The Japanese "Beckham". He didn't enjoy the limelight that's why he walked away. And that's why you haven't heard of him since. Absolute legend and respect his decision.
@@budaroddy limelight is another way of saying spotlight. & I will watch the video it was just late where im from and I was tired saving it for another day
I first knew about him by reading Maradona's autobiography. He listed 100 players he liked and Nakata was one of them. "if all the Japanese started playing like this, we'd be done for. He knows how to hit the ball, dribble...thank goodness the Japanese are busy with other things, still!"
Unfortunately I think most of us can relate to his story. Most of us grew up playing football as a way to escape a rough childhood for a bit, or because of the big love we had for it. It didn’t matter who you are or where you come from, since in football all of us were united. But now it’s business and money laundering more than anything. Passion died long ago.
Then there's the odd ending of Aritz Aduriz where passion was probably pushing a man with a hip that was in no shape for playing to play another 2 or 2.5 seasons as a husk at the twilight of his career. As to why do we know it was passion? As soon as he was forced to retire, he went into coaching Athletic Bilbao's youth players as soon as his replaced hip was rehabbed.
Football is a sport, a game, but large corporations have swamped this game in money, sucking out the fun, and replacing it in toxicity. Everyone knows how toxic this game has become, while at the end of the day its just 90 minutes of kicking around a ball.
I mean this is exactly how I feel about the NBA too. Back in the 90's / early 2000's, those guys wanted 'it' so much more than the guys now. The game was a lot more physical and people took pride in their defense and if they can lock their counterpart down. Now it's more about how many points they can score, can I make a big highlight play to get my name out there, and how much money am I making?
Actually he retired when he found out that this world favors money more than talents so yeah, he felt sad about it and that demotivates him even harder
King Kazu (Miura) opened the door for Nakata to play in the Serie A. But Nakata opened the door for ALL future Japanese talents to play in Europe. From Nakamura at Celtic, Nagatomo at Inter, Kagawa at Dortmund to Mitoma at Brighton. Nakata showed the world that Japanese players has what it takes to play in the best leagues against the best. Legend!
@@Bartholo-meow He would have had to mention VVV-Venlo, a Dutch football club, as that was the first team who picked Honda up,.... but nobody outside Holland knows VVV Venlo so that's why he didn't mention him.
Nakata is a cult hero among Roma fans. We remain thankful for his decisive goals that earned us our last Serie A to date. It saddened me when I learned that he retired at such an early age. Nonetheless, I also came to know that just after that, ashamed of the fact that he didn't know much about his own country, he decided to tour Japan to know more about its cultures and traditions. He's an incredible footballer and a fascinating man. PS: Geat job as usual on the video. I love how you're shedding a light on footballers that the media stopped talking about. Football in the 1990s and the 2000s was just incredibly filled with talent.
I remember that match against juventus. Nakata was impressive. He was so calm and composed the whole match. I was 14 at the time, and I only started watching football for a year, and I never knew about miura because we didnt have internet back then. So to me, nakata was the first ever asian player to play in europe. It’s so sad his career didnt progress after moving to parma. I really thought he would succeed there because he would start most games, but I guess the coach had other ideas. So sad to see him losing passion and love for football because he really was a superstar, especially here in Asia.
He was big worldwide! Me being a Liverpool fan was hoping he would come to England even under Sir Alex. Needless to say I was so excited when he came to Bolton, but he was already past his prime then so didnt really get to see him play much sadly
I still have his jersey while I visited Rome! I have two Roma jersey (Nakata and Totti) and I grew up supporting AS ROMA to be honest. It was also coincidence that As Roma won the league title in 2001 when I bought the jerseys. Cheers to my two heroes!
weird thing that alot of people never heard about him which is just sad to be honest, a guy playing football purely for fun then getting depressed because football became less about fun and more about money marketing etc, even in this generation where money became the more important than the game itself we see teams trying to make a "super league" that quite honestly i think is gonna turn football to the NFL
@@evoke97 Its the opposite, Spurs have no ambition to get better. It makes sense to move to a different club to get the passion and interest back into the game.
True story... While at dinner, I asked Hide if he liked to play golf? His answer... "Not often... because I hate the pressure of holding up the players BEHIND me" ABSOLUTE CLASS!
I remember him as a kid. He was an incredible player. Albeit a shame be retired early, if your heart is not in something anymore then he made the right choice to hang the boots up.
