Kenji Nakada

{{no significant coverage (sports)|date=March 2025}} {{BLP one source|date=March 2025}} {{short description|Japanese footballer}} {{Infobox football biography |name=Kenji Nakada<br/>仲田建二 |image= |fullname=Kenji Nakada |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1973|10|4}} |birth_place=Yamanashi, Japan |height={{Height|m=1.80}} |position=Defender |currentclub= |youthyears1=1989–1991|youthclubs1=Narasaki High School |youthyears2=1992–1995|youthclubs2=Aoyama Gakuin University |years1=1996–2005|clubs1=Ventforet Kofu|caps1=228|goals1=8 |totalcaps=228|totalgoals=8 |manageryears1=2020|managerclubs1=FC Gifu |manageryears2=2022|managerclubs2=YSCC Yokohama }} {{Nihongo|'''Kenji Nakada'''|仲田建二|Nakada Kenji|born October 4, 1973}} is a Japanese football manager and former player.

==Playing career== Nakada was born in Yamanashi Prefecture on October 4, 1973. After graduating from Aoyama Gakuin University, he joined Japan Football League club Ventforet Kofu based in his local in 1996. He became a regular player as center back from first season and the club was promoted to new league J2 League from 1999. Although he played many matches for a long time, the club finished at bottom place for 3 years in a row (1999-2001). His opportunity to play decreased from 2002. Although he could not play at all in the match in 2005, the club won 3rd place and was promoted to J1 League from 2006. However he retired end of 2005 season without playing J1.

==Club statistics== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! colspan=3 | Club performance ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | Cup ! colspan=2 | League Cup ! colspan=2 | Total |- ! Season ! Club ! League ! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals |- ! colspan=3 |Japan ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | Emperor's Cup ! colspan=2 | J.League Cup ! colspan=2 | Total |- |1996||rowspan="10"|Ventforet Kofu||rowspan="3"|Football League||24||1||2||1||colspan="2"|-||26||2 |- |1997||28||0||3||0||colspan="2"|-||31||0 |- |1998||30||2||4||0||colspan="2"|-||34||2 |- |1999||rowspan="7"|J2 League||28||3||2||0||2||0||32||3 |- |2000||37||1||4||1||2||0||43||2 |- |2001||34||0||3||0||1||0||38||0 |- |2002||23||1||0||0||colspan="2"|-||23||1 |- |2003||20||0||3||0||colspan="2"|-||23||0 |- |2004||4||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||4||0 |- |2005||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||0||0 |- !colspan=3|Total !228||8||21||2||5||0||254||10 |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{J.League player|1371}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nakada, Kenji}} Category:1973 births Category:Living people Category:Aoyama Gakuin University alumni Category:Football people from Yamanashi Prefecture Category:Japanese men's footballers Category:J2 League players Category:Japan Football League (1992–1998) players Category:Ventforet Kofu players Category:Men's association football defenders Category:J3 League managers Category:FC Gifu managers Category:YSCC Yokohama managers Category:Japanese football managers Category:20th-century Japanese sportsmen