Hidetoshi Nakata - International Appearances


The outstanding Japanese player obtained 77 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 22- 1-1977
Country: Japan  
Caps:	77	(W29-D25-L23 – GF107-GA85 – %53.90)
Goals:	11
Age First Cap:	 20 yr 119 d   21- 5-1997 vs. South Korea 1-1
Age Last Cap:	 29 yr 151 d   22- 6-2006 vs. Brazil 1-4
National Team Career: 9 yr  32 d

Cap  Goals     Date	Venue		Opponent       Score	Competition
 1	     21- 5-97	Tokyo		South Korea	1-1	
 2	      8- 6-97	Tokyo		Croatia		4-3	Kirin Cup
 3	     15- 6-97	Osaka		Turkey		1-0	Kirin Cup
 4   2	 2   22- 6-97	Tokyo		Macau          10-0	World Cup Qualifier
 5	 2   25- 6-97	Tokyo		Nepal		3-0	World Cup Qualifier
 6   1	 3   28- 6-97	Tokyo		Oman		1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 7	 3   13- 8-97	Osaka		Brazil		0-3	
 8   1	 4    7- 9-97	Tokyo		Uzbekistan	6-3	World Cup Qualifier
 9	 4   19- 9-97	Abu Dhabi	UA Emirates	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
10	 4   28- 9-97	Tokyo		South Korea	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
11	 4    4-10-97	Almaty		Kazakhstan	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
12	 4   11-10-97	Tashkent	Uzbekistan	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
13	 4   26-10-97	Tokyo		UA Emirates	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
14	 4    1-11-97	Seoul		South Korea	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
15   1	 5    8-11-97	Tokyo		Kazakhstan	5-1	World Cup Qualifier
16	 5   16-11-97	Johor Bahru	Iran		3-2	World Cup Qualifier
17   1	 6   15- 2-98	Adelaide	Australia	3-0	
18	 6    1- 3-98	Yokohama	South Korea	2-1	Dinasty Cup
19	 6    7- 3-98	Tokyo		China		0-2	Dinasty Cup
20	 6    1- 4-98	Seoul		South Korea	1-2	
21	 6   24- 5-98	Yokohama	Czech Republic	0-0	Kirin Cup
22	 6    3- 6-98	Lausanne	Yugoslavia	0-1	
23	 6   14- 6-98	Toulouse	Argentina	0-1	World Cup
24	 6   20- 6-98	Nantes		Croatia		0-1	World Cup
25	 6   26- 6-98	Lyon		Jamaica		1-2	World Cup
26	 6   28-10-98	Osaka		Egypt		1-0	Kirin W. Challenge
27	 6   31- 3-99	Tokyo		Brazil		0-2	
28	 6    3- 6-99	Tokyo		Belgium		0-0	Kirin Cup
29	 6    6- 6-99	Yokohama	Peru		0-0	Kirin Cup
30	 6   15- 3-00	Kobe		China		0-0	
31	 6   26- 4-00	Seoul		South Korea	0-1	
32	 6    4- 6-00	Casablanca	France  	2-2 [1]	Hassan II Cup
33	 6    6- 6-00	Casablanca	Jamaica		4-0	Hassan II Cup
34	 6   24- 3-01	Saint-Denis	France	 	0-5	
35	 6   25- 4-01	Córdoba		Spain		0-1	
36	 6   31- 5-01	Niigata		Canada		3-0	Confederations Cup
37	 6    2- 6-01	Niigata		Cameroon	2-0	Confederations Cup
38	 6    4- 6-01	Ibaraki		Brazil		0-0	Confederations Cup
39   1	 7    7- 6-01	Yokohama	Australia	1-0	Confederations Cup
40	 7    7-11-01	Saitama		Italy		1-1	Kirin W. Challenge
41   1	 8   27- 3-02	Lódz		Poland		2-0	
42	 8   14- 5-02	Oslo		Norway		0-3	
43	 8   25- 5-02	Tokyo		Sweden		1-1	Kirin W. Challenge
44	 8    4- 6-02	Saitama		Belgium		2-2	World Cup
45	 8    9- 6-02	Yokohama	Russia		1-0	World Cup
46   1	 9   14- 6-02	Osaka		Tunisia		2-0	World Cup
47	 9   18- 6-02	Miyagi		Turkey		0-1	World Cup
48	 9   16-10-02	Tokyo		Jamaica		1-1	Kirin W. Challenge
49	 9   28- 3-03	Tokyo		Uruguay		2-2	Kirin W. Challenge
50	 9    8- 6-03	Osaka		Argentina	1-4	Kirin Cup
51	 9   11- 6-03	Saitama		Paraguay	0-0	Kirin Cup
52   1	10   18- 6-03	Saint-Denis	New Zealand	3-0	Confederations Cup
53	10   20- 6-03	Saint-Etienne	France		1-2	Confederations Cup
54	10   22- 6-03	Saint-Etienne	Colombia	0-1	Confederations Cup
55	10   20- 8-03	Tokyo		Nigeria		3-0	Kirin W. Challenge
56	10   10- 9-03	Niigata		Senegal		0-1	Kirin W. Challenge
57	10    8-10-03	Tunis		Tunisia		1-0	
58	10   11-10-03	Bucuresti	Romania		1-1	
59	10   19-11-03	Oita		Cameroon	0-0	Kirin W. Challenge
60	10   18- 2-04	Saitama		Oman		1-0	World Cup Qualifier
61	10   31- 3-04	Singapore	Singapore	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
62	10   25- 3-05	Tehran		Iran		1-2	World Cup Qualifier
63	10   30- 3-05	Saitama		Bahrain		1-0	World Cup Qualifier
64	10    3- 6-05	Manama		Bahrain		1-0	World Cup Qualifier
65	10   16- 6-05	Hannover	Mexico		1-2	Confederations Cup
66	10   19- 6-05	Frankfurt	Greece		1-0	Confederations Cup
67	10   22- 6-05	Köln		Brazil		2-2	Confederations Cup
68	10    7- 9-05	Miyagi		Honduras	5-4	
69	10    8-10-05	Riga		Latvia		2-2	
70	10   12-10-05	Kyiv		Ukraine		0-1	
71	10   16-11-05	Tokyo		Angola		1-0	
72   1  11   28- 2-06	Dortmund	Bosnia-Herzeg.	2-2	
73	11   30- 5-06	Leverkusen	Germany		2-2	
74	11    4- 6-06	Düsseldorf	Malta		1-0	
75	11   12- 6-06	Kaiserslautern	Australia	1-3	World Cup
76	11   18- 6-06	Nürnberg	Croatia		0-0	World Cup
77	11   22- 6-06	Dortmund	Brazil		1-4	World Cup

[1] Japan lost 2-4 on penalty kicks.

Remarks: Matches against Hong Kong League Team, 5-1 (4- 3-98 at Yokohama, 
         Dynasty Cup, 2 goals) and Mexico, 1-2 (31- 5-98, at Lausanne) in
         which Nakata played are not full “A” for Japan FA and therefore 
         not include here.


Total Record
 
Matches  Won  Draw  Lost  For  Against  Points  Percentage
    77    29    25    23  107-    85     83     53.90
 
Types of             Matches	Goals
Friendlies		21	 3
World Cup Qualifier	17	 5
World Cup		10	 1
Kirin Cup		15	 0
Confederations Cup	10	 2
Other Tournaments	 4	 0

Total 			77	11


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