Thank Nakata for renowned Parma's the very last title Coppa Italia 2001 and 5th finish 2002. I always remember the Tridente, Adriano-Mutu-Nakata. Thank him also for saving Bologna 2003. The first half of that season was devastating, only 3 wins, even with the Greats, Signori and Pagliuca. The legendary manager, Carlo Mazzone, who was Nakata's mentor, was super eager to have him. After his arrival, the team was reconstructed around him and boosted up. The last half 7 wins included Roma and Lazio. In Fiorentina, groin and back injuries worsend his conditions. His whole career had been the struggle between the clubs and Japanese national team. Because of fewer talents in Japan at the time, he needed to participate in Friendlies, World Cup qualifications, even U22 games, most of which in the far east. In Bolton, the team clearly got more points per game when he was a starter than when he wasn't. Naturally enough, Sam Allardyce's style didn't fully utilize his quality. Although Nakata's absence from Bolton for Japanese National team made him lose the starter status, he regained it, twice. In the club's first UEFA competition, he helped the team going thru from the group stage to the knockout stage.
Honour. A man of honour. Honour before money. He choose Perugia instead of Juventus for the chance to play football and so on... he makes me think, he makes me wonder... what if no money was involved? Ronaldo, Messi, others...we would have never heard about them
thank you for this story on Nakata! One of my favourite surprises of the Serie A. I had no idea he had retired early, nor did I have any idea about his issues with prandelli! Very nicely researched bro!
Back in his prime, most of Japanese players were playing in J league Japan and there were significant skill and mentality gap with Europe top leagues. Nakata wanted to press high and get a ball near the goal during Germany world Cup but captain Miyamoto CB didn’t want to press and stay at the back coz he thoughts its too risky so there was a conflict within the team. If Nakata was born 5-10 years later like Honda or Nagatomo, everyone would agree Nakatas idea but back then, there weren’t many players who were at same level with him.
Source? *** FW: "....there weren't many...at same level." Who else was around for support? What about other attack minded players like ONO, NAKAMURA and ALEX SANTOS?
He was not the first, Kazu was when it comes to scale There are not japanese players in europe without him Nakata changed the game with his level of fame but he was not the first
Nakata was genuinely a great player, he was one of my favourite players when I was a teen, he also hit one of the hardest shots I have ever seen in a match out of nothing, great passer and game IQ as well
Thank you for this video!!🙏🏼 I grew up in Japan for the first 12 years of my life from 2003-15 and he was an absolute legendary name, easily the most famous ex Japanese player. Unfortunately, I never watched him play and I was much too young to remember even if I did. I often wondered as a young kid why his name was so famous. Thank you for telling his story💯
The Serie A was at the highest level at the time when Nakata played there. Some of the famous football players who played in the Italian League were: Ronaldo, Batistuta, Totti, Seedorf, Shevchenko, Maldini etc.
I'm a Bolton fan, as a teenager I was often stopped by Japanese tourists on holiday they went absolutely crazy when they saw I had a Bolton shirt on..Nakata is still the most famous Asian player ever.
Is he? He played one season for Bolton and he got 1 goal and two assists. He is the most famous Asian player when we know there wqs Park for ManUtd and Son who literally one of the best winger for the last 5 years or so? We don’t even have to metion these two because if you are Bolton fan, you should know Chungy.. who was actually phenomenal at Bolton…
@@farfromit7654 He is the most famous asian player to ever play the game full stop, nobody since has come even close You not understanding that shows your mental age
@@victorkreig6089 are you living in 90’s??? I grew up with Nakata and other players in my teens but he is never the best player from Asian, not even close. Park, Son , and Cha are on another level and Kagawa or Honda from his own country is better than Nakata
I'm glad my older brother told me in 2001 to watch Nakata play. I was a witness to his brilliant play and vision. Sad it ended as it did but I guess that is happening not only in football. Consolidation, big corporations, global politics.
Great Vid. Love your stuff. Considering you're a Porto fan you should do a video on Jackson Martinez knowing that he disappeared from football so mysteriously
i remember being very excited when i heard him being linked to man utd. but he ultimately only came to the EPL at the tail end of his career. nakata is a legend. he is still being talked about today.
Thank you so much for making this video dude, I grew up wanting to play like Nakata while he was at Parma. To me, him and Matias Almeyda where the 2 midfielders I admired the most, their style of play where just awesome.
