Hidetoshi Nakata: A Japanese football icon
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6 жыл бұрынFIFA Fotball caught up with an icon of Japanese football, the one and only, Hidetoshi Nakata.
The former Perugia, Roma, Parma and Fiorentina midfielder reflected upon his extraordinary career for club and country and his life after football.
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@cavin4969 6 жыл бұрын
Real life captain tsubasa!!! True asia legend!
@guozhou8114 5 жыл бұрын
Cavin Tube best asian player
@yousifomar50 4 жыл бұрын
In arabic its captain majd
@iybjs5308 4 жыл бұрын
If he went to Italy, wouldn’t that make him Hyuga?
@andreugarcialozano4831 4 жыл бұрын
Real life Captain Tsubasa is King Kazu
@user-jr7oc8oq5k 3 жыл бұрын
@@guozhou8114 nope, son
@MrTonycoughlan 6 жыл бұрын
This guys English is excellent!!!
@Copics1 6 жыл бұрын
his Italian is even better.
@rogerarvizu5558 6 жыл бұрын
COco Yo yo his Japanese is even better
@ojdubz2 6 жыл бұрын
Tony Coughlan are you stupid all Japanese people can speak English people who are from Japan who live in England can speak English fine so stfu
@belowaverageasian7197 6 жыл бұрын
OJ DUBZ Chillll bruh
@chrisadlc1 6 жыл бұрын
Very intelligent man, but yes tbh I like his English better than some people who have English as their only language
@johntheo6751 4 жыл бұрын
Why does he speak better english than Harry Kane?
@jdyico 3 жыл бұрын
Harry Kane speaks English?
@nishanpakhrin7392 3 жыл бұрын
@@jdyico 😂😂
@tsidbanda 2 жыл бұрын
He is a we Galway boy
@coladod2530 2 жыл бұрын
Nakata scored 1 goal in pl and Harry Kane scored 160 goals. don't even compete
@xdraid849 2 жыл бұрын
@@coladod2530 Kane’s a striker and Nakata is a midfielder
@MaskSavesLives 6 жыл бұрын
Was the most complete japanese player in all fundamentals I've seen play
@DeadEyeDann 6 жыл бұрын
He’s so down to earth and modest. He’s an inspirational dude.
@JustAnte9557 5 жыл бұрын
Japanese ppl are very kind in general.. Look at Honda who played at AC Milan.. he was speaking about things no one didn't want.. So direct and honest
@anfewue_osas 3 жыл бұрын
Totti ha detto che durante i festeggiamenti per lo scudetto nakata se stava a legge un libro. Idolo
@rayshowtv2350 5 жыл бұрын
Not just an icon, he is a legend.. much respect for this guy..
@NazriB 2 жыл бұрын
Lies again? Get Wi-fi
@dexterp9663 Жыл бұрын
If he was a legend, every professional player in Europe could be a legend.
@FaunadiEdiacara Жыл бұрын
@@dexterp9663 EA Sport put him in FIFA MOBILE as a legend
@FaunadiEdiacara Жыл бұрын
@@dexterp9663 🤦♂️😂
@FaunadiEdiacara Жыл бұрын
@@dexterp9663 2° at ballon d'or
@paulsonblooms Жыл бұрын
This guy was my first nippon hero
@Timliu92 6 жыл бұрын
Millenials would probably not know who this guy is. One of the best Asian footballers ever, and a starter wherever he goes - Roma, Perugia, Parma, Bologna, you name it! Not to mention man ages well too. Massive respect!
@user-vx6kx9rn1u 4 жыл бұрын
Nakata Career in Roma - Failed in Parma - Failed in Bologna - Failed in Fiorentina - Failed in Bolton - Failed
@soulsmischief2626 4 жыл бұрын
@@user-vx6kx9rn1u without him, roma wouldnt have won the scudetto. so shut up
@jackxie8009 4 жыл бұрын
souls mischief . He’s literally Korean. Calm down
@og87 4 жыл бұрын
He’s an absolute legend one of my favourite ever players.
