At the grand age of 42, Shunsuke Nakamura is still plying his trade in the J-League at Yokohama FC.

Many of you will ask if he's still ‘got it’?
From this evidence, we would probably say yes:
Nakamura became the first ever Japanese goalscorer in the Champions League in a 3-2 defeat at Old Trafford against Man United.

In the reverse fixture, he scored this...
In 2007, he was nominated for the Ballon D’or.

Not a surprise when you’re scoring goals to win titles.
Nakamura is very well known for his appearances on TV shows in his native Japan. https://twitter.com/photosofootball/status/1251859110485770240
Have you ever pinged one through a moving kebab truck? No?

Of course Nakamura has.
Some people would say Shunsuke Nakamura is so good, he is out of this world.

Well he really is. Asteroid 29986 Shunsuke (1999 XW37) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 3, 1999 by Akimasa Nakamura at Kuma Kogen named after Nakamura.
Nakamura has scored over 50 free kicks while playing professionally, so he can quite clearly do it with a football.

But can he do it with a rugby ball?
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