I stopped watching football for like 6 years because of how plastic it became. A lot of players were more concerned with being a copy cat of an bna player, than actually playing. I grew up with football being part of my culture, and seen players my age acting like tools sucked the joy out of me for a long while. This is why I like players like Son, over anyone in the French national team
He almost signed for my team Coventry City (confirmed by a lot of sightings in and around Coventry) back in the 2000’s, before his move to Bolton. Amazing player, but it shows his humble character and integrity that he stepped away when the lures of fame and glory overcame him. It’s really admirable. 👏
To greater success comes responsibility and fame. And fame is not always bearable. Facing it different sets of skills are required and not everyone is willing to go further. He had seen it all but did not choose it. Good for him!
Oh yes Nakata was a fabulous player...And I can't talk about him without thinking of another Legend i grew up watching in the Bundesliga....Yamamuto Akidera..The talented guy who started it all.
I am going to be honest, I am a young one and I didn't know a single thing about Nakata. As usual I was expecting a talented Superstar to have ruined his potential because of money and glamour. Boy was I glad to be proven wrong, What an absolute legend this guy is. Media should shine light over players like these because he is a proper role model in current day football where everything is a showbiz. Hidetoshi Nakata sure is one of role models now. Not everything is about money fellas
I remember this guy in 1998 World Cup, literally the only japanese futbol player who's name I still remember, the guy was very memorable. I was like 10 or 11, originally rooting for Ronaldo and Brazil offcourse but then I saw Zidane dominate them haha in the final. Epic WC, Davor Suker top scorer
I remember watching him during the 2002 world cup as a young boy and his name resonated well with us. "Nakata" translates to "I am cutting" in Swahili. So we used to compare his dribbles with a sharpened sword/knife being effective in its work.
Mate, I miss that era, so many talented players, there are so many star players in every leagues. While we are hearing the same names over and over again in the last decade
my dad bought me both nakatas perugia shirt and the one he had in roma, except for totti that was the only player or other team shirt i ever got as a kid. thats how impressive he was.
He was so good that when he played in Roma he made them win the Seria A. Against a juventus which had Zidane, Davis, Van Der Saar, and Del Piero. That was the only time when they won a Seria A. They should have kept him.
Hes literally what all of us thought of the game when we were young. Its a game. Gathering up 20 30 ppl or 10 14 ppl to play 11v11 or 5v5 was always fun. Even now as a 20 year old i enjoy playing 6v6 with friends and amily with my brother who is 24 and my dad whos almost 50.Whoever we play with and against it was always fun. Its like a escape from reality. I used to show up at 6pm and we would play until 3 am like crazy because thats how much we love it, it will never get boring even watching it on football. Everything he said in that last moment of his career is true. Money has already started corrupting the Beautiful game for years now with Manchester City PSG now Newcastle and soon Manchester United aswell. YOu can spend however much you want on players, but you will never buy their passion.
I still remember when he randomly became a Chief Branding Officer for Tohato, big candy manufacturer that produces many iconic snacks like the Caramel Corn in Japan. That's a random fact about Nakata I'll never forget lol
@@alextriantos2795 Yeah you're completely right in terms of what he achieved he would never be a candidate for the GOAT. But I meant "special candidates" in a "candidate of the hearts" way ;) I just feel very sympathetic towards him, his story and ultimately towards his decision to quit as well. He was full of passion and took the consequence of being of integrity. That deserves some huge respect in my opinion.
such a shame tbh, he played a friendly against my country and they got schooled by him 3-4 players try to dispossess him but he just dribble around them like they were stationary cones. What a legend.
Football is a sport, a game, but large corporations have swamped this game in money, sucking out the fun, and replacing it in toxicity. Everyone knows how toxic this game has become, while at the end of the day its just 90 minutes of kicking around a ball.
He is among the last football player that play because of passion. He choose mid tier club so he know he will be playing all match.. football wonderkid today will never do that..
There is a time (i think during his perugia time) where 7 of his goals made into top 10 goal of the season. I was in japan those days and he was a phenomenal. There was a sport show in tv exclusively analyzing and discussing about his game play in Serie A every week, making him a role model for school kids and young talents back home. Personally, moving to Roma was his first mistake. He can never get enough game time while totti is there. He could achieve more than shunsuke (celtic) if he choosed the right club that time. After retired, he started his own "sake" (rice wine) brand. Always 1 of my all time favourite player 😍
It's kinda funny, the first time I saw Nakata was in Inazuma Eleven, a football anime/game where he was one of the best players and easily part of that game's META. When creating a team, you have to think about how to not lose against Nakata. I think that alone speaks about how much of a legend he is.
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The Japanese "Beckham". He didn't enjoy the limelight that's why he walked away. And that's why you haven't heard of him since. Absolute legend and respect his decision.
indeed he was the Asian Beckham in 2002
Thanks now idont have to watch this long ass video that im not in the mood to currently watch
Whats limelight mean?
