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| Full name | Yūta Nakayama | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1997-02-16)16 February 1997 (age 28) | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ryūgasaki, Ibaraki, Japan | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position | Centre back | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Machida Zelvia | |||||||||||||
| Number | 19 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2008 | Kitamonma SSS | |||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Atago Junior High School | |||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | Kashiwa Reysol | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Kashiwa Reysol | 76 | (6) | |||||||||||
| 2015 | →J. League U-22 (loan) | 12 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | PEC Zwolle | 79 | (5) | |||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Huddersfield Town | 37 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2024– | Machida Zelvia | 30 | (2) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Japan U-20 | 30 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | Japan U-23 | 18 | (4) | |||||||||||
| 2019– | Japan | 22 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 September 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 31 January 2024 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||
Yūta Nakayama (中山 雄太,Nakayama Yūta; born 16 February 1997) is a Japanese professionalfootballer who plays as acentre back forJ1 League clubMachida Zelvia[1][2] and theJapan national team.
Nakayama was born inIbaraki, Japan. He made his official debut forKashiwa Reysol in theJ. League Division 1,AFC Champions League on 6 May 2015 against the Vietnam-based clubBinh Duong F.C inGo Dau Stadium inThu Dau Mot,Vietnam. He started and played the full match, receiving a yellow card in the 83rd minute. Nakayama and his club lost the match 1–0.[3]
In 2017, Nakayama was namedJ.League Rookie of the Year.[4]
On 15 January 2019, Nakayama joinedEredivisie teamPEC Zwolle on a three-and-a-half-year deal.[5] He made his debut for Zwolle on 31 March 2019, in a 3–0 home victory overFC Emmen.[6] He scored his first goal in the Netherlands, on 17 January 2020, in a 3–3 draw againstUtrecht.[7]
On 15 July 2022, following PEC Zwolle's relegation from the Eredivisie, Nakayama joinedEFL Championship clubHuddersfield Town on a two-year deal.[8] Nakayama scored his first goal in England in his third appearance for Huddersfield, a 3–1 victory overStoke City on 13 August 2022.[9]
On 14 August 2024, Nakayama was announced at Machida Zelvia.[10]
In May 2017, Nakayama was electedJapan U-20 national team for2017 U-20 World Cup. At this tournament, he played full time in all four matches as center back.
He made hisJapan national team debut on 17 June 2019 in the2019 Copa América game againstChile, as a starter.[11]
Nakayama was selected for the2022 FIFA World Cup, but he was forced to withdraw from the official squad list, due to anachilles injury.[12]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Kashiwa Reysol | 2015 | J1 League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| 2016 | J1 League | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 2 | |||
| 2017 | J1 League | 30 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 1 | |||
| 2018 | J1 League | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | — | 25 | 3 | ||
| Total | 76 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 6 | ||
| J.League U-22 Selection (loan) | 2015 | J3 League | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||||
| PEC Zwolle | 2018–19 | Eredivisie | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | Eredivisie | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 15 | 2 | ||||
| 2020–21 | Eredivisie | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 33 | 2 | ||||
| 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 29 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 32 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 79 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 6 | ||
| Huddersfield Town | 2022–23 | Championship | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 2 | ||
| 2023–24 | Championship | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 0 | |||
| Total | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 199 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 229 | 14 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Japan | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 0 | |
Machida Zelvia
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