Kengo Nakamura - International Appearances


The outstanding Japanese player obtained 68 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 31-10-1980
Country: Japan   
Caps:	68	(W38-D15-L15 – GF123-GA59 – %66.91)
Goals:	6	
Age First Cap:	 25 yr 338 d   4-10-2006 vs. Ghana 0-1
Age Last Cap:    32 yr 234 d  22- 6-2013 vs. Mexico 1-2
National Team Career: 6 yr 261 d


Cap   Date 	Venue        	Opponent       Score 	Competition

 1   4-10-06	Yokohama	Ghana   	0-1	
 2  11-10-06	Bangalore	India   	3-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
 3  15-11-06	Sapporo 	Saudi Arabia	3-1	Asian Cup Qualifier
 4  24- 3-07	Yokohama	Peru    	2-0	
 5   1- 6-07	Shizuoka	Montenegro	2-0	Kirin Cup
 6   5- 6-07	Saitama 	Colombia	0-0	Kirin Cup
 7   9- 7-07	Hanoi   	Qatar   	1-1	Asian Nations Cup
 8  13- 7-07	Hanoi   	UA Emirates	3-1	Asian Nations Cup
 9  16- 7-07	Hanoi   	Vietnam 	4-1	Asian Nations Cup
10  21- 7-07	Hanoi   	Australia 	1-1 [1]	Asian Nations Cup
11  25- 7-07	Hanoi   	Saudi Arabia	2-3	Asian Nations Cup
12  28- 7-07	Palembang	South Korea 	0-0 [2]	Asian Nations Cup
13  22- 8-07	Oita    	Cameroon	2-0	Kirin Cup
14   7- 9-07	Klagenfurt	Austria  	0-0 [3]	International Tourn.
15  11- 9-07	Klagenfurt	Switzerland	4-3	International Tourn.
16  17-10-07	Osaka   	Egypt   	4-1	Asian-African Cup
17  26- 1-08	Tokyo   	Chile   	0-0	Kirin Cup
18  30- 1-08	Tokyo   	Bosnia-Herzeg.	3-0	Kirin Cup
19   6- 2-08	Saitama 	Thailand	4-1	World Cup Qualifier
20  20- 2-08	Chongqing	China   	1-0	East Asian Champ.
21  23- 2-08	Chongqing	South Korea	1-1	East Asian Champ.
22  26- 3-08	Manama  	Bahrain 	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
23  27- 5-08	Saitama 	Paraguay	0-0	Kirin Cup
24  14- 6-08	Bangkok 	Thailand	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
25  22- 6-08	Saitama 	Bahrain 	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
26  20- 8-08	Sapporo 	Uruguay 	1-3	Kirin Cup
27   6- 9-08	Manama  	Bahrain 	3-2 	World Cup Qualifier
28   9-10-08	Niigata 	UA Emirates	1-1	Kirin Cup
29  13-11-08	Kobe    	Syria   	3-1	Kirin Cup
30  20- 1-09	Kumamoto	Yemen   	2-1	Asian Cup Qualifier
31  28- 1-09	Manama  	Bahrain 	0-1	Asian Cup Qualifier
32   4- 2-09	Tokyo   	Finland 	5-1	Kirin Cup
34  27- 5-09	Osaka   	Chile   	4-0	Kirin Cup
34  31- 5-09	Tokyo   	Belgium 	4-0	Kirin Cup
35   6- 6-09	Tashkent	Uzbekistan	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
36  10- 6-09	Yokohama	Qatar   	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
37  17- 6-09	Melbourne	Australia	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
38   5- 9-09	Enschede	Netherlands	0-3	
39   9- 9-09	Utrecht 	Ghana   	4-3	
40  10-10-09	Yokohama	Scotland	2-0	Kirin Cup
41  14-10-09	Miyagi  	Togo    	5-0	Kirin Cup
42   2- 2-10	Oita    	Venezuela	0-0	Kirin Cup
43   6- 2-10	Tokyo   	China   	0-0	East Asian Champ.
44  11- 2-10	Tokyo   	Hongkong	3-0	East Asian Champ.
45  14- 2-10	Tokyo   	South Korea	1-3	East Asian Champ.
46  24- 5-10	Saitama 	South Korea	0-2	Kirin Cup
47   4- 6-10	Sion    	Ivory Coast	0-2	
48  29- 6-10	Pretoria	Paraguay 	0-0 [4]	World Cup
49   4- 9-10	Yokohama	Paraguay	1-0	Kirin Cup
50   7- 9-10	Osaka   	Guatemala	2-1	Kirin Cup
51   8-10-10	Saitama 	Argentina	1-0	
52  12-10-10	Seoul   	South Korea	0-0	
53   7-10-11	Kobe    	Vietnam 	1-0	Kirin Cup
54  11-10-11	Osaka   	Tajikistan	8-0	World Cup Qualifier
55  11-11-11	Dushanbe	Tajikistan	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
56  15-11-11	Pyongyang	North Korea	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
57  24- 2-12	Osaka   	Iceland 	3-1	Kirin Cup
58  23- 5-12	Shizuoka	Azerbaijan	2-0	Kirin Cup
59   8- 6-12	Saitama 	Jordan  	6-0	World Cup Qualifier
60  15- 8-12	Sapporo 	Venezuela	1-1	Kirin Cup
61   6- 9-12	Niigata 	UA Emirates	1-0	Kirin Cup
62  12-10-12	Paris St-Denis	France  	1-0	
63  16-10-12	Wroclaw 	Brazil  	0-4	
64  22- 3-13	Doha    	Canada  	2-1	
65  30- 5-13	Toyota  	Bulgaria	0-2	Kirin Cup
66  11- 6-13	Doha    	Iraq    	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
67  19- 6-13	Recife  	Italy   	3-4	Confederations Cup
68  22- 6-13	Belo Horizonte	Mexico  	1-2	Confederations Cup

[1] Japan won 4-3 on penalty kicks.
[2] Japan lost 5-6 on penalty kicks.
[3] Japan lost 3-4 on penalty kicks.
[4] Japan lost 3-5 on penalty kicks.


Total Record  

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    68    38   15   15  123-  59       91      66.91

Types of Matches

Kirin Cup		24
World Cup Qualifier	13
Friendlies		10
Asian Nations Cup	 6
Asian Cup Qualifier	 4
East Asian Championship	 5
Confederations Cup	 2
World Cup		 1
Other Tournaments	 3

Total                   68


Goals:	
Cap  2	1 goal
Cap 24	1 goal
Cap 27	1 goal
Cap 34	1 goal
Cap 39	1 goal
Cap 54	1 goal

Total   6 goals


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