@@_Rambo. Hidetoshi Nakata its best asian player ever, the video its worth
@@budaroddy limelight is another way of saying spotlight. & I will watch the video it was just late where im from and I was tired saving it for another day
I first knew about him by reading Maradona's autobiography. He listed 100 players he liked and Nakata was one of them. "if all the Japanese started playing like this, we'd be done for. He knows how to hit the ball, dribble...thank goodness the Japanese are busy with other things, still!"
If the japanese population had a bit more height, they'd be a real problem in sports. Their dedication to anything would breed some monster players.
Maradona was a cheat, a disgrace to the sport
😂
True, most Japanese freaks of nature would take baseball over football any day.
@@ChrisHeart-kr1uq What the fuck
Unfortunately I think most of us can relate to his story. Most of us grew up playing football as a way to escape a rough childhood for a bit, or because of the big love we had for it. It didn’t matter who you are or where you come from, since in football all of us were united. But now it’s business and money laundering more than anything. Passion died long ago.
thats really depressing
Then there's the odd ending of Aritz Aduriz where passion was probably pushing a man with a hip that was in no shape for playing to play another 2 or 2.5 seasons as a husk at the twilight of his career. As to why do we know it was passion? As soon as he was forced to retire, he went into coaching Athletic Bilbao's youth players as soon as his replaced hip was rehabbed.
Football is a sport, a game, but large corporations have swamped this game in money, sucking out the fun, and replacing it in toxicity. Everyone knows how toxic this game has become, while at the end of the day its just 90 minutes of kicking around a ball.
Btw Argentina in wc were too passionate
I mean this is exactly how I feel about the NBA too. Back in the 90's / early 2000's, those guys wanted 'it' so much more than the guys now. The game was a lot more physical and people took pride in their defense and if they can lock their counterpart down. Now it's more about how many points they can score, can I make a big highlight play to get my name out there, and how much money am I making?
Man there's a throwback. Nakata was phenomenal. Sad to hear he retired so early
yeah it really is
Pls like my comment
Actually he retired when he found out that this world favors money more than talents so yeah, he felt sad about it and that demotivates him even harder
From rickets I heard.
@@sowman69 Nah, Michael Ricketts moved from Bolton to Middlesboro the year before.
King Kazu (Miura) opened the door for Nakata to play in the Serie A. But Nakata opened the door for ALL future Japanese talents to play in Europe. From Nakamura at Celtic, Nagatomo at Inter, Kagawa at Dortmund to Mitoma at Brighton. Nakata showed the world that Japanese players has what it takes to play in the best leagues against the best. Legend!
Yo, you forgot the next nakata a.k.a Shinji Ono..he was amazing back then
He opened the door not only for Japanese, but for all Asian players. He prove that Asian players have potential.
are we going to pretend that Keisuke Honda never exist?
@@Bartholo-meow He would have had to mention VVV-Venlo, a Dutch football club, as that was the first team who picked Honda up,.... but nobody outside Holland knows VVV Venlo so that's why he didn't mention him.
and another legend. honda keiskue
Nakata is a cult hero among Roma fans. We remain thankful for his decisive goals that earned us our last Serie A to date.
It saddened me when I learned that he retired at such an early age. Nonetheless, I also came to know that just after that, ashamed of the fact that he didn't know much about his own country, he decided to tour Japan to know more about its cultures and traditions. He's an incredible footballer and a fascinating man.
PS: Geat job as usual on the video. I love how you're shedding a light on footballers that the media stopped talking about. Football in the 1990s and the 2000s was just incredibly filled with talent.
You got that right
I agree, players back then could play with more personality and flair. Now it gets coached out of them in a bid to have them play to the system.
As a Roma fan how do you explain the stupidity of your club selling out to hire Jose?
Nakata was absolute class, playing in serie a when it was still great. football manager legend as well then he just dissappeared.
he really was
@@DailyDoseOfFootballYT do video about Kazuyoshi Miura
oldest professional footballer
Not only that he was the first of the class players Japan have produced since, one of my favourite asian players ever
@@716_ハディくん Yes, and never that good to begin with. C'mon, bruv, Nakata, or even Nakamura (the Celtic legend) were better players than him.
@@ricardomargera You’re a fuckin casual 😂😂😂😂
Nakata was a great player!
He always gave everything for Japan at international level as well!