@EarAche123 4 жыл бұрын
Millenial here. Yes I know who he is. I obsessively watched the Nike ads from the 2002 world Cup, and he was featured in a lot of those. That's where I first learned this guy is the real Japanese deal.
@londzale3163 6 жыл бұрын
Such a classy dude. And rare one. I'm mean he's inspiration came from a manga character, how unique is that! And kudos for supporting your culture too, not many players would have even thought about that. But then again, not many cultures are as Rich as Japan's.
@tanhockjun 6 жыл бұрын
Nakata and nakamura are 2 of my favorite players in Japan :)
@HansDavidian 6 жыл бұрын
I had the privilege to interview him one on one. He has completely abandoned football and makes it as part of his past that he will never dig up again. He does not watch games or play for fun anymore. He is now completely focused on his other ventures.
@Arnoboy93 6 жыл бұрын
Hans David That’s too bad, he could at least get involved with the Japan NT and inspire the new generation. Just a few advice from such a japanese legend could make a difference in a young player’s career
@makeleleclaude492 3 жыл бұрын
As a Korean, I respect NAKATA who is the best midfielder in Asia. He is legend Player!
@xuezhisong3976 4 жыл бұрын
he can speak many languages. Not only a footbal genius, but also a genius at learning languages
@electrogem7142 3 жыл бұрын
He only speaks three languages? And most footballers speak more different languages.
@brohanime Жыл бұрын
@@electrogem7142 give us a percentage and some sources to back up this claim lad
@speedking7224 Жыл бұрын
Doesn't concern his footballing ability
@revaholic 6 жыл бұрын
How come no one else mentions how incredibly good looking this guy is?
@gerijokub7737 5 жыл бұрын
revaholic, ikr, I'm a dude, but I'd like to inherit some of his features :D
@strand195 4 жыл бұрын
His cheekbones. I remember wanting his 2002 hairstyle so bad
@Josh-nd6jj 3 жыл бұрын
He somewhat reminds me of the Asian David Beckham with looks
@nik.pun_10 3 жыл бұрын
@@Josh-nd6jj Lol yep
@alfredozavala7441 2 жыл бұрын
He's been regarded as Asian David Beckham because aside of being a footballer he was a fashion icon too, so yeah he's handsome definitely lol
@kwonalexander3595 6 жыл бұрын
His English speaking is very well!
@achillepoirot1068 6 жыл бұрын
My generation was blessed with great footbaler, and Nakata was one of them..Japan's genius
@micletiss7992 6 жыл бұрын
Because of NAKATA, Asian football gain more respect from the world, ARIGATOU!!
@user-mq4ed5es9o 6 жыл бұрын
micletiss7 you wrong...Cha Bum Kun first, Park Ji Sung and now Son Heung Min.
@ojdubz2 6 жыл бұрын
micletiss7 shut up nobodies ever heard of him
@user-cl6su6uq4i 6 жыл бұрын
곽대한 이딴 짓좀 하지마;;;나카타도 레전드야
@fakhrulyusof3132 6 жыл бұрын
Nakata is one of the famous known asia football player during my childhood.. such a good player :)
@youbitch4295 5 жыл бұрын
곽대한 you salty koreans really love to carry your own chairs .that's just so embarrassing
@caleblundy8492 4 ай бұрын
I really respect how he said "this was a dream for us" taking on the dream for the whole country of Japan.
@ragazziciao4575 6 жыл бұрын
still we love to remember quality players like him. Shogun Hide forever
@user-cw6uc5tq8d 3 жыл бұрын
What a man! One of my football idols while growing up. Cheers from Kazakhstan!
@thesongs3575 6 жыл бұрын
some of the youth nowadays still rocking the nakata's hairstyle. legend.
@hfz6384 6 жыл бұрын
I agree. I still get a cut of nakata's hairstyle till this day .
@akky2704 6 жыл бұрын
Nakata is proud of Japan!
