, nicknamed Azuki, is a

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Playing career

Ryota Nakamura played for

club;

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in 2013 season. On 4 April 2015, he scored his first

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in a 3–0 win over

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at Yanmar Field Nagai. Azuki bagged his second career hat-trick, in a 5-0 win against

Kamatamare Sanuki Kamatamare Sanuki (カマタマーレ讃岐、''Kamatamāre Sanuki'') is a football club based in Takamatsu, the capital city of Kagawa Prefecture of Japan. They currently play in the J3 League, the Japanese third tier of professional football. ...

on 15 September 2019.

Club statistics

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"J1&J2選手名鑑 2013 (NSK MOOK)"
14 February 2013, Japan, (p. 213 out of 266)

Honours

;

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(1):

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References

External links

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* * 1991 births Living people Chukyo University alumni Association football people from Aichi Prefecture Japanese men's footballers J2 League players Japan Football League players Matsumoto Yamaga FC players FC Osaka players Azul Claro Numazu players Blaublitz Akita players Men's association football forwards 21st-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-footy-forward-1990s-stub