Yūta Nakayama
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| Full name | Yūta Nakayama | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 February 1997 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ryūgasaki, Ibaraki, Japan | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre back | |||||||||||||
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Current team | Machida Zelvia | |||||||||||||
| Number | 19 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2008 | Kitamonma SSS | |||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Atago Junior High School | |||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | Kashiwa Reysol | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Kashiwa Reysol | 76 | (6) | |||||||||||
| 2015 | → J. League U-22 (loan) | 12 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | PEC Zwolle | 79 | (5) | |||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Huddersfield Town | 37 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2024– | Machida Zelvia | 6 | (1) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Japan U-20 | 30 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | Japan U-23 | 18 | (4) | |||||||||||
| 2019– | Japan | 22 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:54, 3 January 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 January 2024 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||
Yūta Nakayama (中山 雄太, Nakayama Yūta, born 16 February 1997) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a centre back for J1 League club Machida Zelvia and the Japan national team.