Really enjoyed making this video, it's a more unfamiliar story and before beggining the research I never thought it would get this interesting
I remember that match against juventus. Nakata was impressive. He was so calm and composed the whole match. I was 14 at the time, and I only started watching football for a year, and I never knew about miura because we didnt have internet back then. So to me, nakata was the first ever asian player to play in europe. It’s so sad his career didnt progress after moving to parma. I really thought he would succeed there because he would start most games, but I guess the coach had other ideas. So sad to see him losing passion and love for football because he really was a superstar, especially here in Asia.
Yeah it was a shame
Once his passion went, it was a wrap, not a lot of people can have the courage to do what he did.
Definitely a GOAT. I was living in Japan at this time and he's the biggest reason I started to watch.
Thank you for this homage VDO because not all of his stories were told.
He was one of the legends. He was my hero.
I've met this man... and he's true to himself and has many interests outside of football
Because he isn't a footballer, he's a man who happened to have football as a side hobby for a few years
For all you youngster who were born in the 90s..... he really was big. Even in Italy.
He was big worldwide! Me being a Liverpool fan was hoping he would come to England even under Sir Alex. Needless to say I was so excited when he came to Bolton, but he was already past his prime then so didnt really get to see him play much sadly
@@JKribbit I saw Nakata play at Anfield. UEFA cup 2nd leg I believe.
This has turned into my favorite channel for soccer content. Excellent work mate.
Awesome man, I worked really hard to hear those words (or read them ahah)
ay call it football first
@@NirmalyaSahoo-wl6ti what?
@@DailyDoseOfFootballYT he is talking abt the op calling it soccer
@@DailyDoseOfFootballYT nah @StaySlapped called it soccer that aint acceptible
the streets will never forget Hidetoshi. A true baller and sportsman.
I still have his jersey while I visited Rome!
I have two Roma jersey (Nakata and Totti) and I grew up supporting AS ROMA to be honest. It was also coincidence that As Roma won the league title in 2001 when I bought the jerseys.
Cheers to my two heroes!
In a way, his early retirement pretty much cemented a legacy that opened a pathway for Asian footballers in European competition.
My favourite player for a reason. Always played like he meant it, stayed on his feet whenever possible. He was just so classy, on and off the pitch.
weird thing that alot of people never heard about him which is just sad to be honest, a guy playing football purely for fun then getting depressed because football became less about fun and more about money marketing etc, even in this generation where money became the more important than the game itself we see teams trying to make a "super league" that quite honestly i think is gonna turn football to the NFL
It's not sad at all, he was never a big fan of the fame so it waning is him getting exactly what he wanted
If only we had more players with his mentality, with loyalty like Reus or Totti, football would be much better.
but when someone like kane wants to stay at spurs the whole world takes the piss out of him saying he has no ambition
@@evoke97 Its the opposite, Spurs have no ambition to get better. It makes sense to move to a different club to get the passion and interest back into the game.
@@valitsemllaluokanavahyvaks3556 he loves the club so why not stay? don't change the agenda for loyalty just because spurs arent a top club
Bro comparing Kane to reus and totti is ridiculous. Reus and totti has secured silverware for their clubs and improved it. Tottenham haven’t.
@@tepigbro not Kane's fault tho
Nakafa’s retirement was a massive sign the end of an era, the era that football is just for fun.
Miss that , tired of these mercenaries
True story... While at dinner, I asked Hide if he liked to play golf? His answer... "Not often... because I hate the pressure of holding up the players BEHIND me" ABSOLUTE CLASS!
Golf? Why the eff would he like golf? It's the most boring game in the world, tf 😑
@@RogueReplicant You have clearly never played the sport lol
And most pro sports players play golf to keep in shape after retirement
Much love brother 🙌🔥💯
I remember him as a kid. He was an incredible player. Albeit a shame be retired early, if your heart is not in something anymore then he made the right choice to hang the boots up.
Thank Nakata for renowned Parma's the very last title Coppa Italia 2001 and 5th finish 2002. I always remember the Tridente, Adriano-Mutu-Nakata.
Thank him also for saving Bologna 2003. The first half of that season was devastating, only 3 wins, even with the Greats, Signori and Pagliuca. The legendary manager, Carlo Mazzone, who was Nakata's mentor, was super eager to have him. After his arrival, the team was reconstructed around him and boosted up. The last half 7 wins included Roma and Lazio.
In Fiorentina, groin and back injuries worsend his conditions.
His whole career had been the struggle between the clubs and Japanese national team. Because of fewer talents in Japan at the time, he needed to participate in Friendlies, World Cup qualifications, even U22 games, most of which in the far east.
