Yuto Nakamura ( ''Nakamura Yūto''; ''Zhōngcūn Yòurén''; born 23 January 1987) is a former

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-born

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

professional

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who played as a striker.

Club career

Citizen

On 16 December 2011, Nakamura scored a hat-trick against league leaders

Sun Hei Sun Hei Sports Club () is a Hong Kong professional football club which currently competes in the Hong Kong Second Division. The club has a long history in playing in the top flight, but decided to self-relegate in the 2013–14 season after de ...

and ended their 11-match unbeaten run. On 7 March 2011, Nakamura scored for Citizen against

Home United Lion City Sailors Football Club, commonly referred to as the Sailors or LCS, is a Singaporean professional football club based in Bishan. It competes in the Singapore Premier League, the top tier of the Singapore football league system. Founded ...

Bishan Stadium Bishan Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Bishan, Singapore, Bishan, Singapore. It is the main home ground of Singapore Premier League side Lion City Sailors FC, Lion City Sailors, and used mostly for Football (soccer), football matches. The s ...

, Singapore in the

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, but Home United FC fought back and won the match 3–1.

Kitchee

On 12 July 2018,

Kitchee Kitchee Sports Club (; ; ) is a Hong Kong professional Association football, football club based in Kowloon. It was founded in 1931 and currently competes in the Hong Kong Premier League. The club has won 12 List of Hong Kong football champion ...

announced the signing of Nakamura.

Tai Po

On 25 September 2019, Nakamura was loaned to

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for the 2019–20 season.

Lee Man

On 2 June 2020, Lee Man announced that Nakamura had joined the club. On 24 June 2023, Nakamura announced his retirement from professional football.

International career

Nakamura received his Hong Kong passport in October 2018 and was called up to the

team in the same month where he won his first cap against Indonesia.

Career statistics

Club

''As of 31 March 2010''

International

Honours

;Pegasus *

Hong Kong Senior Shield The Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield (), known commonly as the Senior Shield, is the football knockout inter-club competition held in Hong Kong and the fourth oldest football tournament in Asia. Traditionally, only teams that play in the Hong K ...

: 2008–09 ;Kitchee *

: 2018–19 *

Hong Kong FA Cup Hong Kong FA Cup () is a knockout cup competition in Hong Kong football, run by and named after The Hong Kong Football Association. The first edition of the competition was held in 1975, before then the cup was known as the Golden Jubilee Cup. T ...

: 2018–19

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nakamura, Yuto 1987 births Living people People from Urayasu, Chiba Hong Kong men's footballers Hong Kong men's international footballers Japanese men's footballers Japanese emigrants to Hong Kong Aoyama Gakuin University alumni Japanese expatriate men's footballers Hong Kong First Division League players Hong Kong Premier League players Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Hong Kong Pegasus FC players Portimonense S.C. players Citizen AA players South China AA players Wong Tai Sin DRSC players Tai Po FC players Kitchee SC players Lee Man FC players Men's association football forwards Naturalised footballers of Hong Kong