Akihiro Nagashima

Akihiro Nagashima (永島 昭浩, Nagashima Akihiro, born April 9, 1964) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Akihiro Nagashima
永島 昭浩
Personal information
Full name Akihiro Nagashima
Date of birth (1964-04-09) April 9, 1964
Place of birth Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 12 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1980–1982 Mikage Technical High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1993 Gamba Osaka
1994–1995 Shimizu S-Pulse 38 (9)
1995–2000 Vissel Kobe 138 (67)
National team
1990–1991 Japan 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Nagashima was born in Kobe on April 9, 1964. After graduating from high school, he joined Regional Leagues club Matsushita Electric (later Gamba Osaka) in 1983. In 1984, the club was promoted to Japan Soccer League. The club won 1990 Emperor's Cup. In 1992, Japan Soccer League was folded and founded new league J1 League. On June 5, 1993, he score a hat-trick against Nagoya Grampus Eight. He became the first player in J1 League to score a hat-trick as Japanese player. In 1994, he moved to Shimizu S-Pulse.

In January 1995, Great Hanshin earthquake occurred in his local Kobe. In June, Nagashima moved to Japan Football League club Vissel Kobe to encourage disaster area. In 1996, the club won the 2nd place and was promoted to J1 League. He played 138 games and scored 67 goals for the club. He retired in 2000.

National team career

On July 27, 1990, Nagashima debuted for Japan national team against South Korea. He played 4 games for Japan until 1991.[1]

Club statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1983Matsushita ElectricRegional Leagues
1984JSL Division 2
1985/86
1986/87JSL Division 1
1987/88JSL Division 2
1988/89JSL Division 1
1989/902215002215
1990/9121811229
1991/92218332411
1992Gamba OsakaJ1 League-9595
1993321200653817
1994Shimizu S-PulseJ1 League2880011299
199510100-101
1995Vissel KobeFootball League151030-1810
1996281735-3122
1997J1 League322221533926
1998281022313313
19992670010277
2000910010101
Total 2721191083019312146

National team statistics

[1]

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
199030
199110
Total40

Awards

References

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