In Bolton, the team clearly got more points per game when he was a starter than when he wasn't. Naturally enough, Sam Allardyce's style didn't fully utilize his quality. Although Nakata's absence from Bolton for Japanese National team made him lose the starter status, he regained it, twice. In the club's first UEFA competition, he helped the team going thru from the group stage to the knockout stage.
Honour. A man of honour. Honour before money. He choose Perugia instead of Juventus for the chance to play football and so on... he makes me think, he makes me wonder... what if no money was involved? Ronaldo, Messi, others...we would have never heard about them
thank you for this story on Nakata! One of my favourite surprises of the Serie A. I had no idea he had retired early, nor did I have any idea about his issues with prandelli! Very nicely researched bro!
i nearly cried at the end of it, nagata you legend
Really cool video. This video alone has made me a huge Nakata fan in 2023
thats awesome, im really glad
Amazing video! Thank you so much, I had been a Nakata fan from the beginning of his career.
Back in his prime, most of Japanese players were playing in J league Japan and there were significant skill and mentality gap with Europe top leagues.
Nakata wanted to press high and get a ball near the goal during Germany world Cup but captain Miyamoto CB didn’t want to press and stay at the back coz he thoughts its too risky so there was a conflict within the team.
If Nakata was born 5-10 years later like Honda or Nagatomo, everyone would agree Nakatas idea but back then, there weren’t many players who were at same level with him.
Source?
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FW: "....there weren't many...at same level."
Who else was around for support? What about other attack minded players like ONO, NAKAMURA and ALEX SANTOS?
That’s interesting
@@j.y.ly3696 trust me bro source
@@TheLuozhixiang meaning?
Lmao it's like you've never even heard of Kazu or something
I'm 40 and I remember Nakata very well and his arrival to Serie A
I appreciate Nakata even more now I saw this video. What a player he was.
This guy was serious underrated. He was one if the first Japanese trail blazers , maybe that's why.
He was not the first, Kazu was when it comes to scale
There are not japanese players in europe without him
Nakata changed the game with his level of fame but he was not the first
Nakata was genuinely a great player, he was one of my favourite players when I was a teen, he also hit one of the hardest shots I have ever seen in a match out of nothing, great passer and game IQ as well
Your one of the most consistent and creative youtuber right now
Thanks so much man, means a lot
Nakata, Endo, Nakamura, Honda....I loved watching those guys play...true magic=))
Thank you for this video!!🙏🏼 I grew up in Japan for the first 12 years of my life from 2003-15 and he was an absolute legendary name, easily the most famous ex Japanese player. Unfortunately, I never watched him play and I was much too young to remember even if I did. I often wondered as a young kid why his name was so famous. Thank you for telling his story💯
The Serie A was at the highest level at the time when Nakata played there.
Some of the famous football players who played in the Italian League were: Ronaldo, Batistuta, Totti, Seedorf, Shevchenko, Maldini etc.
I'm a Bolton fan, as a teenager I was often stopped by Japanese tourists on holiday they went absolutely crazy when they saw I had a Bolton shirt on..Nakata is still the most famous Asian player ever.
Is he? He played one season for Bolton and he got 1 goal and two assists. He is the most famous Asian player when we know there wqs Park for ManUtd and Son who literally one of the best winger for the last 5 years or so? We don’t even have to metion these two because if you are Bolton fan, you should know Chungy.. who was actually phenomenal at Bolton…
@@farfromit7654 fame is not based on how long you played in England for.
@@farfromit7654 He is the most famous asian player to ever play the game full stop, nobody since has come even close
You not understanding that shows your mental age
@@victorkreig6089 are you living in 90’s??? I grew up with Nakata and other players in my teens but he is never the best player from Asian, not even close. Park, Son , and Cha are on another level and Kagawa or Honda from his own country is better than Nakata
@@farfromit7654 You lied outside Son he is better than all that you mentioned! What's wrong with people?
Really sad to see a player with such a high potential retire so early
The real sad thing is the reason, which is true.
Man I never fail to miss one of your videos, one of my favorite channels
Thanks so much!
I was waiting for this video forever.... Thank you so much....
You're welcome!
I'm glad my older brother told me in 2001 to watch Nakata play. I was a witness to his brilliant play and vision. Sad it ended as it did but I guess that is happening not only in football. Consolidation, big corporations, global politics.
Hideoshi for AS Roma and parma was awesome his goal against Juve is still one of the best
Nakata was just naturally cool, loved watching him play! I forgot that he played in Bolton with Okocha!
