Akihiro Nishimura (footballer)
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Akihiro Nishimura is a former Japan
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ese football
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 player. He managed U-20 Japan national football team at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship
2001 FIFA World Youth Championship
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 in Argentina
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.

Nishimura made 49 appearances for the senior Japan national football team
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 from 1980 to 1988.

Club career statistics

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|1981||rowspan="10"|Yanmar Diesel
Cerezo Osaka
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||rowspan="10"|JSL Division 1
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||18||0
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|1982||14||1
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|1983||12||0
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|1984||17||0
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|1985/86||21||1
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|1986/87||21||0
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|1987/88||5||0
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|1988/89||10||0
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|1989/90||15||1
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|1990/91||15||0
148||3
148||3
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National team statistics

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|1980||1||0
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|1981||13||0
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|1982||2||0
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|1983||10||0
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|1984||1||0
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|1985||8||2
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|1986||5||0
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|1987||8||0
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|1988||1||0
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!Total||49||2
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