Takuma Nishimura (footballer)
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| Date of birth | 22 October 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nagoya, Aichi, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward, winger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Machida Zelvia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| –2011 | Meito Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Toyama Daiichi High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Vegalta Sendai | 64 | (14) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | → J. League U-22 (loan) | 14 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | CSKA Moscow | 17 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | → Portimonense (loan) | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | → Vegalta Sendai (loan) | 20 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Vegalta Sendai | 52 | (9) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 71 | (16) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | → Servette (loan) | 14 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Machida Zelvia | 24 | (7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Japan | 5 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 September 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 28 March 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Takuma Nishimura (西村 拓真, Nishimura Takuma; born October 22, 1996) is a Japanese football player.[1] He plays as a Forward and is set to play for J1 League club, Machida Zelvia from 2025 and the Japan national team.
CSKA Moscow
On 31 August 2018, he signed a 4-year contract with the Russian Premier League club CSKA Moscow.[2] He scored his first Russian Premier League goal for CSKA on 9 March 2019 in a 3–0 victory over FC Rubin Kazan.[3]
Portimonense S.C.
On 10 January 2020 CSKA announced that he would join Portuguese club Portimonense on loan for the rest of the 2019–20 season, with a purchase option.[4] On 26 March, Nishimura's loan deal at Portimonense was ended, prematurely, to allow Nishimura to return to Vegalta Sendai on loan until June 2020.[5]
Return to Vegalta Sendai
On 11 February 2021, Vegalta Sendai announced that he would return to the club on a permanent transfer.[6]
Yokohama F. Marinos
In 2022, he moved to Yokohama F. Marinos and scored a goal to win the team in the league title.[7]
On 11 February 2023, he scored the winning goal at the 2023 Japanese Super Cup, giving Marinos their first Japanese Super Cup title.[8]
Servette FC
On 10 February 2024, he joined Servette on loan with an option to buy[9] This option to buy was not activated by the club and he left the club when his loan deal expired on the 30th June 2024, as a Swiss Cup champion.
Return to Yokohama F. Marinos
On 14 June 2024, Nishimura was announced that will be returning to Yokohama F. Marinos for mid 2024 season.[10]
Machida Zelvia
On 25 December 2024, Nishimura was announce official permanent transfer to Machida Zelvia from 2025 season.
