Shunsuke Nakamura

Search Celticfc.net

Home

Players

First Team

Shunsuke Nakamura

• Shunsuke joined Celtic from Italian side Reggina in August 2005 and has been a tremendous player for Celtic since then.
• He has helped the Hoops win three league titles in a row, along with a CIS Cup in 2006 and a Scottish Cup in 2007.
• In 2006/07 he won every Scottish Player of the Year Award going and confirmed his quality with the goal that won the title at Rugby Park against Kilmarnock.
• Shunsuke has scored a total of 24 goals in 124 appearances for the Hoops, the most recent coming with a wonder strike against Rangers which helped Celtic win 2-1.
• Twelve of his 24 goals for the Hoops have been scored direct from free-kicks.
• He played 80 times for Reggina in Serie A, scoring 11 goals and, prior to that, spent seven years at Yokohama F Marinos.
• Shunsuke has also won 78 caps for Japan, scoring 21 goals.
• He has played 12 games against Rangers, scoring one goal.