Emi Nakajima

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Emi Nakajima
Personal information
Full name	Emi Nakajima
Date of birth	(1990-09-27) 27 September 1990
Place of birth	Shiga, Japan
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	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)
National team^‡
2010	Japan U20	3	(1)
2011–	Japan	6	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 May 2013. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 July 2013

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.

Nakajima was included in Norio Sasaki's Japan under-20s squad for the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Germany.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[4]

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

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

As of match played 18 May 2013.

Club	Season	League		National Cup		League Cup		Total
Club	Season	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

As of match played 20 July 2013.

↑ "Women’s U-20 World Cup squad named". Japan Football Association. 30 June 2010. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
↑ "FIFA Player Statistics: Emi Nakajima". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
↑ "なでしこジャパン（日本女子代表）EAFF女子東アジアカップ2013（韓国）" (PDF). Japan Football Association (in Japanese). 10 July 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
↑ "日本 2–0 中国". Japan Football Association (in Japanese). 20 July 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2013.

v t e INAC Leonessa – current squad

1 Kaihori 2 Kinga 3 Becky 5 Kai 6 Minamiyama 7 Nakajima 8 Sawa 9 Kawasumi (c) 10 Ji So-Yun 11 Takase 13 Nakada 14 Kyōkawa 15 Isogane 16 Shimizu 17 Goebel-Yanez 18 Takenaka 19 Michigami 20 Y. Tanaka 21 Watanabe 22 Yamada 23 Hirano 24 Imai Manager: Ishihara

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