Emi Nakajima

Emi Nakajima

Personal information
Full name	Emi Nakajima
Date of birth	(1990-09-27) 27 September 1990
Place of birth	Shiga, Japan
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	INAC Kobe Leonessa
Number	7
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000–2004	Speranza F.C. Osaka-Takatsuki
2005–2008	FC Vitoria
2009–	INAC Kobe Leonessa	65	(9)
International career‡
2010	Japan U20	3	(1)
2011–	Japan	15	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 May 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 May 2014

Emi Nakajima (中島 依美, Nakajima Emi, born 27 September 1990) is a Japanese footballer, who plays as a midfielder for Japanese L. League club INAC Kobe Leonessa and the Japan women's national team.

Club career

Nakajima began her career at Speranza F.C. Osaka-Takatsuki. In 2005, she joined FC Vitoria. Nakajima moved to INAC Kobe Leonessa in 2009.

International career

Nakajima was included in Norio Sasaki's Japan under-20s squad for the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Germany. She appeared in all of Japan's three matches against Mexico, Nigeria and England, scoring one goal in a 3–1 win against England, as Japan were eliminated in the group stage. Nakajima received her first cap for the senior team in 2011. On 10 July 2013, she was called up to the 2013 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup in South Korea. She scored her first goal on 20 June 2013 in a 2–0 win against China in the first Women's East Asian Cup final round match.

International goals

Under–20

Scores and results list Japan U20's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	21 July 2010	Bielefelder Alm, Bielefeld	England	1–0	3–1	2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

Senior team

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	20 July 2013	Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul	China PR	2–0	2–0	2013 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 18 May 2013.

Club	Season	League		National Cup		League Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
INAC Kobe Leonessa	2009	11	1	3	1	–		14	2
	2010	18	2	4	2	3	0	25	4
	2011	13	1	1	0	–		14	1
	2012	14	4	4	0	5	1	23	5
	2013	9	1			10	0	9	1
	Total	65	9	12	3	18	1	95	13
Career total		65	9	12	3	18	1	95	13

International

As of match played 20 July 2013.

Japan national under-20 team
Year	Apps	Goals
2010	3	1
Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2011	2	0
2012	0	0
2013	4	1
Total	9	2

Honours

Club

INAC Kobe Leonessa

• L. League (2): 2011, 2012
• Empress's Cup (3): 2010, 2011, 2012
• Japan and South Korea Women's League Championship (1): 2012

External links

• Emi Nakajima – FIFA competition record
• Emi Nakajima profile at INAC Kobe Leonessa