Daigo Nishi 西 大伍

Daigo Nishi (西 大伍, Nishi Daigo, born 28 August 1987 in Sapporo, Hokkaido) is a Japanese footballer who currently plays for Vissel Kobe in the J1 League.

Club Career

Youth period

He played as a regular member in U-15, U-18 Consadole Sapporo (currently J league Div.1). In U-15 team, he played as forward with Mike Havenaar, and in U-18 team played as offensive- and defensive-midfielder. In 2005, the team participated in the All Japan youth championship and he contributed to the runners-up.

Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo

In 2006, he started his professional career in Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo with Seiya Fujita, but at the beginning, he had few chances to play in the matches. In 2007, he went to Brasil to join in the training in EC Viroria with Shunsuke Iwanuma. He went there on 30 September and the contract would continue until December, but due to many injured players in Consadole, he was brought back to Sapporo on 24 October. On 27 October, he played in J league match against Ehime FC from in the middle and scored the primary goal as a professional in the additional time, which resulted in the winning of the team. In 2008, he marked 3 goals in total, all of them were scored in the additional time, including the winning goal against Kashiwa Reysol on 30 March. He changed his position from right wing-half to right wing-back in 2009 and participated in 42 matches and scored 7 goals.

Albirex Niigata

He transferred to Albirex Niigata on loan in 2010. At the beginning, he was a substitute member for midfielder, but afterward played 29 matches regularly as a right-back and marked 1 goal.

Kashima Antlers

In 2011, he transferred to Kashima Antlers on a permanent deal and changed his position to defender.

In 2004, he took part in the training of CS Maritimo, Portuguese club. His direct volley goal marked on 2 August against Sanfrecce Hiroshima was chosen for the best goal award 2014 of J l

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