Takayuki Nakahara facts for kids
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Full name | Takayuki Nakahara | |||||||||
Date of birth | 18 November 1984 | |||||||||
Place of birth | Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, Japan | |||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||
Playing position | Forward | |||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||
2000–2002 | Tatara Gakuen High School | |||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | |||||||
2003–2014 | Vegalta Sendai | 184 | (25) | |||||||
2006 | → Albirex Niigata (loan) | 15 | (2) | |||||||
2015–2017 | Avispa Fukuoka | 37 | (8) | |||||||
2018 | ReinMeer Aomori | 8 | (0) | |||||||
Total | 244 | (35) | ||||||||
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Takayuki Nakahara (中原 貴之, Nakahara Takayuki, born 18 November 1984) is a former Japanese football player. He played as a forward, which is a player who tries to score goals.
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Takayuki Nakahara's Football Journey
Takayuki Nakahara was born in Yamaguchi, Japan, on November 18, 1984. He loved football from a young age. After finishing high school, he started his professional career.
Starting with Vegalta Sendai
In 2003, Takayuki joined Vegalta Sendai, a team in the top Japanese league, J1 League. He played in a few matches as a forward. At the end of the 2003 season, Vegalta Sendai moved down to the J2 League.
He played more often in 2004. However, in 2005, he didn't get to play much. To gain more experience, he was loaned to Albirex Niigata, another J1 League team, in 2006.
Returning and Winning with Vegalta
Takayuki came back to Vegalta Sendai in 2007. He often played as a substitute, coming into games to help his team. His hard work paid off when Vegalta Sendai won the championship in the 2009 season. This meant they moved back up to the J1 League!
In 2010, he played many games in the J1 League. However, his playing time became less from 2011 onwards.
New Teams and Retirement
In 2015, Takayuki moved to Avispa Fukuoka, a team in the J2 League. He became a regular player there. His team did well and was promoted to the J1 League at the end of the 2015 season.
Unfortunately, he didn't play much in the J1 League with Avispa Fukuoka. The team was relegated back to J2 after just one year. In 2018, he joined ReinMeer Aomori in the Japan Football League. Takayuki Nakahara decided to retire from football at the end of the 2018 season.