@raymonzonantonio2308 6 жыл бұрын
I love Nakata.. he's charismatic..
@renzokukenleneyoyo522 6 жыл бұрын
Impossible not to wish this man all the best in the world. Always been a fan of the japanese passion in their national team
@sepupokunited 6 жыл бұрын
This guy never old
@thehadriyansyahs 3 жыл бұрын
In my youth period back then in the 90s and early 2000, I grew up watching you play in Serie A. Although I am from Indonesia, I always felt that you were our hero. Thanks for being part of my youth era.
@tramlad2 4 жыл бұрын
Magician of a player, slight built but what a player, brilliant to watch, so dynamic, Japan had a great team, he was the heartbeat, tremendous man
@hbkang1868 6 жыл бұрын
Nakata, one of a few Japanese football players I like and respect.
@jesusvermillionthemereoleo5660 6 жыл бұрын
Hanbyul Kang you're Korean, aren't you?
@erlanggaprasetyo1606 6 жыл бұрын
juventus nightmare
@guozhou8114 4 жыл бұрын
best asian player forever
@user-vx6kx9rn1u 4 жыл бұрын
@@guozhou8114 in Roma - Failed in Parma - Failed in Bologna - Failed in Fiorentina - Failed in Bolton - Failed
@guozhou8114 4 жыл бұрын
花房白香 🐒🇰🇷🐒 😂😂😂 park ji sung→ bench warmer ki sung → kicked out of bench Kwon Chang-hoon→Bench Could you tell me Anyone else in korea act/acted in EU league? Nakata>>>>Son=kagawa minamino>other korean
@user-vx6kx9rn1u 4 жыл бұрын
@@guozhou8114 Park played 54 games in Champions league Nakata played 0 games in Champions league 😂
@mid2907 4 жыл бұрын
@@guozhou8114 What are you talking about? Park Ji-sung is a legend in Manchester United, and now he's playing Amber Suther, and Son Heung-min is the final candidate for Ballon d'Or. You guys are better than Japan.
@EcoDimension 6 жыл бұрын
how is it possible for someone to have so much class??!!? HOWW?? HOWWWW???
@mustafaahmed2017 6 жыл бұрын
I remembered when he used to play for Parma , i think. Back then, i used to stick his photo on my books.
@mustafaahmed2017 6 жыл бұрын
One of best Asian players to have ever graced football. Greetings from Somaliland
@abdisamedmire2955 3 жыл бұрын
"When you leave fotball younv ,old it alwaysharts "
@zhexuwu6449 6 жыл бұрын
The power of Manga.
@vijayarodi5663 3 жыл бұрын
Underrated comment
@zichen5223 6 жыл бұрын
Though I am a Chinese ! I got to say, Nakata is perhaps the best player ever coming out of Asia! I mean back then he was not only an icon in Asia but really a world class footballer
@shivash1070 6 жыл бұрын
zi chen did he ask sorry for japanese war crimes?
@wangleeisjapanesewhopreten8436 6 жыл бұрын
China soccer is still sucks, No a single player played well in the European League.
@user-sv1nv3nk8g 5 жыл бұрын
Best player of asia is Cha bum kun(korea). He won UEFA CUP twice by ace of teams with two teams.(Even Maradona won UEFA CUP 1 time, No European cup).
@jajarogar6738 5 жыл бұрын
He was great and famous... but i'm gonna say Son is the best Asia player ever....
@andrei189 6 жыл бұрын
Great player! I'm fan when was young... still fan!hahah
@teru6465 6 жыл бұрын
He's still a legend for Japanese
@Aethewine 3 жыл бұрын
The first ever football jersey I had was of this man.
@tendogurung3224 2 жыл бұрын
Same! I still have the 98' kit!
@Aethewine 2 жыл бұрын
@@tendogurung3224 That's awesome, mine was the 02 iirc
@tendogurung3224 2 жыл бұрын
@@Aethewine Oh man those are one of the freshest kits imo! Hold on to it forever!
