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Celtic FC News / The Celtic Star / July 30

Shunsuke Nakamura arrived at Celtic twenty years ago

The King of Japan arrives in Glasgow… It was 20 years ago this week that a Japanese footballer, unfamiliar to most Celtic supporters I think it’s fair to say, arrived in the east end of Glasgow.

Celtic FC News / The Celtic Star / July 28

Twenty Years Ago Today – Celtic Sign The King of Japan

20 years ago this very day we saw the arrival of a player who would become an icon in the eyes of the Celtic support, a player who would more than make his mark in the famous green and white hoops, and that player was none other than the King of Japan, Shunsuke Nakamura.

Celtic FC News / The Celtic Star / October 14

Sutton and Larsson score, so does Collins, Burley and a hat-trick for Nakamura

7 years ago today, Celtic 1-0 Dundee. An under-strength Brendan Rodgers side extended their domestic unbeaten run to 59 games and kept themselves top of the Premiership table over Aberdeen on goal difference.

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Soccer News / Extratime Talk / January 13, 2024

Top 10 oldest football players of all time

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Celtic FC News / The Celtic Star / January 13, 2024

Phenomenal – How Nakamura set a new standard at Celtic

Gordon Strachan has named the two players that he feels were his best signings and points to personality traits that added to their success as footballers.

Celtic FC News / The Celtic Star / December 15, 2023

'So you signed a Cork Bhoy today then?' Shane MacGowan

The one-point lead was already gone by the time Celtic arrived at Pittodrie on the following Sunday, 4 December 2005, a Rudi Skacel double giving Hearts the three points at home to Livingston the day before.

Soccer News / The Celtic Star / November 3, 2023

Shunsuke Nakamura’s great influence on Japanese football

A few weeks ago the J.League announced that it will award 12 former players who have been active in J.League for many years and have contributed greatly to the development of Japanese football at the “J.League Awards” to be held on December 5, and Shunsuke Nakamura was selected as one of them.

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