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Hidetoshi Nakata

Midfielder · Bologna FC 1909 · former player (until 2006)

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Japanese footballer (born 1977)

Age 49

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Hidetoshi Nakata, OSSI is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Considered one of the best talents to come from an Asian Football Confederation (AFC) country in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Nakata became the first ever AFC player to be nominated for the Ballon d'Or.

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