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Keito Nakamura

Key starterLyon · 26 yrsNew signing

based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026

Profile

PositionWinger
NationalityJapan
Age26
Date of birth28 Jul 2000
BirthplaceAbiko
Height180 cm
Shirt number#11
ClubLyon
Winger
1
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
15
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Lyon.

Also this season

Earlier this season at ReimsCoupe de France: 3 apps, 0g 1a, 134 min

The headline Season rating covers his time at Lyon; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.

Scout report

Key starterGoal-getting Winger

Keito Nakamura is a 26-year-old winger at Reims, rated 60 overall by Field Insider's model. In his prime years, he has been a regular starter this season (77% of available minutes). He brings 0.61 goal contributions per 90 (0.54 goals, 0.08 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Nakamura.

On the season, Nakamura graded 53 for current form (age-blind), on 14 goals and 2 assists in 29 appearances (0.611 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 53 → 53). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 60. At 26 Nakamura is in his prime years, and a market index of 33.1 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report
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A career still climbing — Nakamura is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.

Peak: 2025/26Trending upBreakout: 2024/25
60
Ratingi
a strong, regular top-tier starter
53.1
Seasoni
a solid contributor and squad regular
77%
Minutes
a regular starter
0.61
Goal contrib / 90
strong end product

Output in context · Reims finished 6th of 18 · an upper-table side

29
Apps
14
Goals
2
Assists
16
G+A
0.48
Goals / app

14 goals in 29 appearances (0.48 per game) — double figures playing for an upper-table side (6th of 18). Add 2 assists for 16 goal contributions in all.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 77% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Final-third output. 0.61 goal contributions per 90 (0.54 goals, 0.08 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

  • Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.

Outlook

Rated 60 overall — a strong, regular top-tier starter. In the final third he profiles as a genuine goal threat (0.61 goal contributions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among wingers in the Ligue 1 with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals14

Passing

Assists2

Defending

Tackles32
Interceptions11

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2
Red cards0