Great Vid. Love your stuff. Considering you're a Porto fan you should do a video on Jackson Martinez knowing that he disappeared from football so mysteriously
Yeah I've considered doing Jackson a lot, he became a rapper, did you know that?
i remember being very excited when i heard him being linked to man utd. but he ultimately only came to the EPL at the tail end of his career.
nakata is a legend. he is still being talked about today.
Wow, the pure joy of playing football, he has millons so must be having a good time but i want to hug him
yeah, poor guy, which we could have seen more from him
You put so much effort in your videos and I love it 👍
thanks man, I really do and it makes me really happy that you notice it
@@DailyDoseOfFootballYT do video about Kazuyoshi Miura aka King Kazu
I always remember his stint at Italian football, especially in Perugia. He was the Asian hero for most of us in east & southeast Asia.
What a player..he was the talk of playgrounds in school..one of a handful of talented japanese players out there.
The man played in late 90’s Serie A & didn’t look out of place. There some compliment
Bro nakata was superstar in everysense…footballing sense..and is till today stylish icon…i was a big fan back in the daysss
Thank you so much for making this video dude, I grew up wanting to play like Nakata while he was at Parma. To me, him and Matias Almeyda where the 2 midfielders I admired the most, their style of play where just awesome.
I stopped watching football for like 6 years because of how plastic it became. A lot of players were more concerned with being a copy cat of an bna player, than actually playing. I grew up with football being part of my culture, and seen players my age acting like tools sucked the joy out of me for a long while. This is why I like players like Son, over anyone in the French national team
Over kante?
@Mavusana the only Frenchman who has some character.
thank you for highlighting this very well deserved spotlight for Hidetoshi Nakata!
Love your content man. Keep it up. I just wish there was a new video every day 😊
I think you guys would get sick of me very fast at that rate, but I appreciate it ❤️
I remembered him so well in the 90's . Phenomenal player. But yeah the money destroyed players .
His hair style is phenomenal among student in my place at that time.. we just go to the barber and say "nakata".. the barber know what to do..
Your content is expanding to Asian players it’s really good. Loving the contents as always ✨
He almost signed for my team Coventry City (confirmed by a lot of sightings in and around Coventry) back in the 2000’s, before his move to Bolton. Amazing player, but it shows his humble character and integrity that he stepped away when the lures of fame and glory overcame him. It’s really admirable. 👏
He couldn't do much at Bolton, what would he do differently at Coventry?
@@fszron he did not say he would 9f done some he said he almost come p,,b
Ahhhh imagine him playing alongside hamer and gyokores 😩
Him an huckberry would have been epic.
To greater success comes responsibility and fame. And fame is not always bearable. Facing it different sets of skills are required and not everyone is willing to go further. He had seen it all but did not choose it. Good for him!
Kinda reminds me of Kurt Cobain
Oh yes Nakata was a fabulous player...And I can't talk about him without thinking of another Legend i grew up watching in the Bundesliga....Yamamuto Akidera..The talented guy who started it all.
Oh wow... I always wondered why he didn't have a long career...
thanks man
No problem!
I am going to be honest, I am a young one and I didn't know a single thing about Nakata. As usual I was expecting a talented Superstar to have ruined his potential because of money and glamour. Boy was I glad to be proven wrong, What an absolute legend this guy is. Media should shine light over players like these because he is a proper role model in current day football where everything is a showbiz. Hidetoshi Nakata sure is one of role models now. Not everything is about money fellas
Thanks for the reminder. Nakata was a legend of Asian football
DDOF is the goat! Bro should make mini documentaries! Flawless video as always!
Thanks so much man!
Nakata and Nakamura were a phenomenal link up, pretty sure Nakamura played for some European clubs including Celtic. Great free kick taker
I remember this guy in 1998 World Cup, literally the only japanese futbol player who's name I still remember, the guy was very memorable. I was like 10 or 11, originally rooting for Ronaldo and Brazil offcourse but then I saw Zidane dominate them haha in the final. Epic WC, Davor Suker top scorer
Sam here ..i mean same story/experience....i was 11 back then..
Man was insanely popular but also absolute quality.
I remember watching him during the 2002 world cup as a young boy and his name resonated well with us. "Nakata" translates to "I am cutting" in Swahili. So we used to compare his dribbles with a sharpened sword/knife being effective in its work.
Mate, I miss that era, so many talented players, there are so many star players in every leagues. While we are hearing the same names over and over again in the last decade
Fantastic video also this guy was the original Bluelock.
my dad bought me both nakatas perugia shirt and the one he had in roma, except for totti that was the only player or other team shirt i ever got as a kid. thats how impressive he was.
