is a Japanese football player. She plays for MyNavi Sendai Ladies and Japan national team.

Club career

Nakajima was born in Yasu on September 27, 1990. After graduating from high school, she joined INAC Kobe Leonessa in 2009. The club won L.League championship for 3 years in a row (2011-2013). She was also selected Best Eleven in 2013 and 2017.

Emi Nakajima

National team career

Nakajima was included in Norio Sasaki's Japan U20 national team for the 2010 U20 World Cup in Germany. She appeared in all of Japan's three matches against Mexico, Nigeria and England, scoring one goal in a 3–1 win against England, as Japan were eliminated in the group stage. Nakajima received her first cap for the senior team against United States on May 14, 2011. On July 10, 2013, she was called up to the 2013 East Asian Cup in South Korea. She scored her first goal on July 20 in a 2–0 win against China in the first East Asian Cup final round match. In 2014, she played at 2014 Asian Cup and 2014 Asian Games. Japan won the championship at Asian Cup and 2nd place at Asian Games. In 2018, she played at 2018 Asian Cup and Japan won their second consecutive title.

Emi Nakajima

Club statistics

National team statistics

National team goals

Under–20

Scores and results list Japan U20's goal tally first.

Emi Nakajima

Senior team

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first.

Honours

Club

INAC Kobe Leonessa

L.League (2): 2011, 2012

Empress's Cup (3): 2010, 2011, 2012

Japan and South Korea Women's League Championship (1): 2012

References

External links

Japan Football Association

Emi Nakajima profile at INAC Kobe Leonessa

Emi Nakajima profile at MyNavi Sendai Ladies

1990 births

Living people

Association football people from Shiga Prefecture

Japanese women's footballers

Japan women's international footballers

Women's association football midfielders

Nadeshiko League players

WE League players

INAC Kobe Leonessa players

Mynavi Sendai Ladies players

Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games

Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games

Asian Games gold medalists for Japan

Asian Games silver medalists for Japan

Asian Games medalists in football

Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games

Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players

Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Olympic footballers for Japan

Japan women's youth international footballers