日本足球的“另类”分子,少年时代的中田英寿自费前往意大利的尤文图斯队学习观摩,在日本球员中最早树立了职业球员观念。1997年年仅20岁的中田就代表国家队出场比赛,在组织前卫的位置上,日本先后出现过前元真圣、名波浩、小野申二等多人,但真正可以起到领军作用的只 Japanese football’s “alternative” elements, youth Hideo Nakata at their own expense to Italy’s Juventus team to learn to observe, the first among Japanese players to establish a professional player concept. In 1997, only 20-year-old Nakata played on behalf of the national team in the organization avant-garde position, Japan has appeared in the former Yuan Zhen San, famous Bo Hao, Ono second and many others, but can really play a leading role only