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Japanese national striker Keito Nakamura (25, Stardrance) broke the double-digit score of the season before Korean European players.
Nakamura started in the 29th round of the French League in the 2024-2025 season against Langs at Stadebolardleis in France on the 12th (Korea time) and led his team to a 2-0 victory by scoring goals in the 33rd minute of the first half and the 43rd minute of the second half.
Reims, who is in the fight for remaining, scored 29 points with only two wins, widening the gap with Le Havre (27 points), the 16th-ranked team in the relegation play-off zone, to two points. It is six points behind Saint-Etienne (23 points), who is ranked 17th in the direct relegation zone.
Nakamura scored double digits of his season in the 33rd minute of the first half when he received a cross from left Sergio Akieeme and scored the first goal.
This is his second double-digit score of all time since the 2022-2023 season when he played for Linz in Austria.
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Nakamura scored his 11th goal with a wedge goal in the second half, quickly becoming the Japanese' most goals scored in five major leaguers this season.
Kaoru Mitoma, who plays for Brighton in England, has now scored seven goals, Doan Ritz, who plays in Freiburg, Germany, has eight goals, and Kubo Takefusa, who played for Spain's Real Sociedad, has five goals each.
It has been only 10 years since Shinji Okazaki (12 goals at the time) of the 2014-2015 season that the Japanese five leaguers scored double-digit points. Nakamura was selected for the first time for the Japanese national team in 2023 and scored eight goals in 16 A matches, emerging as a "new hope of the Japanese offense."
Kagawa Shinji (Cerezo Osaka), Kubo and Minamino, who played for Borussia Dortmund, have nine career goals each in the five major European leagues.
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No Korean player in the European leagues in the five major leagues has scored double-digit points this season. South Korea's national soccer team captain Son Heung-min (Tottenham) has only scored seven goals in the EPL amid an all-time slump, with only one goal in the last 17 games. Son Heung-min has been silent for seven consecutive games, including his team and the national team, since he scored a goal with a penalty kick against Bournemouth (2-2 draw) on March 9. The last time he scored a field goal was a Europa League match against Hoffenheim on January 24, well over two months.
Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain), who plays in the same league as Nakamura, scored six goals each. Hwang Hee-chan (Wolverhampton), who scored a career-high 12 goals in the EPL last season, scored only two goals, 10 goals short of the previous year due to the injury. Lee Jae-sung, who plays for Mainz, Germany, scored six goals. If it is the current trend, there is a high possibility that there will be no double-digit scorers among the five major leaguers. Son Heung-min achieved double-digit scores for eight consecutive seasons from the 2016-2017 season to the 2023-2024 season.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
