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{{short description|Japanese footballer and manager}}
{{For|voice actor born Hitoshi Nakata|Jouji Nakata}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name=Hitoshi Nakata<br/>中田 仁司
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|fullname=Hitoshi Nakata
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1962|1|17}}
|birth_place=[[Osaka Prefecture|Osaka]], [[Japan]]
|death_date=
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|height={{Height|m=1.72}}
|position=[[Midfielder]]
|currentclub=
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|youthyears1=1977–1979|youthclubs1=[[Nihon University High School]]
|youthyears2=1980–1983|youthclubs2=[[Tokai University]]
|years1=1984–1991|clubs1=[[Shonan Bellmare|Fujita Industries]]|caps1=|goals1=
|years2=1991–1993|clubs2=[[Tokushima Vortis|Otsuka Pharmaceutical]]|caps2=|goals2=
|totalcaps=|totalgoals=
|nationalyears1=|nationalteam1=|nationalcaps1=|nationalgoals1=
|manageryears1=2005|managerclubs1=[[Nagoya Grampus|Nagoya Grampus Eight]]
|manageryears2=2015|managerclubs2=[[Yokohama FC]]
|manageryears3=2016–2017|managerclubs3=[[Yokohama FC]]
|medaltemplates=
{{Medal|Team|[[Shonan Bellmare|Fujita Industries]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[Emperor's Cup]]|[[1985 Emperor's Cup|1985]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[Emperor's Cup]]|[[1988 Emperor's Cup|1988]]}}
}}
{{Nihongo|'''Hitoshi Nakata'''|中田 仁司|Nakata Hitoshi|born January 17, 1962}} is a former [[Japan]]ese [[Association football|football]] player and manager.

==Playing career==
Nakata was born in [[Osaka Prefecture]] on January 17, 1962. After graduating from [[Tokai University]], he played [[Shonan Bellmare|Fujita Industries]] (1984-1991) and [[Tokushima Vortis|Otsuka Pharmaceutical]] (1991-1993).

==Coaching career==
After retirement, Nakata started coaching career at [[Tokushima Vortis|Otsuka Pharmaceutical]] (later ''Tokushima Vortis''). He coached at [[Tokushima Vortis|Otsuka Pharmaceutical]] (1993-1995), [[Yokohama F. Marinos]] (1996-1999), [[Cerezo Osaka]] (2000-2003) and [[Nagoya Grampus|Nagoya Grampus Eight]] (2004-2007). In 2005, he also managed Nagoya Grampus Eight from September to December. In 2008, he moved to [[Tokushima Vortis]] and became Technical Advisor until October 2014. In 2015, he moved to [[Yokohama FC]] and became Technical Director. In September 2015, manager [[Miloš Rus]] resigned for health reasons.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20151002040234/http://www.yokohamafc.com/2015/09/15/%E3%83%9F%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5-%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E7%9B%A3%E7%9D%A3%E8%BE%9E%E4%BB%BB%E3%81%AB%E3%81%A4%E3%81%84%E3%81%A6/ Yokohama FC]{{in lang|ja}}</ref> Nakata became a manager and managed 11 matches until the end of the season. In 2016 season, although Rus returned to manager, Rus resigned for [[heart arrhythmia]] in June.<ref>[https://www.yokohamafc.com/2016/06/15/53398 Yokohama FC]{{in lang|ja}}</ref> So, Nakata became a manager again.<ref>[https://www.yokohamafc.com/2016/06/15/53402 Yokohama FC]{{in lang|ja}}</ref> In October 2017, he was sacked for poor performance.<ref>[https://www.yokohamafc.com/2017/10/15/59096 Yokohama FC]{{in lang|ja}}</ref>

==Managerial statistics==
<ref>[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFIX07/?staff_id=1567 J.League Data Site]{{in lang|ja}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="5"|Record
|-
!G!!W!!D!!L!!Win %
|-
|align="left"|[[Nagoya Grampus|Nagoya Grampus Eight]]
|align="left"|2005
|align="left"|2005
{{WDL|10|2|1|7}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Yokohama FC]]
|align="left"|2015
|align="left"|2015
{{WDL|11|4|5|2}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Yokohama FC]]
|align="left"|2016
|align="left"|2017
{{WDL|62|27|15|20}}
|-
!colspan="3"|Total
{{WDLtot|83|33|21|29}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{J.League manager}}

{{Nagoya Grampus managers}}
{{Yokohama FC managers}}

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[[Category:1962 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Tokai University alumni]]
[[Category:Association football people from Osaka Prefecture]]
[[Category:Japanese men's footballers]]
[[Category:Japan Soccer League players]]
[[Category:Japan Football League (1992–1998) players]]
[[Category:Shonan Bellmare players]]
[[Category:Tokushima Vortis players]]
[[Category:Japanese football managers]]
[[Category:J1 League managers]]
[[Category:J2 League managers]]
[[Category:Nagoya Grampus managers]]
[[Category:Yokohama FC managers]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
[[Category:20th-century Japanese sportsmen]]
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