He was so good that when he played in Roma he made them win the Seria A. Against a juventus which had Zidane, Davis, Van Der Saar, and Del Piero. That was the only time when they won a Seria A. They should have kept him.
They actually won it 3 times, in the 40's, in the 80's and in 2001. But yeah Nakata was essential to that last win.
Eh, I feel like Totti, Capello and especially Batigol were more instrumental...but yeah, he was immense.
I think you underestimating roma..they also have so many amazing player like batistuta, totti, caffu, aldair, montella, candela, tommassi..
lol did you even eatch the games and say he made them win the league????? He played only 5 games as a starter… what are you talking about…
He was one of the best players in roma history . We respect him a lot
Hes literally what all of us thought of the game when we were young. Its a game. Gathering up 20 30 ppl or 10 14 ppl to play 11v11 or 5v5 was always fun. Even now as a 20 year old i enjoy playing 6v6 with friends and amily with my brother who is 24 and my dad whos almost 50.Whoever we play with and against it was always fun. Its like a escape from reality. I used to show up at 6pm and we would play until 3 am like crazy because thats how much we love it, it will never get boring even watching it on football. Everything he said in that last moment of his career is true. Money has already started corrupting the Beautiful game for years now with Manchester City PSG now Newcastle and soon Manchester United aswell. YOu can spend however much you want on players, but you will never buy their passion.
Definitely He’s champion!!!
Completely out of a anime, really a wonderful career
I still remember when he randomly became a Chief Branding Officer for Tohato, big candy manufacturer that produces many iconic snacks like the Caramel Corn in Japan. That's a random fact about Nakata I'll never forget lol
Your videos are amazing. Jeez...I particularly loved this one. As an old time weeb but before that an AsRoma fan, I will never forget Hidetoshi Nakata
I almost cried. This never happened when I watched a football video. Oh man... Nakata is one of the special candidates for being the G.O.A.T.
Great player. Not even close to the goat conversation
@@alextriantos2795 Yeah you're completely right in terms of what he achieved he would never be a candidate for the GOAT. But I meant "special candidates" in a "candidate of the hearts" way ;)
I just feel very sympathetic towards him, his story and ultimately towards his decision to quit as well. He was full of passion and took the consequence of being of integrity. That deserves some huge respect in my opinion.
10:45 that fit tho!!! That’s a nice drip
Nakata, my guy..he was big even here in South Africa
What a story. Thank you for the coverage.
Nakata was a special player. Destroyed a lot of preconceptions about Asian players.
i LOVED Nakata!
such a shame tbh, he played a friendly against my country and they got schooled by him 3-4 players try to dispossess him but he just dribble around them like they were stationary cones. What a legend.
Football is a sport, a game, but large corporations have swamped this game in money, sucking out the fun, and replacing it in toxicity. Everyone knows how toxic this game has become, while at the end of the day its just 90 minutes of kicking around a ball.
He is among the last football player that play because of passion. He choose mid tier club so he know he will be playing all match.. football wonderkid today will never do that..
Weghorst plays for the same reason, he even went to the turkish league he loved the sport so much
@@victorkreig6089 rare breed right? Can't say the same to sancho, pogba or even phil jones
HIDOTASHI NAKATA. The name i will never FORGET as an ASIAN and a football fan. salute to one of the greatest footballer.
Love Nakata, I still remember him fondly and frequently even after all these years.
Love your vids man i always leran something new
awesome man, hope you stick around, ill keep bringing new content
There is a time (i think during his perugia time) where 7 of his goals made into top 10 goal of the season. I was in japan those days and he was a phenomenal. There was a sport show in tv exclusively analyzing and discussing about his game play in Serie A every week, making him a role model for school kids and young talents back home. Personally, moving to Roma was his first mistake. He can never get enough game time while totti is there. He could achieve more than shunsuke (celtic) if he choosed the right club that time. After retired, he started his own "sake" (rice wine) brand. Always 1 of my all time favourite player 😍
Nakata, a name to remember really for me from now
Saw this guy in a restaurant in London. I waved at him and he waved back.
Two months later, same restaurant, I saw Ronaldo Phenomino.
Amazing.
It's kinda funny, the first time I saw Nakata was in Inazuma Eleven, a football anime/game where he was one of the best players and easily part of that game's META. When creating a team, you have to think about how to not lose against Nakata.
I think that alone speaks about how much of a legend he is.