Eisuke Nakanishi

Eisuke Nakanishi
中西 永輔

Personal information
Date of birth	(1973-06-23) June 23, 1973
Place of birth	Suzuka, Mie, Japan
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1989–1991	Yokkaichi Chuo Kogyo High School
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992–2003	JEF United Ichihara	273	(34)
2004–2006	Yokohama F. Marinos	36	(0)
Total		309	(34)
International career
1997–2002	Japan	14	(0)
Medal record JEF United Ichihara Runner-up J.League Cup 1998 Yokohama F. Marinos Winner J1 League 2004
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eisuke Nakanishi (中西 永輔, Nakanishi Eisuke, born June 23, 1973) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played for the Japan national team.

Club career

Nakanishi was born in Suzuka on June 23, 1973. Although he mainly played as a defender, he lso played as a amidfielder and a forward in the mid-1990s. After graduating from high school, he joined JEF United Ichihara in 1992. The club finished in 2nd place at the 1998 J.League Cup and 3rd place in 2001 and 2003 J1 League. He moved to Yokohama F. Marinos in 2004. The club became champions of the 2004 J1 League. He retired at the end of the 2006 season.

International career

In September 1997, Nakanishi was selected to the Japan national team for 1998 World Cup qualification. At this qualification, on September 7, he debuted against Uzbekistan. At the 1998 World Cup, he played in the first two games alongside Masami Ihara and Yutaka Akita. However, he missed the third game. He played 14 matches for Japan until 2002.

Honours

J - League: 2004

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Asia		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
JEF United Ichihara	1992	J1 League	–				7	0	–		7	0
	1993		32	2	1	0	6	3	–		39	5
	1994		22	1	1	0	2	0	–		25	1
	1995		31	5	1	0	–		–		32	5
	1996		20	5	0	0	10	1	–		30	6
	1997		18	4	1	1	6	1	–		25	6
	1998		22	2	1	0	2	0	–		25	2
	1999		26	9	1	1	1	0	–		28	10
	2000		27	3	3	0	1	0	–		31	3
	2001		29	3	3	2	4	0	–		36	5
	2002		24	0	2	0	4	0	–		30	0
	2003		22	0	0	0	2	1	–		24	1
Yokohama F. Marinos	2004	J1 League	20	0	0	0	6	0	3	0	29	0
	2005		13	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	19	0
	2006		3	0	0	0	3	0	–		6	0
Career total			309	34	16	4	55	6	6	0	386	44

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Japan	1997	5	0
	1998	6	0
	1999	1	0
	2000	1	0
	2001	0	0
	2002	1	0
Total		14	0

External links

• Eisuke Nakanishi – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Eisuke Nakanishi at National-Football-Teams.com
• Japan National Football Team Database
• Eisuke Nakanishi at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)