Shunsuke Nakatake

Shunsuke Nakatake
Personal information
Full name Shunsuke Nakatake
Date of birth (1990-06-19) 19 June 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Hokkaido, Japan
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 Eunos Crescent
2014–2015 Hougang United 37 (1)
2016–2017 Kuantan 40 (1)
2018 PDRM 15 (1)
2019–2020 Negeri Sembilan 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 July 2018

Shunsuke Nakatake (中武 駿介, Nakatake Shunsuke, born 19 June 1990) is a Japanese professional footballer.

Career

Eunos Crescent

After arriving from Japan to try and secure a professional contract with a S.League side, Nakatake found that every team had filled their five-man foreign player roster. However, he refused to give up and played instead in the amateur National Football League with Eunos Crescent FC.[1]

Hougang United

Having impressed in the NFL with Eunos, Nakatake was signed by the Cheetahs for the 2014 S.League season, filling one of five foreign players spot.[1] In his first season as a professional footballer, he made a total of 31 appearances, scoring one goal.[2]

Nakatake was the only foreign player on Hougang's 2014 squad that was retained by the Cheetahs for the 2015 S.League season.[3]

Kuantan FA

In 2016, Nakatake signed for Malaysia Premier League side Kuantan FA,[4] playing for two seasons with the club.

PDRM FA

Having been released from his Kuantan FA contract, Nakatake signed with another Malaysia Premier League side PDRM FA for the 2018 season.[5]

Career statistics

Club

Club Season S.League Singapore Cup League Cup ACL AFC Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hougang United 2014 26 1 1 0 4 0 - 31 1
2015 11 0 0 0 0 0 — 11 0
Total 37 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 42 1

References

  1. ^ a b "Nakatake finally gets his chance". The New Paper. Archived from the original on 21 March 2016.
  2. ^ "S.Nakatake". Soccerway.
  3. ^ "Hougang Snap Up Ex-Real Madrid "C" Striker". S.League. Archived from the original on 15 January 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "RM5mil allocation for Kuantan Football Association | The Star". www.thestar.com.my.
  5. ^ Awang, Oleh Asrol (8 December 2017). "PDRM ikat Nakatake". BH Online.