Hidetoshi Nakata (中田 英寿 Nakata Hidetoshi; natural January 22, 1977), is a Japanese football player. He is one of a best known Asian soccer players.

When swimming for 5 different clubs inside Italy (& winning an Italian league title), Nakata has moved to England in August 2005 to try his luck in the Premiership with a loan spell at Bolton Wanderers. Nakata's 1st begin for Bolton was in the club's 1st-ever European match, a number one leg of their UEFA Cup tie against Bulgarian side Lokomotiv Plovdiv, which Bolton won 2-One.

Clubs
Bolton Wanderers August 2005 - present (loan deal) Fiorentina July 2004 - August 2005 Bologna January 2004 - July 2004 (loan deal) Parma July 2001 - January 2004 Roma January 2000 - July 2001 Perugia July 1998 - January 2000 Bellmare Hiratsuka (Japan) 1997 - July 1998

Japanese national team May 1997 - present Debut against South Korea FIFA World Cup appearances: 1998 2002

Honors
Selected to FIFA 100: 2004 Coppa Italia: 2002 (with AC Parma) Serie A Champions: 2001 (with When Roma) AFC Asian Streaming video player of the Season: 1997 1998

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