Hidetoshi Nakata
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JapanCounted from the international goal archive — every scorer-credited goal in the matches it covers, 1916 to today. A record of covered matches, not a complete career count; own goals never join a scorer's tally.
Hidetoshi Nakata, OSSI is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Considered as one of the greatest Asian football players of all time and coming from an Asian Football Confederation (AFC) country in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Nakata became the first ever AFC player to be nominated for the Ballon d'Or. — Wikipedia
identity matched to Wikidata · last verified 2026-09-07
In the line-ups
10 appearances in recorded line-ups · 1998–2006The archive holds 10 team sheets naming Hidetoshi Nakata in Japan's starting line-up, from 1998-06-14 to 2006-06-22.
10 appearances in the starting line-ups the archive holds — not a career total. Our line-up coverage is partial, so a match he played that we hold no sheet for is simply not counted here.
International goals in our archive
8 goals across 7 scoring matches · 3 tournaments · 1997–2003| Date | Opponent | Result | Minutes | Competition | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-06-18 |  New Zealand | W3–0(n) | 65' | Confederations Cup | Saint-Denis |
| 2002-06-14 |  Tunisia | W2–0(h) | 75' | FIFA World Cup | Osaka |
| 2001-06-07 |  Australia | W1–0(h) | 43' | Confederations Cup | Yokohama |
| 1997-11-08 |  Kazakhstan | W5–1(h) | 15' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Tokyo |
| 1997-09-07 |  Uzbekistan | W6–3(h) | 40' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Tokyo |
| 1997-06-28 |  Oman | D1–1(h) | 4' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Tokyo |
| 1997-06-22 |  Macau | W10–0(h) | 17' 61' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Tokyo |
Honours
5 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updated| Team honours5 | ||||
| Serie A | ×1 | 2000–01 | Roma | |
| Asian Cup Winners Cup | ×1 | 1995 | Bellmare Hiratsuka | |
| Coppa Italia | ×1 | 2001–02 | Parma | |
| Dynasty Cup | ×1 | 1998 | Japan | |
| Kirin Cup | ×1 | 1997 | Japan | |
| Individual honours23 | ||||
| Player of the year · 5 | ||||
| AFC Player of the Year | ×2 | 1997, 1998 | ||
| FIFA Confederations Cup Bronze Ball | 2001 | |||
| Globe Soccer Awards Player Career Award | 2025 | |||
| Japanese Footballer of the Year | 1997 | |||
| Teams of the season · 2 | ||||
| FIFA World Cup All-Star Team | 2002 | |||
| FIFA World Cup Fans' All-Star Team | 2002 | |||
| Monthly awards · 2 | ||||
| AFC Player of the Month | ×2 | 1997, 1998 | ||
| More honours · 14 | ||||
| AFC All Star Team | ×3 | 1997, 1998, 1999 | ||
| AFC Fans' All-time XI at the FIFA World Cup | 2020 | |||
| AFC Opta All-time XI at the FIFA World Cup | 2020 | |||
| Dynasty Cup MVP | 1998 | |||
| FIFA 100 | ||||
| FIFA Confederations Cup Best XI | 2001 | |||
| Golden Foot Legends Award | 2014 | |||
| IFFHS Legends | ||||
| J. League All-Star Soccer | 1997 | |||
| J. League Best XI | 1997 | |||
| J.League 20th Anniversary Team | ||||
| Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize | 1997 | |||