Norihiro Nishi

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Norihiro Nishi
Norihiro Nishi.jpg
Nishi playing for Júbilo Iwata
Personal information
Full nameNorihiro Nishi
Date of birth (1980-05-09) May 9, 1980 (age 43)
Place of birthTakatsuki, Osaka, Japan
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Youth career
1996–1998Funabashi Municipal High School
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999–2011Júbilo Iwata255(36)
2012–2013Tokyo Verdy73(11)
2014Police United17(2)
2016Okinawa SV
Total345(49)
National team
2004Japan5(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Biography

Nishi was born in Takatsuki on May 9, 1980. After graduating from Funabashi Municipal High School, he joined J1 League club Júbilo Iwata in 1999. He played many matches from first season. The club won the champions in 1999, 2002 J1 League and 2003 Emperor's Cup. In Asia, the club won the champions 1998–99 Asian Club Championship and the 2nd place 1999–00 and 2000–01 Asian Club Championship. His opportunity to play decreased for injury from 2004. In 2009 and 2010, he played most matches and the club won 2010 J.League Cup. He moved to Tokyo Verdy in 2012 and played until 2013. After that, he played for Police United (2014) and Okinawa SV (2016). He retired end of 2016 season.

In September 2000, Nishi was selected the Japan U-23 national team for 2000 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in the match.

On April 25, 2004, Nishi debuted for Japan national team against Hungary. In July, he was selected Japan for 2004 Asian Cup. He played 2 matches and Japan won the champions. He played 5 games for Japan in 2004.

Statistics

[1][2]

Club performance League CupLeague CupContinentalTotal
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
JapanLeague Emperor's Cup J. League Cup AsiaTotal
1999 Júbilo Iwata J1 League 13 4 3 0 1 0 - 17 4
2000 19 3 3 0 0 0 - 22 3
2001 22 2 2 1 7 0 - 31 3
2002 26 4 3 0 7 1 - 36 5
2003 24 1 5 1 8 0 - 37 2
2004 17 4 4 2 0 0 4 1 25 7
2005 19 3 1 2 0 0 4 1 24 6
2006 16 4 2 1 5 0 - 23 5
2007 17 2 1 0 0 0 - 18 2
2008 12 2 2 1 6 1 - 20 4
2009 29 4 2 0 4 0 - 9 0
2010 31 3 2 0 7 1 - 40 4
2011 10 0 0 0 2 0 - 12 0
2012 Tokyo Verdy J2 League 38 6 1 0 - - 39 6
2013 35 5 2 0 - - 37 5
Country Japan 328 47 33 8 47 3 8 2 416 60
Total 328 47 33 8 47 3 8 2 416 60

[3]

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
2004 5 0
Total 5 0

References

  1. Norihiro Nishi at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. Norihiro Nishi at J.League (in Japanese)
  3. Japan National Football Team Database

Other websites

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