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Kengo Nakamura

1980 - Today

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Kengo Nakamura (中村 憲剛, Nakamura Kengo, born 31 October 1980) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. A one-club man, Nakamura signed with Kawasaki Frontale in 2003 and helped the then J2 outfit earn promotion back to the top flight in 2004, and became a fixture in the ambitious Frontale side that finished second in the J1 League in 2006, 2008 and 2009. He was named club captain for the first time in 2012, and in the same season lead the league in assists with 13. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kengo Nakamura has received more than 137,050 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia. Kengo Nakamura is the 5,781st most popular soccer player (down from 5,483rd in 2019), the 1,717th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,675th in 2019) and the 348th most popular Japanese Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 55

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Kengo Nakamura ranks 5,781 out of 21,273. Before him are Luc Holtz, Miloš Hrstić, Roberto Pereyra, Avraam Papadopoulos, Moussa Dembélé, and Cundi. After him are Christian Maggio, Osvaldo Castro, Viktor Shustikov, Corinne Diacre, Axel, and Radivoje Manić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Kengo Nakamura ranks 219. Before him are Yuko Takeuchi, Shaun Evans, Francisco Pavón, Pål Sverre Hagen, Olivia Munn, and T.I.. After him are Jasper Pääkkönen, Hiro Shimono, Patrick Friesacher, Petri Pasanen, Eddie Kaye Thomas, and Nick Cannon.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kengo Nakamura ranks 1,717 out of 6,245. Before him are Mari Iijima (1963), Seiji Maehara (1962), Yukitaka Omi (1952), Tetsuji Hashiratani (1964), Tsunku (1968), and Tak Matsumoto (1961). After him are Shinji Hosokawa (1960), Katsutoshi Naito (1895), Yoshihiro Hamaguchi (1926), Masakuni Yamamoto (1958), Hiroshi Soejima (1959), and Nobuyuki Hiyama (1967).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Japan

Among soccer players born in Japan, Kengo Nakamura ranks 348. Before him are Masayuki Nakagomi (1967), Masakiyo Maezono (1973), Yuji Nakazawa (1978), Kazumi Kishi (1975), Yukitaka Omi (1952), and Tetsuji Hashiratani (1964). After him are Masakuni Yamamoto (1958), Hiroshi Soejima (1959), Mayumi Omatsu (1970), Hiroshi Hayano (1955), Hiroaki Morishima (1972), and Takashi Mizunuma (1960).

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