Daigo Nishi

Daigo Nishi
	Nishi playing for Kashima Antlers
Personal information
Full name	Daigo Nishi
Date of birth	August 28, 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Urawa Reds
Youth career
2003–2005	Consadole Sapporo
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006–2009	Consadole Sapporo
2010	Albirex Niigata
2011–2018	Kashima Antlers
2019–2020	Vissel Kobe
2021–	Urawa Reds
National team
2011–2019	Japan
Honours
Kashima Antlers
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of the 2020 season

Daigo Nishi (西大伍, Nishi Daigo, born August 28, 1987) is a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography

Nishi was born in Sapporo on August 28, 1987. He joined J2 League club Consadole Sapporo from their youth team in 2006. Although he could hardly play in the match until 2007, Consadole won the champions in 2007 and was promoted to J1 League. In 2008, he became a regular player as right midfielder. However Consadole was finished at the bottom place and was relegated to J2 in a year. In 2009, he was converted to right side back by manager Nobuhiro Ishizaki. In 2010, he moved to J1 club Albirex Niigata and played as side back in 1 season. In 2011, he moved to Kashima Antlers as Atsuto Uchida successor. He played as side back for the club in 8 seasons. In 2016, Antlers won the champions in J1 League and qualified for 2016 Club World Cup as host country champions. At Club World Cup, he played all 4 matches and won the 2nd place. In 2018, Antlers won the champions in the 2018 AFC Champions League. In 2019, he moved to Vissel Kobe. In 2019, Vissel won the champions in the Emperor's Cup which is first major title in the club history. In 2021, he moved to Urawa Reds.

On June 1, 2011, Nishi debuted for the Japan national team against Peru. On March 23, 2019, he played in the match for the first time in 8 years against Bolivia.

Statistics

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Club statistics			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Asia		Total
2006	Consadole Sapporo	J2 League	0	0	0	0	-		-		0	0
2007		J2 League	5	1	0	0	-		-		5	1
2008		J1 League	27	3	1	0	6	0	-		34	3
2009		J2 League	41	7	1	0	-		-		42	7
2010	Albirex Niigata	J1 League	29	1	3	0	6	0	-		38	1
2011	Kashima Antlers	J1 League	30	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	34	1
2012			30	1	5	0	10	0	-		45	1
2013			29	0	1	0	8	0	-		38	0
2014			23	3	1	0	2	0	-		26	3
2015			30	0	1	0	5	0	6	0	42	0
2016			26	1	3	0	6	0	-		35	1
2017			30	1	2	1	1	0	6	0	39	2
2018			23	3	4	1	3	1	6	2	36	7
2019	Vissel Kobe	J1 League	29	0	3	0	4	0	-		36	0
2020	Vissel Kobe	J1 League	26	1	-		1	0	6	1	33	2
2021	Urawa Reds	J1 League
Country	Japan		378	23	26	2	52	1	27	3	483	29
Total			378	23	26	2	52	1	27	3	483	29