is a Japanese

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player. He plays for Japanese club

Yokohama F. Marinos is a Japanese professional football club based in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club competes in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. Having won the J-League title four times an ...

and the Japan national team.

Club career

On 31 August 2018, he signed a 4-year contract with the

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club

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. He scored his first Russian Premier League goal for CSKA on 9 March 2019 in a 3–0 victory over

FC Rubin Kazan FC Rubin Kazan (russian: Футбо́льный клуб Руби́н Каза́нь, ''Futbolny klub Rubin Kazan'' , Tatar language, Tatar: Рубин Казан) is a Russian professional association football, football club based in the city o ...

. On 10 January 2020 CSKA announced that he will join Portuguese club

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on loan for the rest of the 2019–20 season, with a purchase option. On 26 March, Nishimura's loan deal at Portimonense was ended, prematurely, to allow Nishimura to return to

Vegalta Sendai is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in J2 League. The team is located in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. History Founded in 1988 as ''Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc. Soccer Club'', Vegalta joined the J-League in 1999 after p ...

on loan until June 2020. On 11 February 2021,

announced that he will return to the club on a permanent transfer. In 2022, he scored two goals in the ACL, led the team to the final tournament, and scored a goal to win the team in the league match.

Career statistics

Club

International goals

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

Honours

Club Yokohama F. Marinos *

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Individual * J.League CUP Award:

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* TAG Heuer YOUNG GUNS AWARD:

References

External links

Profile at Vegalta Sendai
* 1996 births Living people Association football people from Aichi Prefecture Japanese footballers J1 League players J3 League players Vegalta Sendai players J.League U-22 Selection players Association football forwards PFC CSKA Moscow players Portimonense S.C. players Yokohama F. Marinos players Russian Premier League players Japanese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Russia Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate footballers in Portugal Primeira Liga players {{Japan-footy-forward-1990s-stub