Yoshiki Nakai

Yoshiki Nakai
中井 義樹

Personal information
Full name	Yoshiki Nakai
Date of birth	(1983-01-04) January 4, 1983
Place of birth	Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1998–2000	Cerezo Osaka
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2005	Cerezo Osaka	11	(1)
2006–2007	Thespa Kusatsu	38	(2)
2007–2010	Sagawa Printing	90	(7)
2011–2012	V-Varen Nagasaki	33	(1)
2013–2015	SP Kyoto	57	(6)
Total		229	(17)
Medal record Cerezo Osaka Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2001 Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2003
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yoshiki Nakai (中井 義樹, Nakai Yoshiki, born January 4, 1983) is a former Japanese football player.

Playing career

Nakai was born in Takatsuki on January 4, 1983. He joined J1 League club Cerezo Osaka from youth team in 2001. He could not play at all in the match in 2001 and Cerezo was relegated to J2 League end of 2001 season. He debuted in April 2002 and played several matches as midfielder. Cerezo was also returned to J1 end of 2002 season. However he could hardly play in the match from 2003. In 2006, he moved to J2 club Thespa Kusatsu. He became a regular player as defensive midfielder soon and played many matches in 2006 season. However he could hardly play in the match in 2007 season. In July 2007, he moved to Japan Football League (JFL) club Sagawa Printing (later Sagawa Printing Kyoto, SP Kyoto FC). He became a regular player and played many matches until 2010. In 2011, he moved to JFL club V-Varen Nagasaki. He played as regular player in 2011. However he could not play many matches in 2012 season. Although V-Varen won the champions in 2012 season and was promoted to J2 from 2013, he left the club without playing J2. In 2013, he re-joined Sagawa Printing for the first time in 3 years. He played many matches until 2015. However the club was disbanded end of 2015 season and he retired end of 2015 season.

Club statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Total
2001	Cerezo Osaka	J1 League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002		J2 League	8	1	0	0	-		8	1
2003		J1 League	2	0	3	0	3	0	8	0
2004			1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
2005			0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
2006	Thespa Kusatsu	J2 League	36	2	1	0	-		37	2
2007			2	0	0	0	-		2	0
2007	Sagawa Printing	Football League	12	0	2	0	-		14	0
2008			25	1	3	0	-		28	1
2009			29	3	2	1	-		31	4
2010			24	3	1	0	-		25	3
2011	V-Varen Nagasaki	Football League	27	1	2	0	-		29	1
2012			6	0	0	0	-		6	0
2013	Sagawa Printing	Football League	22	1	2	0	-		24	1
2014	Sagawa Printing Kyoto	Football League	20	2	-		-		20	2
2015	SP Kyoto FC	Football League	15	3	-		-		15	3
Career total			229	17	16	1	5	0	250	18

External links

• Yoshiki Nakai at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)