is a Japanese

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who plays as an

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for

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in the

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Career

Pune

After graduating from the

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Academy Nishiguchi joined Moldovan Divizia Naţională side FC Olimpia where he played in 14 matches during the 2011–12 season and then made 2 starts for Olimpia at the beginning of the

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season before signing for

Pune F.C. Pune Football Club was an Indian professional Association football, football club based in Pune, Maharashtra. The club competed in I-League, then top flight of Indian football league system. The club was one of the List of football clubs in Ind ...

of the

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in India. He made his debut for Pune FC during the

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on 20 September 2012 in Pune's first match of the tournament against United Sikkim F.C. in which Nishiguchi came on as a 76th-minute substitute for Pierre Djidjia Douhou as Pune won 1–0. He then made his

debut on 8 October 2012 against

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at home at the Balewadi Sports Complex where he played for only 64 minutes before being replaced by Shanmugam Venkatesh in a game where Pune won 3–2. Nishiguchi then scored his first two goals for Pune FC in his second I-League game for the club on 11 October 2012 against

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at the Balewadi Sports Complex in which he scored in the 7th and 51st minute as Pune won 3–2 again.

Career statistics

Club

''Statistics accurate as of 12 October 2012''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nishiguchi, Daisuke Japanese men's footballers Japanese expatriate men's footballers 1988 births Living people I-League players Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Moldova Expatriate men's footballers in Moldova Moldovan Super Liga players FC Bălți players Japanese expatriate sportspeople in India Expatriate men's footballers in India Kansai University alumni Men's association football midfielders Association football people from Osaka