1977 - Today
Hidetoshi Nakata, OSSI (中田 英寿, Nakata Hidetoshi, born 22 January 1977) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Considered one of the best talents to come from an Asian Football Confederation (AFC) country in the early late 1990s and early 2000s, Nakata became the first ever AFC player to be nominated for the Ballon d'Or; he also hold the record for most goals scored by an AFC player in the Serie A. He is widely considered to be one of the best Asian players of all time. Nakata began his professional career in 1995 and won the Asian Football Confederation Player of the Year award in 1997 and 1998, the Scudetto with Roma in 2001, played for Japan in three World Cup tournaments (1998, 2002 and 2006) and competed in the Olympics twice (1996 and 2000). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hidetoshi Nakata has received more than 1,924,249 page views. His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia. Hidetoshi Nakata is the 424th most popular soccer player (up from 515th in 2019), the 476th most popular biography from Japan (up from 550th in 2019) and the 56th most popular Japanese Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Hidetoshi Nakata ranks 424 out of 16,880. Before him are Gianpiero Combi, Máté Fenyvesi, Rajko Mitić, Tsukasa Hosaka, Hiroshi Kanazawa, and Hiroto Muraoka. After him are Gennaro Gattuso, Ricardo Quaresma, Masahiro Hamazaki, Víctor Valdés, Pablo Dorado, and Yukio Tsuda.
1902 - 1956
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 418
1933 - 2022
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 419
1922 - 2008
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 420
1937 - 2018
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 421
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 422
1931 - 2017
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 423
1977 - Present
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 424
1978 - Present
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 425
1983 - Present
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 426
1940 - 2011
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 427
1982 - Present
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 428
1908 - 1978
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 429
1917 - 1979
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 430
Among people born in 1977, Hidetoshi Nakata ranks 20. Before him are Michael Fassbender, David Trezeguet, Jessica Chastain, Deco, Tarja Turunen, and Chris Martin. After him are Kanye West, Chad Hurley, Sarah Wayne Callies, Natalia Oreiro, Brittany Murphy, and Antonio Di Natale.
1977 - Present
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 14
1977 - Present
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 15
1977 - Present
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 16
1977 - Present
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 17
1977 - Present
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 18
1977 - Present
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 19
1977 - Present
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 20
1977 - Present
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 21
1977 - Present
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 22
1977 - Present
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 23
1977 - Present
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 24
1977 - 2009
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 25
1977 - Present
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 26
Among people born in Japan, Hidetoshi Nakata ranks 476 out of 6,048. Before him are Eisai (1141), Makoto Shinkai (1973), Tsukasa Hosaka (1937), Saichō (767), Hiroshi Kanazawa (1950), and Hiroto Muraoka (1931). After him are Minamoto no Sanetomo (1192), Masahiro Hamazaki (1940), Taira no Masakado (903), Mamoru Oshii (1951), Akira Yoshino (1948), and Kentaro Miura (1966).
1141 - 1215
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 470
1973 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 471
1937 - 2018
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 472
767 - 822
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 473
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 474
1931 - 2017
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 475
1977 - Present
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 476
1192 - 1219
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 477
1940 - 2011
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 478
903 - 940
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 479
1951 - Present
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 480
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 481
1966 - 2021
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 482
Among soccer players born in Japan, Hidetoshi Nakata ranks 56. Before him are Yanosuke Watanabe (null), Ken Noritake (1922), Junji Kawano (1945), Tsukasa Hosaka (1937), Hiroshi Kanazawa (1950), and Hiroto Muraoka (1931). After him are Masahiro Hamazaki (1940), Yukio Tsuda (1917), Tokizo Ichihashi (1909), Masanori Tokita (1925), Hisao Kami (1941), and Hifuyo Uchida (null).
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 50
1922 - 1994
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 51
1945 - Present
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 52
1937 - 2018
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 53
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 54
1931 - 2017
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 55
1977 - Present
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 56
1940 - 2011
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 57
1917 - 1979
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 58
1909 - Present
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 59
1925 - 2004
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 60
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 61
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 62