@uppersoul5138 5 жыл бұрын
thats why i love anime,japanese cartoon.their animation always give an inspiration!
@black-cs6bq 6 жыл бұрын
Nakata Fashion icon now
@saranherobeckham9710 6 жыл бұрын
He is the reason I watched all the Japanese national games in my entire life.. Asia's Tiger
@BlackCattt_ Жыл бұрын
Nakata is my favorite Japanese football player
@falecomguilhermelima 3 жыл бұрын
A true legend, inside and outside the pitch!
@ErkanZH 3 жыл бұрын
Nakata and Keisuke Honda are my Fav asian footballers love them love Japan♥️
@ThaiGoalie 6 жыл бұрын
When I was kid growing up in Japan, the couple who owned a restaurant we would regular every Sunday, would bring me back gifts and souvenirs from Italy being that they would travel there all the time. I still have the Parma Nakata jersey they gave me as a kid. Nakata and Nakamura were footballers I idolized growing up. Great role models too.
@vladkusanagii7577 6 жыл бұрын
Nakata and Shunsuke Nakamura BEST footballers !
@hyde3639 6 жыл бұрын
legend
@akky2704 6 жыл бұрын
NAKATA is my favorite soccer player!
@azarsied9136 6 жыл бұрын
Legend great player such class and elegance
@karuniaindah6845 6 жыл бұрын
Back then.. this guy is my idol and one of my reason i start to like football.
@kontol41 6 жыл бұрын
In 2000-01 he dominated for Roma alongside Totti. He is the best asian player I have seen in my 30 years watching football.
@coladod2530 3 жыл бұрын
he played only 500 minute in roma lol
@HaidurShah21 6 жыл бұрын
One of my icons. Long live the Samurai footballer
@elisalmon2976 6 жыл бұрын
Anyone here cause he got an icon card 😂😂
@elisalmon2976 6 жыл бұрын
Anthony Giovanni u want beef
@stefanplaysgames2242 6 жыл бұрын
Not really but his card on FIFA is decent
@DushisHere 6 жыл бұрын
I came here because of this Nike ad I saw a while back. Called the Cage. Check it out
@wilbertzimmerman1629 5 жыл бұрын
Yes 😂😂😂😂
@G3Zero 4 жыл бұрын
His Prime always stands out for me 👌👀
@Venatiano 6 жыл бұрын
Wow that was really inspiring, he deserves the Icon recognition
@TipiWaiEn 6 жыл бұрын
nakata is an icon of youth in far east,east asia during his peak
@og87 4 жыл бұрын
One of my favourite player’s ever. He’s awesome.
@mardalelucian5449 Жыл бұрын
Nakata - a legend
@kushalparmessur7437 6 жыл бұрын
What an amazing guy!! Respect
@pacoaguilar1185 3 жыл бұрын
What a legend
@nazrazahri 6 жыл бұрын
Still my favorite Japanese soccer player. I still see him as a great player.
@ojdubz2 6 жыл бұрын
Naz Z. 1 it’s football and 2 no ones heard of him
@MrLampes 6 жыл бұрын
You are to young boy to know him,he was amazing for Roma making their star players look shit.
@addossportmusicandfilms3225 2 жыл бұрын
@OJW NUFC your British to say football, and lol he is an icon in fifa. That is how nakata is.
@addossportmusicandfilms3225 2 жыл бұрын
Or you think you are supposed to say football in this Japanese sport
@yogiexyz5725 2 жыл бұрын
Nakata vs Batistuta in WC 1998. Both signed in same italian football club AS Roma and got Scudetto👍
@user-my9qf6pq7b 3 ай бұрын
According to EA he's not an icon.. just a hero 😢
@user-sz3lh8qv4d 4 жыл бұрын
my hero forever
@pakyip9267 6 жыл бұрын
Watched him when a kid, a very modest player, an icon for not just Jpn, Asians from 80s n onwards.
