Hitoshi Nakata

Hitoshi Nakata
中田仁司
Personal information
Full name	Hitoshi Nakata
Date of birth	January 17, 1962 (age 62)
Place of birth	Osaka, Japan
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1977–1979	Nihon University High School
1980–1983	Tokai University
Senior career*
Years	Team
1984–1991	Fujita Industries
1991–1993	Otsuka Pharmaceutical
Managerial career
2005	Nagoya Grampus Eight
2015	Yokohama FC
2016–2017	Yokohama FC
Medal record
Fujita Industries
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hitoshi Nakata (中田仁司, Nakata Hitoshi, born January 17, 1962) is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Playing career

Nakata was born in Osaka Prefecture on January 17, 1962. After graduating from Tokai University, he played Fujita Industries (1984-1991) and Otsuka Pharmaceutical (1991-1993).

Coaching career

After retirement, Nakata started coaching career at Otsuka Pharmaceutical (later Tokushima Vortis). He coached at Otsuka Pharmaceutical (1993-1995), Yokohama F. Marinos (1996-1999), Cerezo Osaka (2000-2003) and Nagoya Grampus Eight (2004-2007). In 2005, he also managed Nagoya Grampus Eight from September to December. In 2008, he moved to Tokushima Vortis and became Technical Advisor until October 2014. In 2015, he moved to Yokohama FC and became Technical Director. In September 2015, manager Miloš Rus resigned for health reasons.^[1] Nakata became a manager and managed 11 matches until the end of the season. In 2016 season, although Rus returned to manager, Rus resigned for heart arrhythmia in June.^[2] So, Nakata became a manager again.^[3] In October 2017, he was sacked for poor performance.^[4]