Paris Nakajima-Farran

Paris Farran
Personal information
Full name	English: Paris Yui Nakajima-Farran; Kanji: 中島勇生
Date of birth	11 August 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Left back ; Winger
Youth career
2004–2007	Yokohama F. Marinos
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007–2009	Næstved BK
2009–2010	AC Horsens
2011-2012	South China AA
2012	CE Europa
2013	Dezzolla Shimane
2014	Tokyo 23 FC
International career‡
2007–2009	Canada U20
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 April 2014; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 June 2012

Paris Yui Nakajima-Farran (中島勇生, Nakajima Yūi, born 11 August 1989 in Tokyo, Japan) is a former Canadian footballer of Japanese and British descent.

Personal

Paris was born in Tokyo to a Zimbabwean^[1] father and Japanese mother. At the age of four, he moved to England with his family, and returned to Japan ten years later to play football with the youth team of the J-League club Yokohama F. Marinos. His brother Issey is also a professional footballer. Paris has Canadian and British citizenship, and is a graduate of Yokohama International School, where he played alongside Mike Havenaar.

Club career

Paris played for the Yokohama F. Marinos youth team from 2004 until 2007. He went professional in 2007 at the age of 17, after signing a two-year contract with Danish 1st Division team Næstved Boldklub. In September 2009, Paris joined his brother at AC Horsens on a 1-year deal. In July 2011, he signed with Hong Kong First Division League club South China AA, but was released by the club on 7 January 2012.^[2] Later that year he joined Spanish third division side CE Europa, and played mostly for the second team. Paris also had a stint with Japanese fifth Division outfit, Dezzolla Shimane, before joining his current club Tokyo 23 FC which plays in the Kantō Soccer League.

International

In January 2008, Paris got his first international call in up for the winter training camp held in Florida for the Canadian national team. He also trained with Canada's U-23 Olympic squad in March 2008. Paris earned his first cap for Canada U-20 in an exhibition match against Argentina in May 2008, starting at right back. He has also represented the Canadian U-20 side during the 2009 edition of the Francophone Games hosted by Lebanon.