@vickysandhu5977 5 жыл бұрын
He is looking so completed and so well groomed man I'm jealous of him.
@andreavivaldi8619 5 жыл бұрын
One of my idols❤
@cesarromero688 6 жыл бұрын
Who else watched this cause of the world cup mode in fifa?
@egggaming2394 6 жыл бұрын
Cesar Romero yes
@jademobbs1148 5 жыл бұрын
Me
@hidenarai7 6 жыл бұрын
My favorite footballer!!! Hide-san!!
@debansubhadra1250 5 жыл бұрын
Very down to earth, god bless you.
@maristarbrook 2 жыл бұрын
He made his dream came true. He is the one who created the path for the others 😃
@chikhosalethingo2354 4 жыл бұрын
This man.... He's one amazing player! 😍
@joaoteixeira211 6 жыл бұрын
what a player, what a legend
@gurungjitbahadur7635 5 жыл бұрын
Nakata is a nice football player n he is gentle n wise guy
@gallet-raybanyihwabe7962 3 жыл бұрын
He’s a legend❤️❤️
@Tnrcasey 4 жыл бұрын
What an awesome individual
@arisan24k6 6 жыл бұрын
we proud of Nakata!
@Jk-gb1yr 4 жыл бұрын
Nakata,Son,Park,Cha,Lee,Kubo,Minamino,Hwang♥♥♥ Proud of Asia
@blackmessi204 3 жыл бұрын
Kagawa?
@shatnermohanty6678 2 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid , I had a Trading Card of Nakata San . Love and Respect from India 🙏 🇮🇳❤️🇯🇵
@josephmugula9432 6 жыл бұрын
so humble
@roylee4375 5 жыл бұрын
No doubt the Best midfielder in Asia of all time, he is a wonderful former footballer also shows a Great man being. We respect NAKATA. i am from Korea.
@madgaming476 6 жыл бұрын
I used to watch this guy all the time when he plays in Serie A
@Yesnog05 6 жыл бұрын
Nakata was my hero growing up. Aside from Park Ji-Sung, I never saw an Asian player I can relate to, let alone a Japanese player.
@zulfay84 3 жыл бұрын
His english is impeccable!
@omarshabib5768 5 жыл бұрын
The legend 💙
@TheChrisObed Жыл бұрын
What a guy, and he’s so fun to play with in FIFA UT😂
@totofoui 4 жыл бұрын
True legend
@yoshizumich 5 жыл бұрын
かっこいい！！
@user-cm7iv7mt7g 2 жыл бұрын
Underrated card in fifa
@royarianto4617 2 жыл бұрын
I saw him play in world football...he is amazing skill
@PAARYNAKAKKU-ic3td 2 жыл бұрын
ONE OF MY IDOLS
@Comp3630 6 жыл бұрын
Legend
@guardianangel7980 4 жыл бұрын
1. Cha Bum Kun 2. Ji sung Park 3. Nakata 4. Nakaruma 5. Heung min son
@user-name3366 4 жыл бұрын
Finally someone agreed with me
@2serveand2protect 5 жыл бұрын
Humble but strong. Great player.
@nodoubt5990 6 жыл бұрын
He is a pioneer of Japan.
@coolboy-fs1nr 4 жыл бұрын
Legend icon❤❤❤❤
@BubblesChika 5 жыл бұрын
What a legend 😍
@babibau2781 6 жыл бұрын
Respect !! Missed you on the field :(
@ashunknown9728 6 жыл бұрын
Japanese greatest player of all time is nakata. Asian legend n grandmaster in football history
@linderpineda6067 2 жыл бұрын
Nakata es unos de mis jugadores favorito
@Ohaechesi 3 жыл бұрын
Childhood memory right here: I love that anime Captain Tsubasa aka Captain Majid, it got me into football too. Such a shame it isn't well known in the west. It needs a reboot
@roarul 5 жыл бұрын
He is 🔥🔥🔥😍
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