Shoya Nakajima

Shōya Nakajima
中島 翔哉

Nakajima with Porto in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Shoya Nakajima[1]
Date of birth	(1994-08-23) 23 August 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Position(s)	Winger, second striker
Team information
Current team	Urawa Red Diamonds
Number	10
Youth career
2004–2012	Tokyo Verdy
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2013	Tokyo Verdy	29	(6)
2014–2018	FC Tokyo	51	(6)
2014	→ Kataller Toyama (loan)	28	(2)
2017–2018	→ Portimonense (loan)	29	(10)
2018–2019	Portimonense	13	(5)
2019	Al-Duhail	7	(1)
2019–2022	Porto	20	(0)
2021	→ Al Ain (loan)	2	(0)
2021–2022	→ Portimonense (loan)	22	(1)
2022–2023	Antalyaspor	15	(0)
2023–	Urawa Red Diamonds	7	(0)
International career‡
2011	Japan U17	2	(1)
2013	Japan U20	4	(3)
2014–2016	Japan U23	30	(19)
2018–2019	Japan	19	(5)
Medal record Representing  Japan AFC U-23 Championship 2016 Qatar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 August 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2019

Shōya Nakajima (中島 翔哉, Nakajima Shōya, born 23 August 1994) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays for J1 League club Urawa Red Diamonds and the Japan national team. Primarily a left winger, he has also played on the right flank and as a central second striker.

After starting his career with Tokyo Verdy of the J2 League and FC Tokyo of the J1 League, he spent several years in Portugal's Primeira Liga with Portimonense and Porto. He also had brief spells in Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey.

He was part of the Japanese under-23 team at the 2016 Olympics. First capped at senior level in 2018, he was part of the Japan team at the 2019 Copa América.