Teruhito_Nakagawa

Teruhito Nakagawa

Teruhito Nakagawa

Japanese footballer


Teruhito Nakagawa (仲川 輝人, Nakagawa Teruhito, born 27 July 1992) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a winger or a forward for J1 League club FC Tokyo.[1]

Quick Facts Personal information, Full name ...

Club career

Early career

Born in Kanagawa, Nakagawa was educated at and played for Senshu University prior to joining Yokohama F. Marinos. In 2013, as the third-year student, he became the top scorer of the year with 15 goals in the JUFA-Kanto Division I League. And also selected as National team for Universiade Kazan, therefore he was described as the best player in the League.

On 19 October 2014, he seriously injured his right knee, ACL, MCL and meniscus. Even though this injury forced him to end the season, it was not known when he would recover,[2] but Marinos officially announced his joining on 28 October.[3]

Yokohama F. Marinos

In August 2015, Nakagawa was fully recovered from his injury. On 6 September, he made his debut for Yokohama F. Marinos in Emperor's Cup against MIO Biwako Shiga. And September 12, he made his debut in J1 League against Albirex Niigata.

On 25 May 2016, he scored his first goal in Marinos in J.League Cup against Albirex Niigata.

Machida Zelvia

On 6 September 2016, Nakagawa was loaned to Machida Zelvia. On 11 September, he made his debut in Zelvia. On 18 September, he scored his first goal in Zelvia in J2 League against Zweigen Kanazawa. During this season, he scored 3 goals in 12 games.

Yokohama F. Marinos

On 12 January 2017, Nakagawa returned to Yokohama F. Marinos.

Avispa Fukuoka

On 24 July 2017, Nakagawa was loaned to Avispa Fukuoka. During this season, he played in 18 games.

Yokohama F. Marinos

On 12 January 2018, Nakagawa returned to Yokohama F. Marinos again. On 19 May, he scored 2 goals in one game against V-Varen Nagasaki. On 29 September, he scored an excellent goal which honored as the best goal for this month. He received the ball behind the halfway line, ran 40 meters and get the ball past the defender with a skillful nutmeg before scoring.

From 2019 he chose to use the number 23 at Yokohama F. Marinos the Nissan brand is that the brand only uses the number 23 in its cars for motorsport competitions. The reason? In Japanese, "Ni" is number two and "San" is number three. and he got the nickname Nissan GT-R because of his speed

On 3 May 2019, he scored first goal in Reiwa, the new era of Japan, against Sanfrecce Hiroshima. On 9 November, he scored incredible goal again in J1 League against Consadole Sapporo after he was chosen MVP for October 2019.[4] He collected the ball near the center mark, dribbled 50 meters and past four defenders including goalkeeper before scoring, and the ball was gently passed to open goal.

FC Tokyo

In November 2022, it was announced that Nakagawa would be leaving Yokohama F. Marinos to join FC Tokyo.[5]

Personal life

In parents' home, Nakagawa has a poodle called Ray, and the origin of the dog's name is Teruhito, Nakagawa's first name. "Teru" of Teruhito is the Japanese word for "to shine" and has the same meaning as "Ray".[6]

Club statistics

As of start of the 2023 season[7][8][9][10]
More information Club, Season ...
  1. Appearance in the Japanese Super Cup


National team statistics

[11]

More information Japan national team, Year ...

Honours

Club

Yokohama F. Marinos

Individual


References

  1. "仲川 輝人:横浜F・マリノス:Jリーグ.jp". Jリーグ.jp(日本プロサッカーリーグ) (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  2. "ニュース|FC東京オフィシャルホームページ". www.fctokyo.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  3. Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 82 out of 289)
  4. Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑", 10 February 2016, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411338 (p. 61 out of 289)
  5. "Soccer D.B. : 2022 Teruhito Nakagawa Result by Season". Soccer D.B. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  6. Teruhito Nakagawa at National-Football-Teams.com Edit this at Wikidata

Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Teruhito_Nakagawa, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.