Masashi Nakayama

Masashi Nakayama
Personal information
Full name	Masashi Nakayama
Date of birth	(1967-09-23) September 23, 1967 (age 49)
Place of birth	Fujieda, Shizuoka, Japan
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current team	Azul Claro Numazu
Number	39
Youth career
1986–1989	University of Tsukuba
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–2009	Júbilo Iwata	419	(207)
2010–2012	Consadole Sapporo	13	(0)
2015–	Azul Claro Numazu	0	(0)
Total		432	(207)
National team
1990–2003	Japan	53	(21)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 31, 2015.

Masashi Nakayama (中山雅史, Nakayama Masashi^?, born 23 September 1967) is a Japanese football player. Born in Shizuoka, Gon Nakayama attended Fujieda Higashi High School and University of Tsukuba before he joined Yamaha Motors (currently; Júbilo Iwata) of the Japan Soccer League, a precursor to the J1 League, which consisted of company sponsored teams. He retired in December 2012 at age 45 after playing 3 seasons for Consadole Sapporo, then he came back almost three years later with Azul Claro Numazu in Japan Football League.

Playing as a Forward, Nakayama made his J1 League debut on 11 March 1994. From then until 2009, he was an ever-present part of the Júbilo Iwata lineup as they were consistently one of the top teams in the J1 League since its inception. With a strike-rate of more than a goal every two games throughout his career, Nakayama was the inspirational and talismanic leader for both Júbilo Iwata and the Japanese national team.

At the 1998 FIFA World Cup finals in France, Nakayama scored the only goal of the tournament and the first goal for Japan in the history of the World Cup against Jamaica on 26 June 1998. As of 2009, he has scored 21 goals in 53 appearances for the Japanese national team, which places him 8th all-time among goalscorers for his country.

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