFC Player of the Month: April 1998
  • Selected to AFC All Star Team: 1999

See also

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